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#BAMBOO BARRIER INSTALL#
#BAMBOO BARRIER CRACK#

#BAMBOO BARRIER CRACK#

One of the many myths of bamboo is its ability to crack solid concrete. Concrete was used many years ago ( Byron Agriculture Station in Byron, Georgia) as a below ground barrier system and found to crack below the frost line allowing bamboo rhizomes to emerge through to the other side. Seldom are driveways seen without cracks. Driveways are poured 4 to 6 inches deep to allow heavy vehicles passage and parking. Even concrete will freeze and crack over the years. The plastic barrier has a better chance not cracking when frozen like other materials. This would be extremely cold and the thickness greater than 30 mil does great at handling very cold temperatures without damage. Plastic thinner than 30 mil has been shown to crack when ground temperatures 24 inches deep get below -15 degrees F. Bamboo Shield is impermeable to water as well which acts as a water barrier. The polyethylene barrier is made from post industrial recycled regrind material when possible, in the USA. Barrier are sold in 24″, 30″, and 36″ depths to provide extra protection from stray growth. Bamboo roots typically travel in the first 12 inches of topsoil. Superior to metals because it will not rust and easier to install. It is made from HDPE, high-density polyethylene. 80 mil (5/64th inch or 2 mm) material thickness that provides 155 pound-force puncture resistance.īamboo Barrier is a diversion type control method with a smooth surface on the side facing your bamboo planting.Protective side is chrome rolled to provide a better rhizome deflection surface.

#BAMBOO BARRIER INSTALL#

Superior to metals because it will not rust and easier to install.

80 mil is effective for warm to hot climates with medium to large size bamboo.

Controls growth of bamboo by limiting rhizome (root) expansion.

If it’s an edible variety, you’ll be able to contain the roots and eat the shoots each spring. If the root tries to cross the 4-inch-high barrier, it’s easy to see and cut it off.

If the barrier is too close to the soil’s surface, the roots can stay hidden as they cross over the top and attack your garden. The top edge of the barrier needs to be above ground by about 4 inches.

You want the top of the barrier to lean away from the bamboo so that the roots will go up once they hit the barrier.

If the barrier is perfectly vertical or if the bottom leans away, the bamboo roots will hit the barrier and go down until they can get under and past it.

With the help of a couple of friends, I set the barrier in place and back-filled the trench.Ī successful barrier requires two points of nuance: I bought a roll of 24-inch-wide, 60-millimeter-thick, heavy-duty, plastic root barrier from a bamboo nursery. To keep my neighbor’s bamboo out of our gardens, I rented a mobile trenching machine known as a Ditch Witch so that I could cut a 20-inch-deep trench as close as possible to the chain-link fence along our property line. You can purchase root barriers and learn to install them on Lewis Bamboo’s website, a second-generation bamboo nursery. Bamboo also doesn’t like to cross water, so creeks and lakeshores are effective barriers, as well.įor a gardener whose neighbor has bamboo along a shared property line - such as myself - the only option is to go underground and install a root barrier. Planting the bamboo in a big pot set aboveground (so the roots can’t pass through the drainage hole and into the ground) will work. Planting it in the center of a circular driveway can be lovely a 12-foot-wide moat of concrete is only 6 inches deep, but it’s wide enough to keep bamboo corralled. There are places for bamboo, even if your garden is smaller than an estate. But even the clumping bamboo’s enthusiasm is boundless - eventually. Sadly, many bamboo buyers have allowed the term “clumping” to lure them into believing that the bamboo knew when to stop growing. Having seen acres of the latter ripped out of gardens, the more accurate names might be running bamboo versus “running in slow motion” bamboo.

This soft spot extends to the names used to classify bamboo as “running” bamboo versus “clumping” bamboo. Frankenstein, they probably also have a soft spot for their creature’s flaws. I suspect that people who sell bamboo plants share that enthusiasm. If bamboo is celebrating itself today in your neighbor’s garden, just think of the party it will throw after it crosses the invisible property line into your garden tomorrow. Bamboo is so enamored with itself that it can hardly contain its enthusiasm. Bamboo is nice to look at, but it can be aggressive and take over your garden.Ī grove of bamboo might be one of the most beautiful looking - and most beautiful sounding - forms of plant life.