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Tips for pulling out bamboo
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:02 pm
I’m In New Orleans, small back yard and no vehicle access for large machinery. About a 3’x6’ patch of bamboo butted up against a fence. I trimmed the bamboo back and put tordon down. Planning to build on top, so I even put salt down to make sure no further growth.
Any tips for digging this thing up? Been at it with a shovel and trimmers, but it’s kicking my butt.
Any tips for digging this thing up? Been at it with a shovel and trimmers, but it’s kicking my butt.
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Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:08 pm to Lestradamus
mini excavator. if it's trailing, you are going to be in for a long battle
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:15 pm to Lestradamus
Blood, Sweat and Tears....and more tears.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 5:52 pm to Lestradamus
cut it low and paint each stalk with triclopyr. knocked it out in my yard.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:22 pm to BlackAdam
"cut it low and paint each stalk with triclopyr"
This is the only way. Previous owners of my house left behind the curse of bamboo and yucca trees. Three years in, I'm winning, but it ain't over.
Made a nice trellis for my tomatoes from the bamboo though.
This is the only way. Previous owners of my house left behind the curse of bamboo and yucca trees. Three years in, I'm winning, but it ain't over.
Made a nice trellis for my tomatoes from the bamboo though.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:51 pm to Lestradamus
Now you know if you see or hear of anyone planting or buying that crap punch them in the throat immediately
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:24 am to Lestradamus
Diesel, and fire.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 7:42 pm to Lestradamus
I started by burning mine. Then I used my chainsaw to cut 8-10" sections (3rd pic kinda shows what I'm talking about). After it was cut I used a shovel to help break up the bottom root. The roots on my bamboo didn't go deep. Once it was cut with chainsaw I could just grab it and rip it out. Of course the chain doesn't last long when cutting in dirt so you will go through a few chains. Prob took 4-5 hrs to do it.
Bamboo removal pics
Bamboo removal pics
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:54 pm to Peejack84
Use a pick to remove the roots and then do it again against anything that survives. It is a long battle but it can be won.
Posted on 6/7/20 at 11:10 am to Lestradamus
Junk yard get an old 70S 80s gm bumper jack or borrow a high lift jack from off road buddy get a heavy cable rope that you can sinch it around the Bamboo jack
Or go to tractor supply but a T post puller same principle just quicker you will still need cable with loops on it or heavy rope and carabiner should snatch them out. Dig till pull all the shoots that shite is the devil whoever planted it should be stripped and beaten with the very bamboo they planted
Or go to tractor supply but a T post puller same principle just quicker you will still need cable with loops on it or heavy rope and carabiner should snatch them out. Dig till pull all the shoots that shite is the devil whoever planted it should be stripped and beaten with the very bamboo they planted
Posted on 6/7/20 at 12:02 pm to Geauxld Finger
Won’t have the luxury of getting a mini excavator back there. More than halfway through now of axing and chipping away at it.
Posted on 6/7/20 at 12:05 pm to Peejack84
I was thinking hard about getting a chainsaw to it. Being a first time home owner and no need for a chainsaw outside of this, I would have to borrow. Will see what I can do. There’s a mature section that’s really dense and the chainsaw may be easiest.
As for burning, got a fence right next to it, so I don’t have that luxury.
As for burning, got a fence right next to it, so I don’t have that luxury.
Posted on 6/7/20 at 4:46 pm to Lestradamus
Sawzall is safer if you have never used a chainsaw
Posted on 6/7/20 at 7:17 pm to FlyinTiger93
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Diesel, and fire.
That doesn't work.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 10:26 am to Cracker
quote:
Sawzall is safer if you have never used a chainsaw
Posted on 6/8/20 at 1:44 pm to Lestradamus
quote:salt isn't likely to help unless you used an unreal amount. the good news is though once you build over, bamboo won't grow any way. salt will be more useful if you put it around the edges of whatever you build. No oxygen and no sunlight = no growth.
Planning to build on top, so I even put salt down to make sure no further growth.
salt = no water = no growth
This post was edited on 6/8/20 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 6/8/20 at 1:51 pm to Lestradamus
quote:
I was thinking hard about getting a chainsaw to it. Being a first time home owner and no need for a chainsaw outside of this, I would have to borrow. Will see what I can do. There’s a mature section that’s really dense and the chainsaw may be easiest.
I used loppers for mine. Cut them off at the bottom and then heavy duty week killer. Getting it out of the ground is going to take digging under the roots or using a pick axe to chip away at them and get them up.
It's a damn nightmare that I used to battle every year and when I re-did my backyard when we rebuilt the house 5 years ago, we just had a bobcat rip it all out.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 2:21 am to Lestradamus
Anyone buying bamboo plants should be required to buy enough concrete mix to contain those suckers.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 5:54 am to Eightballjacket
Jesus, my Dad appointed me to that job when I was a kid. It took me 5 years to win that war.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 8:34 am to Dominate308
My take away from all of your responses is:
a) brute force and use heavy machinery if possible
b) chemicals + time
Going with a) without heavy machinery.
Ended up with a pretty good system of an axe to get the big roots separated then sledgehammer to loosen the small roots and any entanglements. Used clippers if there were any stray roots. I didn’t get with my axe. This thing is still a pain in the arse and I hope to finish after a couple more hours of work.
a) brute force and use heavy machinery if possible
b) chemicals + time
Going with a) without heavy machinery.
Ended up with a pretty good system of an axe to get the big roots separated then sledgehammer to loosen the small roots and any entanglements. Used clippers if there were any stray roots. I didn’t get with my axe. This thing is still a pain in the arse and I hope to finish after a couple more hours of work.
This post was edited on 6/9/20 at 8:36 am
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