Destroy bamboo permanently
Plants under 1 meter tall can be completely excavated and disposed of with pure muscle power and a sharp ax or grave spade. Depending on the size and type of bamboo, it may make sense to use a mini excavator. Especially with the rhizome-forming bamboo species, the roots have to be completely out of the ground.
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Anyone who does not want to use chemical agents to destroy the bamboo needs a lot of patience and time. Depending on the extent of the limitless wild growth, there are the following options:
- Chop up the roots with a motor hoe
- Mow new shoots with a lawnmower
- Paper method for open lawns
- Stalk cutting method
In order to destroy the roots with the tiller we recommend:
- Cut the bamboo close to the ground
- hack through the site with the tiller
- Mill the roots into the smallest possible chips
Several times criss-cross with the tiller work through the soil 2 meters all around and half a meter deep. Let the soil dry out for several weeks. Root pieces less than 5 centimeters in size no longer sprout again. At the outermost edges of the site, dig up and dispose of all roots from 1 cm. As a rule, they run almost as straight as an underground cable under the surface of the ground and are easy to find.
Mow new shoots regularly with a lawn mower
Simply dig out larger specimens. Repeat the procedure to continuously starve out the new shoots of the plants.
Lay out paper or cardboard at least 10 centimeters high on open lawns. Cover this layer with sturdy black foil. Fix the foil on the edges with stones. After 5 months at the latest, no new shoots grow back.
The stalk cutting method is permanent
First cut off all old stalks down to the ground. If the new shoot has already started, let the stalks grow! Until side branches unfold. Then cut all of these stalks back to the ground. As soon as there are small excesses at the interfaces, cut off immediately. Green must no longer form on the stalks.
If the bamboo tries again next spring, repeat the procedure. This means that fewer and thinner stalks are formed. After a few years the bamboo will be destroyed. Because without green there is no photosynthesis and all the nutrients from the rhizomes have been used up. After a few years, the entire root system in the ground rots. So the garden is bamboo-free without the use of poison and muscle or machine strength. It just takes time and patience!
