Comments on: Giant timber bamboo

By: LB

LB — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:08:35 +0000

In reply to not a domestic plant; an act of God. Apparently bamboo is one of the biggest dangers to natural forests - it's just taking over the planet, especially places where it does not belong. As for my yard, my neighbour and I have dug every last bit of it up, and sunk it back into safe planters. No more fighting the bamboo, after 8 years of it. The war is over!

By: not a domestic plant; an act of God

not a domestic plant; an act of God — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:03:57 +0000

Sure, it looks pretty now, but are you aware that soon it can not be stopped and becomes a green wall 60 feet high advancing everywhere? I love P. vivax, and moso…. and have five species on my 3 acres area of forest and pond. I do not mind it taking over, but seems you have this near neighbors?

By: CJW

CJW — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:38:36 +0000

Oh, come on. You are upset at having this plant in your yard. Please. Let me remind you what exactly you got there.

First of all you do indeed have P.Vivax as Vivax has weak culms that make it break under load of snow. This variety is extremely invasive. I’ll agree. But it should NEVER be treated like a pest plant. I’ll explain.

1) Bamboo is an air filter. This means it can convert NOx and COx around your house into breathable air for you.
2) Bamboo can and will act as an air conditioner and provide valuable shade.
3) It’s a greenhouse gas reducer. It also provides valuable habitat for various native hummingbirds and other animals. I have a huge grove of Madake. P.Bambusoides in SW of Victoria. I have seen more animals using it for shelter that another other plant.
4) Its culms and shoots are useable.
5) it’s just beautiful! I’f you don’t want it I’ll gladly take it.

By: LB

LB — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:52:00 +0000

Hey, thanks for the stories. Don’t even get me started – I was being nice in this post and masking how I really feel about the 122 feet of bamboo grove I have to fight annually. My neighbour is going to have to deal with it soon. I am not pleased. Now if it were clumping bamboo like sr’s, that might be different. Andrea, do you have scars from crashing through it? I do!

By: s r

s r — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:23:17 +0000

my neighbor came over and threatened to sue us when she saw me planting some bamboo…
I had to talk her down of the ledge and show her that it was a clumping variety… but still, she still gives me the stink eye every time I see her…

By: knitgirl

knitgirl — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:27:41 +0000

ok, when can we come over?

juicy roots? OMG….”it’s aliiiiiiiiiiiive”…….

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:14:36 +0000

Haha, this is a great post. We had a GIANT bamboo “hedge” along the side of my house when I was growing up. It was a constant struggle–nipping new shoots poking out of the ground, lobbing off the top so our house wouldn’t get too shady. As a child I tried to fight my way through the dense thicket, pushing and squeezing past the smooth stems and scratchy clumps of leaves. There was one clearing in the middle where the stalks didn’t grow for some reason, and upon reaching it I was almost always scratched and bloody.
So YES. Send pandas indeed!