Anyone ever plant bamboo as a barrier

[piasabird]

Do you have a neighborhood committee you can call and complain to?

Maybe you can shave your head and become a Buddhist and start singing a mantra every day while beating a drum and a gong. Tell the neighbor the bamboo convinced you to change your religion. Tell them you also eat dog.

This is a nice Movie:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/ima...ign=117p98r5m&.crumb=HSEnA9W9UVt&fr=yfp-t-901

 

[edro]

Another vote for horrible idea.
I have seen a few backyards that were overrun with it.

Throw dog treats at them every day and they will shut up.

 

[brainhulk]

http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Dazer-II-...&qid=1435320720&sr=8-2&keywords=dog+repellent

Blast this every time you come home and soon they won't be barking

 

[edro]

I feel for you man.
I know how annoying it is to have neighbors with annoying dogs.
Luckily my current neighbor's dogs are 10+ yo labs who are mellow.

 

[WelshBloke]

Yea don't do it. Took my MiL 2-3years digging it up every summer to get it out of our backyard. Still have to dig some up that comes back from neighbors yard and street from time to time.

Wait...

You get your mother in law to dig your garden?

Win!

Send her round to mine please.

 

[dud]

Bamboo can be a beautiful barrier if you are willing to accept the risks of planting it. A neighbor down the street has a thin "hedge" of it with stalks at least 4 inches wide and 30 feet tall. They must have put a lot of work into "managing" the growth of it.

I personally planted Bamboo in my yard and it got out of control. Only after hours of toil attacking the roots with a mattock did I ultimately prevail.

 

[Murloc]

I have bamboo but it's in a space enclosed by a wall.
Also it didn't grow tall very fast although it does spread laterally. Still much faster than a tree ofc.

It's very nice as a barrier.

Maybe you could ask your neighbour to let you get to know his dogs and ask for permission to throw them treats proper for dogs.

Of course this won't work if he's a junkie or someone who mistreats his dogs.

 

[dank69]

http://www.wfsb.com/story/29362216/...ord-womans-bamboo-nightmare-despite-state-law

 

[Anubis]

http://www.wfsb.com/story/29362216/...ord-womans-bamboo-nightmare-despite-state-law

that lady just needs to dump a shit ton of roundup on that shit and kill it and deal with the aftermath later

 

[preslove]

nvm

 

[DougK62]

Like a lot of plants, bamboo comes in many varieties. Plant the wrong kind and you'll have it running all over your yard and potentially making a mess if it isn't properly contained at the time of planting. Plant a different variety and you'll have a beautiful, fast-growing, evergreen plant that makes the perfect hedge or border and doesn't spread all over the yard. Just read about the varieties. I've had bamboo planted at my house for years and it's my favorite plant.

 

[preslove]

Like a lot of plants, bamboo comes in many varieties. Plant the wrong kind and you'll have it running all over your yard and potentially making a mess if it isn't properly contained at the time of planting. Plant a different variety and you'll have a beautiful, fast-growing, evergreen plant that makes the perfect hedge or border and doesn't spread all over the yard. Just read about the varieties. I've had bamboo planted at my house for years and it's my favorite plant.

Do you remember what species you planted?

 

[GasX]

Do you remember what species you planted?

We have Golden Goddess and it is great

 

[zinfamous]

Use a machete to sharpen the top ends and you're golden.

yeah, but you gotta bury them 5 feet deep, cover the hole with straw and reeds, and smear dog shit on the sharp ends for real security.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Our neighbor has a bamboo wall, and while it hasn't actually managed to grow in our yard (almost no soil anyways), we do get a shitton of leaves from them.

 

[GasX]

http://www.bamboogarden.com/barrier installation.htm

 

[Thump553]

Do it in CT and you could be liable for fines of $100 day plus unlimited liability to your neighbors to eliminate it if it spreads.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/ACT/PA/2013PA-00082-R00SB-01016-PA.htm

 

[IGBT]

it's going to end up all over the place. My neighbor put that crap in her yard and now she's at war with it. I think it's growing in her hair.

 

[IronWing]

Do it in CT and you could be liable for fines of $100 day plus unlimited liability to your neighbors to eliminate it if it spreads.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/ACT/PA/2013PA-00082-R00SB-01016-PA.htm

I want to be a municipal tree warden.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

yea nay on the bamboo

They do make Ivy fences.

That's fugly.

 

[nageov3t]

That's fugly.

I think it looks nicer than a white PVC fence or something like that.

upkeep would be a bitch, though, unless you have regular groundskeepers anyways like on a college campus.

 

[qliveur]

My idiot father planted both ivy and bamboo.

Guess who has to deal with it now?

 

[IEC]

Throw meat or dog treats at the dogs for a few weeks and they will stop barking at you.

Unless they are the stupidest of chihuahuas or other dogs of low intelligence.