More than a year ago I wrote about trying to kill bamboo behind our garage. I decided to smother it with carpet, and I planned to leave the carpet there for a very long time. I didn't know how long - I just wanted to make sure the bamboo was dead. More than a year later I had to remove the carpet, because our Magnolia tree was being removed. It wasn't long enough, in my opinion, to kill the bamboo, and it looks like I was right.
Recently I've spent time back there removing wood chips, leveling the ground and building a chicken coop, and I've noticed the bamboo coming back with a vengeance. I've pulled up some shoots, but I have a lot of work ahead of me. I'm hoping the chickens will help when they arrive.
good luck with the bamboo....I hear it's roots go all the way to China...sorry it was just there. I have no Idea about bamboo..but Palm trees are not killable.
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