great information, thank you! I’m dealing with a lot of bamboo that the previous owners planted. I did a lot of mistakes my first 2 years, mowing was especially a mistake - the bamboo just sprouts below the mowing deck and now to remove leaves I have to get down on hands and knees with scissors. There is enough now that I think I have to go with an excavator for removal. I do love the appearance of the plant, might try to barrier off a small section and remove everything outside of it.

This method may be fine if you want to remove escapees from the main growth...but if you want to remove the main growth, you'd kill yourself doing it this way. I have an old 200' x 15' stand of it between the lawn and wooded area in the back yard of a house I bought a few years ago, so digging it up by hand was not an option for me. Using a backhoe wasn't an option, either, because that would damage the roots of all of the oak trees in the wooded area. I dug out all of the runners that were growing into the lawn a couple of years ago and that was a lot of hard work, but was doable...but for the roots that are growing between the trees, I just cut the canes to the ground...one at a time...and immediately dripped concentrated Roundup into the stump with a syringe. I did this when hot, sunny, dry weather was expected for several days so that the Roundup would be absorbed by the stump and wouldn't be washed away by rain. The next year, a lot less new growth came up and I repeated the process with the new growth. Any short clumps of leaves that started to grow I sprayed with the Roundup, being careful to cover the leaves and not oversaturate the soil. This method is time-consuming, but very effective over several years if you do it religiously and don't neglect to do it immediately you see new growth. At least, you'll save yourself from getting a heart attack trying to dig it all up. As far as the dead roots that remain in the ground...they will rot with time and be easier to remove if you want to plant some shrubbery in the area, but I just sowed some wildflower seeds between the lawn and the wooded area. Looks nice and I'm attracting a lot of pollinators.

Very helpful. Looks like I'm in for a long dig. 😢 I take I need to dig every single rhizome or it will grow back. It has gone under my neighbours drive - she is not happy.

Excavator works best! Just call a cheap excavator service. One day is enough for a small backyard. Dig out all the rhyzomes, let them dry, and burn them. I've tried almost every methods imaginable and nothing worked for me.

I just planted some bamboo to use to feed my goats. I planted in 2 different spots last year. Looks like the one location didn't survive because the chickens got in and scratch it up. I don't see any new growth any more. The other site has a few new canes, but I have caught a couple goats in side the fence. (obviously, they like bamboo) So far, it is still showing life. Just planted another area about a month ago. So far I have managed to keep critters away from it. I am thinking that the goats will help to control the spread. They are obviously eager to do so.

great video, I have a few runners in my garden and have been digging up rhizomes like a damn Mole Rat, and after I lost so many tools, I invested in a slammer tool, expensive, heavy and noisy bugger but works a treat. each time I do this I ask myself why am I putting myself through this... because bamboo is just a amazing plant, that is why 🙂

Great channel ! Hope you can help me with this - I have just bought a place with a clumping bamboo grove whose 70mm culms have reached eight to nine metres in height which I want to reduce to around four to five Cannot get a cherry picker access Is there a machine in the market that does this lopping or am I going to need an arborist to set up scaffolding and manually lop ?

They should ban this garbage

Would it not just immedately start running again from where you cut?

Muito legal amei

Great video and information for bamboo removal. Regards, Sydney Australia.

Is spectabilis bamboo biger than bisetti bamboo and are there some other difrences?

To save you guys to trouble I just watched a video where a guy covered the bamboo with plastic and it died you have to cut it first ofcourse keye is to starve it from sunlight

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try cutting all plants to ground level, then run over it with the lawnmower keep this up every spring, it works for me.

I was able to source some black bamboo roots from someone that was trying to get rid of it. How do I pot it up? And how long will exposed roots stay alive? Mine have been sitting exposed in the rain for about a month.

This is happening in my yard. A LOT! Is there any herbicide I can use?

anyone planting this thing should be in jail

This is happening in my yard, unfortuantely :(