Bamboo or Brush Thinning

Kordax Senior Forumite Hank Rearden Posts: 2,537	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 8, 2008 13:48:01 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kordax on May 8, 2008 13:48:01 GMT -5 Does anyone have a bamboo stand that needs thinning or know someone who does? If not, what about brush -- I'm looking for tomato stakes .....
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daworm Administrator Sub ?ber Geek Need more beer... Posts: 4,357	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 9, 2008 8:38:31 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daworm on May 9, 2008 8:38:31 GMT -5 I have more bamboo than I want, you are welcome to it. Maybe not enough for a whole garden (the bamboo stand is in the neighbor's yard, but 10-15 of them, 20' tall at least, have encroached into mine).
	They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator. David Attenborough, on crediting God for the wonders of the world.

mikeydokey Forumite Posts: 1,142	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 9, 2008 11:45:50 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikeydokey on May 9, 2008 11:45:50 GMT -5 Damn, I could have sworn it read bush trimming!!!
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Kordax Senior Forumite Hank Rearden Posts: 2,537	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 9, 2008 21:36:49 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kordax on May 9, 2008 21:36:49 GMT -5 Worm -- let me know when & where & I'm there ....
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kcisme Regular KCisMe Posts: 47	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 12, 2008 15:16:48 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kcisme on May 12, 2008 15:16:48 GMT -5 We are interested in live bamboo if anyone has some they would like thinned out. We will be happy with any but especially desire the golden and black varieties.

daworm Administrator Sub ?ber Geek Need more beer... Posts: 4,357	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 13, 2008 8:30:27 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daworm on May 13, 2008 8:30:27 GMT -5 You are a sick puppy, wanting live bamboo. That stuff is evil incarnate.
	They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator. David Attenborough, on crediting God for the wonders of the world.

kcisme Regular KCisMe Posts: 47	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 13, 2008 8:41:05 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kcisme on May 13, 2008 8:41:05 GMT -5 May 13, 2008 8:30:27 GMT -5 daworm said: You are a sick puppy, wanting live bamboo. That stuff is evil incarnate. Well then, maybe it will choke out the kudzu we a plagued with up on the ridge! It's a race!!

daworm Administrator Sub ?ber Geek Need more beer... Posts: 4,357	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 13, 2008 10:15:52 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daworm on May 13, 2008 10:15:52 GMT -5 Hehe, like putting out someone who's on fire with an axe! There is no win involved. Maybe I'll dig up a few root systems for you if I get a chance. Yard work is not something I usually do willingly, though. Only when I must.
	They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator. David Attenborough, on crediting God for the wonders of the world.

Tsavodiner Senior Forumite The Pompous Ass Mental Health Consumers For Gun Control Posts: 7,820	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 14, 2008 3:17:39 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tsavodiner on May 14, 2008 3:17:39 GMT -5 When the corpse's smell can no longer be allayed with lye....
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Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 14, 2008 6:19:18 GMT -5

Post by tnponder on May 14, 2008 6:19:18 GMT -5

Over Christmas, my uncle told me about an asparagus garden he had 50 years ago. It was planted quite a ways from the house and seperated even by a driveway. Imagine their surprise when they found it growing through their plumbing fixtures in the house. He said that it is just as invasive as bamboo and once started you can't keep it from spreading.
I decided to scratch the asparagus garden idea.

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Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 14, 2008 11:58:29 GMT -5

Post by Kordax on May 14, 2008 11:58:29 GMT -5

You may want to rethink the asparagus idea. I've transplanted it to beds & haven't had any invasive problems with other parts of a cultivated garden. Unlike bamboo (as I learned at Worm's), asparagus doesn't have a rock-solid tap root -- it has a fiberous, matted, 6-10 inch deep root system that propogates new plants every spring but no runner roots. It's easy to manage .....

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Tookie Senior Forumite Posts: 2,747	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 14, 2008 13:30:32 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tookie on May 14, 2008 13:30:32 GMT -5 He said that it is just as invasive as bamboo and once started you can't keep it from spreading. And God, please forgive the person who brought mimosa trees to this area.
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tnponder Full Forumite Purveyor of Paradise Posts: 1,592	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 14, 2008 19:27:17 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tnponder on May 14, 2008 19:27:17 GMT -5 Kordax, Really? I am so glad to hear that. We love it, and were quite discouraged by his story.
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kcisme Regular KCisMe Posts: 47	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 15, 2008 8:32:43 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kcisme on May 15, 2008 8:32:43 GMT -5 You don't have to be afraid of bamboo! Here's some useful info: www.americanbamboo.org/GeneralInfoPages/ControllingBamboo.html

daworm Administrator Sub ?ber Geek Need more beer... Posts: 4,357	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 15, 2008 9:38:08 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daworm on May 15, 2008 9:38:08 GMT -5 1. Cut it off. 2. Cut it down. 3. Water the area. 4. Cut it down again. All work that I have to do because my stupid neighbor planted this horrible plant. I'm thinking seriously of sending them a bill.
	They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator. David Attenborough, on crediting God for the wonders of the world.

Fun Grrl From Mt Pilot Forumite Dorksarella Posts: 1,289	Bamboo or Brush Thinning May 15, 2008 10:51:58 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fun Grrl From Mt Pilot on May 15, 2008 10:51:58 GMT -5 In the tree line behind the signal view apartment complex on mountain creek road is a ton of it..i doubt they would miss any of it
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Post by tnponder on May 14, 2008 6:19:18 GMT -5

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