Thank you so much!

That sounds like a good idea to install a root block along your fence. I recommend to be very thorough when installing the root block, so that the rhizomes cannot get through.

I concur! I'm living that nightmare now and he can't understand what the problem is! Even after showing the rhizome I found creeping under the foundation of my home .

@@sd4568 in theory it would work. But if you have ever experienced running bamboo.. I mean if you have ever watched it grow, then take over your space uninvited. Over time or sooner depending on your region, you begin to feel it's closing in on you. I went to war with neighbors bamboo in spring 2018 when my flowering bulbs were overtaken by bamboo shoots! I dug up every one of those bulbs and relocated them. Before long, I had every brand and variety of broad leaf killer and herbicide I could find for sale in my area and some smuggled in from another state .. and the only thing that actually died that year was my 30 yr old jasmine that must have gotten over spray. So sad! Manually digging up the rhizomes and removing from the premises is, in my experience literally thee only thing that will "kill" running bamboo.

@@OurJapaneseGardenEscape why didn't you install a root blocker before planting yours?

@@sd4568 it does not work if the problem has gotten out of hand.

Thank you so much!

Seems like a lot of work and worry for my negligent neighbor to enjoy his plants whilst I could be doing something I'd really much rather be doing. Like not worrying about rhizomes creeping under my house foundation. As recently discovered.

@@559romeo Takes me about 3 hours a year to go around 500 square meters.

Even easier if you plant the bamboo in a raised berm; don't need a trench as it is easy to see the escaping rhizomes and deal with them.

@@steveberch4327 that's a great idea! Can we make it a mandatory practice to all that consider planting it for themselves?

Yes, good choice, the Fargesia bamboos make life a lot easier ;)

On behalf of your neighbors and the folks that may reside with you, thank you for researching and doing the right thing. I mean that from the bottom of my heart! Running bamboo is the devil and I promise you do not want the devil dancing unattended on your property .

Running bamboo doesn't seem to be affected by harsh winters at all. I'm sure it's up and growing everywhere as usual right now.

There is an American wisteria that doesn't go hog wild like the Asian version. The flowers are more compact, but I like the look. I had a yard with running type bamboo. I cannot stress enough how awful it is. I have heard that some people will build concrete walls around the bamboo below the soil surface, in order to contain it.

The best option to control running bamboo is to use a root block.

​@@OurJapaneseGardenEscape With all due respect, running bamboo laughs at root block.

@@jerrywhidby.my bamboo actually made a hole through my cement retaining wall and grew through it.

If the rhizomes find a way to get there, most likely yes. I recommend to work with a root block to be on the safe side.

Yes they will and Bamboo will crack concrete and a brick wall and foundations . Bamboo will grow tword light .

Those are in your videos look slender. But they might or might not be runners and have edible offsprings???

Any proper running bamboo (Phyllostachys) will not have enough space in your narrow strip of land. This is why I would recommend a bamboo of the Chimonobambusa family. They are also running but many species are smaller and thinner than the ones of the Phyllostachys family. Examples of edible ones with thinner canes are: Chimonobambusa puberula: grows 4-5 m tall, 15-25 mm cane diameter Chimonobambusa macrophylla: grows 1.5-6 m tall, 15-20 mm cane diameter Chimonobambusa rigidula: grows 2-6 m tall, 15-30 mm cane diameter If they are growing too tall, you can always prune the top. Hope that helps :)

The difference is running bamboo has a mind of its own. The unruly problem child nobody wants except mom and dad. Roses, grass, hedges are not.

​@@559romeo Agreed, and there is a huge difference between pruning roses or mowing a lawn and the back breaking labor of digging up and removing woody tough rhizomes and roots constantly just to try to slow the crazy fast creep of bamboo. I would also mention that roses and lawns won't try to break through your home's foundation.

@@astridexplorer5096 spot on!

some of us are trying to grow natives!!!! Not grass roses and hedges. Bamboo is invasive and should not be planted in the US

In my opinion the best way is to talk to your neighbor and explain to him what damages the bamboo will cause to your property. In Germany the neighbor is responsible to make sure that the bamboo will not invade and damage your garden or he has to pay all the costs to get rid of it, rebuild your garden and to ensure with effective barriers that it will not happen again.

The best way to keep running bamboo under control is to install a root block right from the beginning. Alternatively, the growth has to be controlled every year (like we do) by cutting all the spreading rhizomes. In your case, I would also recommend to address this with your neighbour as @RalphSchilling-fk9oj mentioned because the original plant needs to be controlled. At your end, all rhizomes will have to be properly removed from the ground.

Rent a backhoe digger , yes! Manually, it's impossible because the rhizome will down 6 to 8 inches. It will kill your back and remember it will took years.

​@@sd4568 We have the same problem with a neighbor's "short" bamboo and it laughs at poison. We've tried extremely toxic poisons specifically recommended for bamboo, and it will temporarily kill the plants, but it comes right back.

Hi. I feel your pain and frustration-- we are dealing with the same variety of short height running bamboo coming from a neighbor's yard that had grown everywhere before we learned what we were dealing with. This stuff is evil. Burning it doesn't work, it survives very harsh extended winters, poisoning it temporarily kills the plant in some cases but not the roots and it comes right back, and as you know, its extensive roots and rhizomes are extremely tough to dig out and can go up to a depth of 3 ft in some cases. The huge expense of backhoeing and literally sifting all the soil in both infected yards will leave you with lots of popup return growth from any tiny nib of a missed piece of root, and there are always missed pieces of root. I've been researching for a while now, and there are two steps we haven't tried that look promising IF we can get the neighbor to do the same (they aren't especially interested in lawn care and have just let it run wild): First, cut ALL the bamboo to expose the hollow stems and pour mineral oil into all the stems. If there are any areas where that or the next step are not possible, manually dig out ALL roots/ rhizomes there. Second, after a day or two to allow the mineral oil to move below ground into the root system, cut all bamboo close to the ground and cover it all with heavy black plastic. Any areas that you miss will likely eventually regrow, so be thorough. You need to put something on top of the plastic to keep it from moving in weather or wind, since it will need to be there for several years to starve the bamboo of sunlight long enough to truly kill it. We want to bring in a whole lot of fill dirt topped with deep compost after the first year of weighted tarping and plant gardens on top of it. Other than that, maybe get some goats and see if they'll eat it? I wish you a cooperative neighbor and lots of luck.

I am afraid this will not work, sorry. The rhizomes have to be removed.

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