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How to Kill Bamboo Permanently
How to Kill Bamboo Permanently. Bamboo is a tough plant that is notoriously hard to kill. Though many people enjoy its delicate appearance and use it to provide privacy from neighboring yards, it grows rapidly and can quickly overtake a small area. To permanently kill bamboo, you must attack the plant with herbicide and continually treat your yard...
Bamboo is a tough plant that is notoriously hard to kill. Though many people enjoy its delicate appearance and use it to provide privacy from neighboring yards, it grows rapidly and can quickly overtake a small area. To permanently kill bamboo, you must attack the plant with herbicide and continually treat your yard for several months. With persistence and luck, you can permanently kill bamboo in your yard or garden.
Things You'll Need
Herbicide
Pruning Shears
Hand Saw
Brush
Bucket
Paint the herbicide glyphosate directly onto the bamboo leaves. You may use a spray bottle as long as there are no nearby plants that could be damaged.
Use a hand saw or lopping shears to cut the bamboo stalks down to about 6 inches above ground.
Immediately paint glyphosate directly onto the open cut of the culms. Apply the herbicide within 10 seconds of each cut otherwise the sap will retreat into the interior of the plant and remain unaffected by the chemical.
Remove any remaining leaves. Any leaves or stalks left uncut will encourage the plant to keep growing.
Repeat above process two or three times or until no new shoots appear.
Tips & Warnings
To prevent a neighbor's bamboo from growing in your yard, place a 2-foot-deep underground barrier between the two yards.
It may take several treatments to permanently kill your bamboo plant.
