Some people love bamboo, but far more people loathe it.
Then in about two weeks, they can’t see themselves either.
Well, it’s easier than you might think.
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But to understand why, you gotta know a little more about it.
Bamboos are giant, woody grasses.
Some are clumping and cause no problems.
emBamboo rhizome. Photo: bamboocraft.net/em.
From the rhizomes grow canes, calledculms.
Giant bamboos are the fastest growing plants on Earth, even faster than kudzu.
Some culms can grow four feet a day!
Culms with small root systems may grow to 10 feet.
Culms with large, established root systems may grow 70 feet tall.
Individual culms live for about 10 years and are then replaced by new ones.
This will not work.
You may kill the top growth, but that huge root system will sprout again next spring.
They look like the tips of asparagus spears.
They will not grow again.
Then cut all mature canes to the ground.
If your neighbor has bamboo, see to it he does it too.
Every spring, watch for new culms sprouting in spring.
Push every one over.
