re: Bamboo as a living privacy screen

I'm sending one of my forestry mulchers next week to mow down a 4+ acre lot (maybe bigger, not sure yet) of cane with a diameter equal to that of a folgers coffee can.

Same thing: 20 years ago the guy thought he needed some privacy.

Then he got sick for a long while.

Then he died.

Nice place, other than the cane that nobody stayed on top of, specially after he got sick; now his kids are having a problem selling it because of the invasive nature of the cane and the way the property looks and is perceived because of it.

That's where I come in.

I'll net a minimum of $5000 IF they're lucky- just to get their problem to the point of "manageable." After the monstrous thicket is mowed down, they better hope that some idiot buys it; because if they don't, they better have a bushhog handy every spring, and, preferably, if it were me, a total burn down mix of herbicide to sterilize the soil.

Even then it's not a guarantee.

Do. Not. Graft. Cane. Into. Your. Property's. Dirt.

Or you'll be sorry.

But I won't.

*Hate to sound like an overly dramatic smartazz, but it's true. Don't do it man. Plant some redbud or cedar or something, but do not plant cane.