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Where can I get some bamboo?
Posted on 4/19/19 at 12:16 am
Posted on 4/19/19 at 12:16 am
I want to plant it along my fence line to block out view of apartments behind my house.
Ok after yalls advice I decided to not get bamboo. What should I get that grows fast and thick (TWSS)
Ok after yalls advice I decided to not get bamboo. What should I get that grows fast and thick (TWSS)
This post was edited on 4/21/19 at 7:42 pm
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Posted on 4/19/19 at 12:41 am to 7LSU7
Careful. That shite is damn difficult to kill and certain varieties spread really fast.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 12:47 am to HubbaBubba
My uncle had some black bamboo he bought from somewhere in Alabama.
Very cool, black stalk, green leaves.
But like hubba said ... you will never get rid of it. He buried a tub underground and grew the bamboo there and it still snuck out.
Very cool, black stalk, green leaves.
But like hubba said ... you will never get rid of it. He buried a tub underground and grew the bamboo there and it still snuck out.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 12:56 am to 7LSU7
There are 2 types of bamboo, clumping and running. The running bamboo is the type that spreads like crazy and is also the most common type you will find in nurseries. The clumping style won't spread and is what I would plant but they grow more slowly than the running bamboos. Specifically, I would look for the Alphonse Karr variety.
Here is a Bamboo Nursery 60 miles north of new orleans. I don't have direct experience with them but they have an informative web site.
Here is a Bamboo Nursery 60 miles north of new orleans. I don't have direct experience with them but they have an informative web site.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 5:26 am to 7LSU7
You do not want bamboo.
There are plenty of other plants that can block views,etc.
Bamboo will shoot runners up 20-30 feet away from the host plant.
That stuff can take over a small yard in a matter of a few growing seasons
There are plenty of other plants that can block views,etc.
Bamboo will shoot runners up 20-30 feet away from the host plant.
That stuff can take over a small yard in a matter of a few growing seasons
Posted on 4/19/19 at 5:57 am to 7LSU7
This will be the biggest regret of your life.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 5:59 am to East Coast Band
Get graceful clumping bamboo and you will be good.
No clue where you live but a place outside of Houston called Texas bamboo has it.
No clue where you live but a place outside of Houston called Texas bamboo has it.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 6:09 am to ChenierauTigre
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This will be the biggest regret of your life.
Don't plant it.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 6:31 am to 7LSU7
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Where can I get some bamboo?
I want to plant it
No, you don't.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 6:34 am to 7LSU7
As others have said, under no circumstances should you plant running bamboo.
Had it on both sides of the house at my wife's old house when I first moved in with her. Every single spring it was a several week battle to knock down the new shoots. The runners had spread through the entire acre yard.
frick every dealing with that shite again.
Had it on both sides of the house at my wife's old house when I first moved in with her. Every single spring it was a several week battle to knock down the new shoots. The runners had spread through the entire acre yard.
frick every dealing with that shite again.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 7:58 am to 7LSU7
Get some Carolina sapphires. I blocked the apartments behind my house. They grow pretty fast and I think look better than the typical Cyprus privacy trees.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 8:00 am to 7LSU7
There's a guy in florida I buy from. You're fine with the clumping type.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 8:09 am to 7LSU7
It is invasive and damn near impossible to get rid of. Plant at your own risk
Posted on 4/19/19 at 9:18 am to 7LSU7
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You're fine with the clumping type
Buy from someone who knows WTH they have so you get clumping and enjoy the privacy. Someone posted a link to bamboo gardens on the northshore, there is a place in NOLA that does bamboo too. Not sure where you are.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 9:41 am to 7LSU7
Near the rural life museum off of essen. Before you get to the museum there is a large pond on the left. Behind that pond there is a large thicket of bamboo.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 9:44 am to GRIZZ
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Behind that pond there is a large thicket of bamboo.
And that's how you get running bamboo and have bamboo battles every year until you move, or die....
Posted on 4/19/19 at 9:46 am to way_south
True that, but it will do a good job of accomplishing OPs goal.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 12:11 pm to 7LSU7
You really have to make sure you want it. It will spread and never go away. Nearly impossible to get rid of without excavation of 3’ of earth
Posted on 4/19/19 at 1:12 pm to 7LSU7
Baw you'd better plant cedars or VA pines, that shite can get out of hand in a hurry and you'll NEVER get rid of it.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 1:31 pm to 7LSU7
DON'T DO IT!!!
This is what that shite looks like when you start trying to dig it up. My neighbor did something you're talking about and it ran under my fence and started popping up in my yard. Unless you have some baby pandas - do something different.
This is what that shite looks like when you start trying to dig it up. My neighbor did something you're talking about and it ran under my fence and started popping up in my yard. Unless you have some baby pandas - do something different.
This post was edited on 4/19/19 at 1:47 pm
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