Bamboo!

[WolfFisho1]

Well i had bamboo by my pond and decided to rip down the mini forest because of the holes it was putting in my pond! thread here!> http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=807902#post807902

once i knocked down i dug up all of the roots a used a stump grinder to get all of the huge chunky roots. since then i pu some plants in! but now since spring is starting to pass a ton of runners are comming up trying to produce more bamboo! i have been pulling them up but at least 20 pop up every day sometimes more like 50-100. but hnow they are starting to slow down! maybe roun 20-40!

is there anyway i can stop them from comming up?


I kno this is a very fitting place for this but i was hoping some of you may be botanists and could help! But mods if you feel compelled to move this be my guest ecspecially if no one is answering!

 

[santoury]

Hello
You've come to the right place!
You have one of the many types of runner-type Bamboo - probably the infamous Phyllostachys aurea. This is a monster! Unfortunately there is not much you can do, other than manually track down the runners (rhizomes) and pull them out as you can find them. I know it is a complete pain, but I don't think there is a more effective way to get rid of it.
As a side note, this is why people often try to plan a runner-block when first planting their bamboo to prevent this Just be patient, and tedious, and you'll get them out.
If you start digging around the shoots, you can expose the rhizomes (often yellow in color, easy to see), you can then gently nudge the bottom (underneath the rhizome) upwards, thus exposing the direction it is leading (Usually shallow, not deep.) and just keep digging in that direction until you hit the next shoot. The fibrous roots attached to the rhizome are not of concern, usually.

Just took a peek at your other thread - and yes, it is P. aurea, and I'm sorry you didn't do the runner-prevention in the first place! Ouch.