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I'm looking to grow a nice privacy screen. Looking for pros and cons of Japanese Arrow Bamboo vs Golden rod.

Also what's the best way to transplant some? I know a few patches off the top of my head. Unless the crazy price they want for 1 plant online is worth it, I think I'll be digging up the ones I need.

>> No.1768921

Don't have to dig up anything, you can snip them and propagate. Just figure out if you're taking clumping or running bamboo, running can be a bitch apparently.

>> No.1768926

>>1768921
>running can be a bitch
Yea, make sure you put the stuff in the ground to keep em from spreading. My lazy dumbass neighbor planted one a couple years ago in the backyard and pretty much once a year the power company needs to hack them all down because he’s a lazy old jew who never leaves his house and they grow into the power lines like crazy. I’m gonna be asking how to kill them on /diy/ when they shoot under my fence.

>> No.1768927

>>1768897
Be careful, make sure they're not invasive. They actually need to be acclimatized, otherwise they will grow like crazy.

>> No.1769079

>>1768927
This, some dude planted some at his house in the town over from me back in the 90s. That shit is all over the town now

>> No.1769093

don't plant bamboo if it's not native to your area. That shit will take over everything.

Just plant leyland cypress.

>> No.1769576

>>1768897
Bamboo privacy fences aren't an instant thing; even a vigorous spreader in a subtropical climate can take years to thicken up to the desired appearance and if you're in a cold climate it can take the better part of a decade. At any rate, the species you're going to be looking at will be determined by the dimensions of the screen you need - basically any foliage-rich clumping bamboo will be suitable if you only need about one story's worth of cover but if you need two stories worth you're going to need something relatively tall and if you want a clumping bamboo that limits you a bit. Clumping cold-hardy bamboos found in cultivation include many species of Fargesia, Chusquea, Thamnocalus and Borinda, clumping cold-sensitive bamboos include some species of the above plus some Bambusas and as far as running bamboos are concerned there are too many to mention. I will, however, mention Phyllostachys because they're so popular: almost all of them grow fast and spread almost as quickly in most areas, many of them can get fucking massive and the warmer your climate the faster all of this happens. You've been warned.

>>1768926
>I’m gonna be asking how to kill them on /diy/ when they shoot under my fence.
Your best option is to prevent that by sinking a barrier (18" deep would probably do the trick} at the fence and mitigation by hand of any rhizomes that sneak through anyway. Even if you cut a mature culm and paint it with herbicide you probably won't kill the whole plant if it's as big as you say. However, if if the culms have a decent diameter I would say give them a potion of the garden and eat the shoots as they appear. No bamboo nigging up your yard and a seasonal treat to boot.

>> No.1769585

>>1768897
See: >>>/out/1694552 or >>>/an/plant

>> No.1769593

>>1768921
>>1769576

Thanks I'm pretty set on pseudosasa japonica, a running type. It doesn't look to grow too tall (maybe 15ft max) and the foliage seems more dense than what phyllostachys tends to be in my area from what I've seen.

I've had a good chance this winter to really see a good bit of both in my area. I am in zone 7A.

For containment I was planning on trenching around where I want it to grow.

How much of a problem can bamboo become growing near a foundation or septic system?

>>1769093
leyland cypress grows too tall and slow for what I want it to do. It's also too susceptible to disease

>> No.1769877

>>1769593
>Thanks I'm pretty set on pseudosasa japonica, a running type. It doesn't look to grow too tall (maybe 15ft max) and the foliage seems more dense than what phyllostachys tends to be in my area from what I've seen.
Good choice. And yes, Phyllostachys have sparse foliage.

>For containment I was planning on trenching around where I want it to grow.
So long as you do it properly that should be fine. The general recommendation is 18" below ground and 4" above.

>How much of a problem can bamboo become growing near a foundation or septic system?
Depends.

>> No.1770679

>>1768926
Buy a fuckton of table salt in water. 1 gallon bug sprayer at night. Nothing will grow there ever again unless you cover it with a foot of dirt and plant grass. ...or dig it out.