The Power Of Bamboo

[sysardman]

If anybody had doubts about bamboo being used to kill people that were staked over a bamboo shoot here's a picture that might make you think again:

Two office chairs had been discarded in my neighbours garden some time ago and one bamboo shoot had grown straight through both of them and had reached a height of 100ft. The shoot on the right next to the chairs was about a foot tall when we first started our clearance project 3 days ago.

[Naam]

in my garden i measured bamboo shoots growing >2cm per hour!

[mauGR1]

yep, if it's sunny after the rain you can almost see them growing.

[sysardman]

yep, if it's sunny after the rain you can almost see them growing.

I'm sure you can but I was too busy to watch

[thrilled]

Bamboo had taken over my sisters house.I have cut it down,poisoned it,it still keeps on growing.

I'm thinking about taking A backhoe and digging down and taking it out by the roots.

[sysardman]

Bamboo had taken over my sisters house.I have cut it down,poisoned it,it still keeps on growing.

I'm thinking about taking A backhoe and digging down and taking it out by the roots.

What!!! it's going to grow back again, my back won't take any more

[sysardman]

yep, if it's sunny after the rain you can almost see them growing.

I'm sure you can but I was too busy to watch

A little update for those interested and many thanks to those who've downloaded or viewed. We've been a bit rained off the past couple of days, bit boggy underfoot and the mozzies are thriving. Anyway went to check today and took this photo - a little bit bigger than before you will agree

Edited August 27, 2012 by sysardman

[necronx99]

Mythbusters did a show on this.

Had no trouble growing through a human analogue in a few days or a week

[sysardman]

Mythbusters did a show on this.

Had no trouble growing through a human analogue in a few days or a week

[media]

Hi thanks for that - didn't realise there was a link until I started this reply, for some reason my browser doesn't show a lot of poster's links. I don't watch mythbusters, I get jealous seeing people get paid for having fun no actually only have Thai tv, just download stuff I want in Engilsh.

Edited August 27, 2012 by sysardman

[necronx99]

Bamboo had taken over my sisters house.I have cut it down,poisoned it,it still keeps on growing.

I'm thinking about taking A backhoe and digging down and taking it out by the roots.

If it's the running kind, that is pretty much what you have to do.

Dont leave any chopped up bits behind.

[sysardman]

Bamboo had taken over my sisters house.I have cut it down,poisoned it,it still keeps on growing.

I'm thinking about taking A backhoe and digging down and taking it out by the roots.

If it's the running kind, that is pretty much what you have to do.

Dont leave any chopped up bits behind.

Just watched the video, good stuff but they nearly blew it with the type of bamboo and the weather. It actually made me sit back and start thinking back to my biology class days (my brain hurts now) - of course it's actually part of the grass family and propagates in the same way by sending out runners and shoots. Thanks again

PS yep we've still a lot of hard work ahead

Edited August 27, 2012 by sysardman

[necronx99]

Bamboo had taken over my sisters house.I have cut it down,poisoned it,it still keeps on growing.

I'm thinking about taking A backhoe and digging down and taking it out by the roots.

If it's the running kind, that is pretty much what you have to do.

Dont leave any chopped up bits behind.

Just watched the video, good stuff but they nearly blew it with the type of bamboo and the weather. It actually made me sit back and start thinking back to my biology class days (my brain hurts now) - of course it's actually part of the grass family and propagates in the same way by sending out runners and shoots. Thanks again

PS yep we've still a lot of hard work ahead

There are basically two classes, the running kind which can destroy you, and the clumping sort which doesnt spread but needs to be thinned.

Ornamental should always be clumping, unless you grow it in an old iron bathtub.

[sysardman]

Bamboo had taken over my sisters house.I have cut it down,poisoned it,it still keeps on growing.

I'm thinking about taking A backhoe and digging down and taking it out by the roots.

If it's the running kind, that is pretty much what you have to do.

Dont leave any chopped up bits behind.

Just watched the video, good stuff but they nearly blew it with the type of bamboo and the weather. It actually made me sit back and start thinking back to my biology class days (my brain hurts now) - of course it's actually part of the grass family and propagates in the same way by sending out runners and shoots. Thanks again

PS yep we've still a lot of hard work ahead

There are basically two classes, the running kind which can destroy you, and the clumping sort which doesnt spread but needs to be thinned.

Ornamental should always be clumping, unless you grow it in an old iron bathtub.

I think me and you could have put on a better show than Mythbusters - that bamboo in my photo has grown at least 2ft in as many days There's a few posters on here that I'd like to try it on

[overherebc]

I honestly don't know if it would help you but I recently bought a Monsanto weedkiller that works by absorbtion thru the plants upper area, migrates to the roots and kills the plant from there. Tomorrow I will try to get the name for you and post.

It was the only thing that finally got rid of my unwanted banana plants. Maybe would work on Bamboo.

Doesn't have any effect on nearby plants if you're careful and don't get it on the leaves.

Edited August 30, 2012 by overherebc

[sysardman]

I honestly don't know if it would help you but I recently bought a Monsanto weedkiller that works by absorbtion thru the plants upper area, migrates to the roots and kills the plant from there. Tomorrow I will try to get the name for you and post.

It was the only thing that finally got rid of my unwanted banana plants. Maybe would work on Bamboo.

Doesn't have any effect on nearby plants if you're careful and don't get it on the leaves.

Thanks for that - the difficulty is that the work I'm doing is just helping a neighbour (Thai) so I don't want to be paying from my pocket. I will pass the information on to him though.

We've been rained off yet again but I walked past today and the shoot in the photos is now way past head height. We left it growing out of interest but it's for the chop as soon as things dry up.

Edited August 30, 2012 by sysardman

[overherebc]

I honestly don't know if it would help you but I recently bought a Monsanto weedkiller that works by absorbtion thru the plants upper area, migrates to the roots and kills the plant from there. Tomorrow I will try to get the name for you and post.

It was the only thing that finally got rid of my unwanted banana plants. Maybe would work on Bamboo.

Doesn't have any effect on nearby plants if you're careful and don't get it on the leaves.

Thanks for that - the difficulty is that the work I'm doing is just helping a neighbour (Thai) so I don't want to be paying from my pocket. I will pass the information on to him though.

We've been rained off yet again but I walked past today and the shoot in the photos is now way past head height. We left it growing out of interest but it's for the chop as soon as things dry up.

It was 150 baht a litre and is used at 25cc to one litre of water so it goes a long way. Takes about 4 to 5 days to start showing results but as soon as you see the leaves etc start to yellow it has killed the roots.

[sysardman]

I honestly don't know if it would help you but I recently bought a Monsanto weedkiller that works by absorbtion thru the plants upper area, migrates to the roots and kills the plant from there. Tomorrow I will try to get the name for you and post.

It was the only thing that finally got rid of my unwanted banana plants. Maybe would work on Bamboo.

Doesn't have any effect on nearby plants if you're careful and don't get it on the leaves.

Thanks for that - the difficulty is that the work I'm doing is just helping a neighbour (Thai) so I don't want to be paying from my pocket. I will pass the information on to him though.

We've been rained off yet again but I walked past today and the shoot in the photos is now way past head height. We left it growing out of interest but it's for the chop as soon as things dry up.

It was 150 baht a litre and is used at 25cc to one litre of water so it goes a long way. Takes about 4 to 5 days to start showing results but as soon as you see the leaves etc start to yellow it has killed the roots.

OK if you get the name and where to buy I'll pass it on - might even go halves because it sounds like it might clear the weeds in our back yard. Thanks again

[overherebc]

I have tried many times to upload this JPG but all I get is a note telling me No File selected.

Edited August 31, 2012 by overherebc

[Payboy]

in my garden i measured bamboo shoots growing >2cm per hour!

I'm gonna get me a couple of pet pandas.

[overherebc]

Here goes again

Give up. Will try later

[sysardman]

Here goes again

Give up. Will try later

Hi @overherebc I'm having same problems, have contacted webadmin, awaiting reply, will let you know

[overherebc]

Here goes again

Give up. Will try later

Hi @overherebc I'm having same problems, have contacted webadmin, awaiting reply, will let you know

Ah, the fun of Administrivia.

[sysardman]

Here goes again

Give up. Will try later

Hi @overherebc I'm having same problems, have contacted webadmin, awaiting reply, will let you know

Ah, the fun of Administrivia.

Well in true fashion he mailed me saying 'not my problem' and gave me email for [email protected]. now waiting for their reply

Edited August 31, 2012 by sysardman

[overherebc]

Latest attempt

Nope system still no good

[kotsak]

I thought this topic was about the Vietnamese pornstar :> Oh, well..

[sysardman]

Latest attempt

Nope system still no good

I got an email reply from support and they were saying rubbish about file size when I actually told them I had tried with reposting the bamboo pictures in my first posts. If anybody wonders if I know what I'm talking about my nickname sysardman is derived from my previous incarnation as SysAdmin but was corrupted by students whose butts I threatend to kick for exceeding disk quotas with games and other rubbish as opposed to research and thesis trivia.

[sysardman]

I thought this topic was about the Vietnamese pornstar :> Oh, well..

Well it can be - please share

[sysardman]

Here goes again

Give up. Will try later

Hi @overherebc I'm having same problems, have contacted webadmin, awaiting reply, will let you know

Ah, the fun of Administrivia.

Well in true fashion he mailed me saying 'not my problem' and gave me email for [email protected]. now waiting for their reply

Well in true fashion after pointing out the bamboo picture example they have mailed me to say OK we'll pass it on to site admin aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggg. show me a tall building quick

[overherebc]

Try again

[sysardman]

Try again

Thanks for that, did you buy it at one of the big stores or some other place?

Glad to see they fixed the problem, thought I was going to be in one of those 'pass the parcel' games, I was expecting to be sent to a hotline next and have to listen to 'Greensleeves' or some other mind numbing tune