Have quite a lot of bamboo growing in a small garden and a lot of it is
rather out of control. I thought I would try ammonium sulphamate to try to
kill some of it. Is that the best thing? Also is it an idea to trim it
down short to within a few leaves nearest the ground?

The reasoning being that this ammonium sulphamate is 'systemic' and this way
it would have to travel less distance to get to the roots? Thanks for any
advice.

If you are located reasonably near us we will probably dig it out for free Let me know.

If not poison first don't trim, as it's the leaves that absorb the poison.

"johngood" wrote in message
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Have quite a lot of bamboo growing in a small garden and a lot of it is
rather out of control. I thought I would try ammonium sulphamate to try
to
kill some of it. Is that the best thing? Also is it an idea to trim it
down short to within a few leaves nearest the ground?

The reasoning being that this ammonium sulphamate is 'systemic' and this
way
it would have to travel less distance to get to the roots? Thanks for
any
advice.


It depends on the bamboo, but some do not produce leaves near the ground. Do
you wish to get rid of it altogether or just restrict it?
Down here it has become a pest in a few of the bigger gardens the two
methods they use are, dig out and weed killer regrowth or cut down to ground
and mown over weekly for two or more years to prevent regrowth.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

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"johngood" wrote in message
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Have quite a lot of bamboo growing in a small garden and a lot of it is
rather out of control. I thought I would try ammonium sulphamate to try
to
kill some of it. Is that the best thing? Also is it an idea to trim
it
down short to within a few leaves nearest the ground?

The reasoning being that this ammonium sulphamate is 'systemic' and this
way
it would have to travel less distance to get to the roots? Thanks for
any
advice.


It depends on the bamboo, but some do not produce leaves near the ground.
Do
you wish to get rid of it altogether or just restrict it?
Down here it has become a pest in a few of the bigger gardens the two
methods they use are, dig out and weed killer regrowth or cut down to
ground
and mown over weekly for two or more years to prevent regrowth.

We had bamboo at our last house. Stuff spread like crazy. I hit some of it
with weed killer on the basis that I didn't mind if I killed the lot. The
bits I sprayed went a bit yellow for a while and sent up more. I'll never
plant it in my garden.

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We had bamboo at our last house. Stuff spread like crazy. I hit some of it
with weed killer on the basis that I didn't mind if I killed the lot. The
bits I sprayed went a bit yellow for a while and sent up more. I'll never
plant it in my garden.


It depends on the type of Bamboo, some are invasive, so aren't.

Re the OP, my thought is left untrimmed, with a larger leaf area it will
take up more of the herbicide.
--
Chris French