| Charlie Pridham 2008-03-30, 3:25 am |
| In article <2duHj.32547$kN5.21037@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>,
void@voidacious.net says...
> Last year i tried to kill off a bamboo that has gone rampant all over the
> garden , including neighbours gardens.
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> Now that new shoots are springing up this year, should I:
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> 1 chop down as soon as they pop up
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> 2 wait until they are higher with leaves and then cut down
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> 3 wait until they have a couple of leaves and then spray with
> glycophosphate?
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> Thanks for any advice.
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Any in the lawn or coming up in plants just keep cutting off below ground
use a sharp spade, any in clear ground glysophate (round up - not sure on
the spelling of its proper name!) but just keep at it and gradually the
plant will weaken, miss a bit and back it will come. I would be inclined
to dig up any in clear ground the roots are generally not that deep, but
I have light soil so they are easily tamed I believe they can be a bit of
a menace on clay soils.
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
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