Bamboo

john in la · Jan 3, 2020

And I thought we had problems with bamboo getting out of hand in our area.
This almost looks like the picture was taken in Vietnam not here in the states.
This picture was taken in the south west corner of North Carolina.
Notice the size of the people in the picture to the bamboo.

DRussell · Jan 3, 2020

There is bamboo here and there in PA, but nothing like this.

Richard G. · Jan 3, 2020

John, I know of a place with bamboo like that on Clemson property about 15 miles from here.
I remember many years ago some engineers were talking about using bamboo as reinforcement in concrete bridges.

john in la · Jan 3, 2020

This is only about 80 miles NNW of Clemson.
Bryson City area.

Richard G. · Jan 3, 2020

Been there a bunch of times.

flembo · Jan 3, 2020

When I was working in China I saw bamboo staging on building construction sites it was all tied together with hemp rope. The city of Shanghai limited bamboo staging to 15 stories but in Shion (spelling) and many other cities there was no height limit.

DMartin9N-2N · Jan 3, 2020

Good morning: We are seeing bamboo in W. Tenn.
Quite a bit is along ditch banks, some in edge of peoples' gardens. I have heard it is really hard to get rid of. The growths I have seen are the size of fishing poles, not really large, but it spreads fairly quickly, so in few years you have way too many plants (or is it a tree?). Just talkin'....

Dennis M. in W. Tenn.

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2020

Thing is the stuff is a grass. There are hundreds of types,sizes,and aggressiveness. You really need to get rid of it if possible.

M-MAN · Jan 3, 2020

Never realized it was called bamboo. I'm in the western foothills and have seen some like that. I have a couple the size of my arm put up. Most is much smaller. We've always called it cane. Once established you're going to expire before it does.

old · Jan 3, 2020

I've tried to get bamboo to grow on my place a number of times and all it does is die. Don't know why it does not grow here but I have not had any luck getting it to grow

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2020

STOP TRYING!!! The stuff is a mess. Believe me.

old · Jan 3, 2020

That is why I want it. I have places alone the creek where the water has taken at least an acre of my place and I want it stop the creek from doing that and every thing I have tried does not work so bamboo might

HenryO · Jan 3, 2020

I lived in Cherokee County west of Murphy and there were several bamboo stands that resemble that. One was almost in the downtown area.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 3, 2020

Plant some Russian Olive that stuff grows anywhere and will be a jungle in a few years,plus its great for wildlife.

old · Jan 3, 2020

I have and much of it has gone swimming along with the dirt it was on

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2020

In the spring I will send you some. Stuff gets 27 feet high and about 11/4 inches. Like a piece of galvanize water pipe. I had all of it cut down by a tree service and it just about busted their chipper. He.... l of a mess. Try to remember in the spring to dig you some up.

caterpillar guy · Jan 3, 2020

Could you pull it over into a curve like a hoop shed without killing it? If so a lot of cheap shed space for the cost of growing it then limit the amount grown. Shed could be 50 or more long pretty easy. Just need roofing put on.

old · Jan 3, 2020

The area I want t put it is creek bank and has had over 20 feet of the bank washed out in the almost 40 years I have lived here. It is also along the field where I cut hay so if it get out in the field it will end up being cut down when I hay so it will not be able to spread out into the field but will be able to grow on the creek banks I hope. Thanks and I'll try to remember to remind you say in March or April

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2020

You can as it grows. Gently, a little bend at a time. When it is growing it is pretty soft and will snap off. The second or third season is when it hardens up and is very strong.

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2020

And every now and then you read a story where a 20 story bamboo scaffold collapses. If you are building one of those Boy Scout rope and pole bridges it is fine, but not 20 stories up in the air. Here is a little web surfing for you Old. Hong Kong scaffolds. They bring in hundreds of truck loads of the stuff. Several weeks later their woodlot has grown back again. This outfit sells the "timber" type bamboo. This is the big stuff you can make into flower pots,drinking mugs, and loads of other stuff. You can actually make temporary bridges out of this stuff like steel girders. The movie where the prisoners build a bridge. Like I said, there are hundreds of types so you could give these folks a call and see what they recommend.

WalJohn · Jan 3, 2020

(quoted from post at 01:06:43 01/04/20) Good morning: We are seeing bamboo in W. Tenn.
Quite a bit is along ditch banks, some in edge of peoples' gardens. I have heard it is really hard to get rid of. The growths I have seen are the size of fishing poles, not really large, but it spreads fairly quickly, so in few years you have way too many plants (or is it a tree?). Just talkin'....

Dennis M. in W. Tenn.

Cut the cane off close to ground level and put a little Roundup concentrate down the tube. It will kill the root and stop it from spreading. Guy next to me planted some on the property line. I can pretty much kill the stuff on my side without hurting his by regulating the amount of Roundup used.

Bruce from Can. · Jan 3, 2020

Being that bamboo is a grass, how well does it like Frost ?

glennster · Jan 3, 2020

rich, see if you have a cement contractor in your area the replaces driveways, sidewalks ect. i have been getting slabs from a local guy to reinforce my creek banks. you need clean concrete with no rebar sticking out. i had 600 tons of rip rap installed along my creeks, but that gets real spendy. they will more than likely deliver it to you free if its not to far. i set it with the forks on my skidder and dipper on the backhoe. another option is the used jersey barrier from along the highway. outfit near us sells the old beat up ones for 25 dollars a piece. they are very heavy tho. to big for me to handle.

steve_in_mo · Jan 3, 2020

Next time you go up to the Columbia VA hospital, my place is on your way about 20 miles south of Columbia. There's a neighbor place that has it growing out into the road ditch. I am pretty sure you could dig up a few shoots and take them home. The place just sold.....

old · Jan 3, 2020

To do any of that here in MO one has to get permits. State clams the water as there's but they do not take on the liability of it harming person land. I have fought DNR over the creek and gravel and all for decades now

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2020

It NEVER even fazed my bamboo. Where ever it was in the fall it just started back up in the spring. This stuff will dump some of its leaves in the spring and then just rev right back up.

504 · Jan 3, 2020

Old cut some willow branches and shove them in the ground. That will help stop your erosion problem. The Rural Missouri (Electric Coop) had a story awhile back about bamboo on the east side of the state.

WAYNE-N-TEXAS · Jan 3, 2020

I have bamboo on my place, moved here in 1996, Have a large creek for a South border, lot's of fish, to bad I don't have time to fish anymore Use to go there and catch my lunch, cooked and never in the freezer, what a life.

I'M RETIRED, therefor I work to take care of my place. When I moved here, no fishing poles, so I planted bamboo. I keep them under control by breaking the shoots (sp) when they come up. Kick them when young and they will break and die, no problem. Control them and they're nice to have, want to have a party, cut some and put them in the fire, lot's of boom. my dog don't like them.

john in la · Jan 3, 2020

Bamboo is a tropical or sub tropical plant.
But they have varieties that will grow as far north as growing zone 5.

2x4 · Jan 4, 2020

looks like my side yard.

2x4 · Jan 4, 2020

Forget about it if cows can get to it; it won't have a chance.

Texasmark1 · Jan 4, 2020

We have what we call "Dumb Cane" here in Texas in places. None on my place but it grows here, spotty, quite a bit along the coast. We used it for fiahing poles too when i was growing up and I never saw it over 10' tall or a stem over the size of a Quarter coin. Otherwise it looks like Bamboo. Likes wet, low lying areas.

old · Jan 4, 2020

I have no cattle. I do have one horse that might be able to get to it but he is only one so not likely

MARK ROBKE · Jan 4, 2020

Old- when Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton(Butler) and others came to Kentucky they encountered huge 'cane' fields. It is my understanding that the 'cane' was bamboo. I see it advertised on the local Craigslist (Cincinnati or Lexington). Being the same approximate latitude as you, I would think it would grow for you. I don't think it gets as big as what is pictured though. I live very close to the Buffalo Trace area of Kentucky-State route 68 follows the path the buffalo followed. Their 'roads' were centuries old and worn down like big, wide trenches, and it was said once the buffalo went on the move it took days for them to pass. They had roads right thru the 'cane' too.Settlers burned it down. Mark.

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