bamboo

hi i have some bamboo at the top of my garden that has been there about 10 yrs + and i have a gap in my garden hedge that i would like to put some of this bamboo,im just wondering if i would be able to dig this up and plant it in a different place how hard would it be?
Thanks

 

I made the 'mistake' of planting bamboo in my garden years ago and now it is taking over . It looks lovely and very effective near water for example, but mine has spread everywhere. It now grows up through my lawn and I cant control it. It is the very devil to gets the roots out. I have to just keep snipping it out at ground level. :flag:HELP !!!

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A.Panda
The Bamboo Forest

 

There are two types of bamboo, running and clumping.

I presume Chiz1 that you have the clumping type. It's easy to dig out part of it with a sharp spade and transplant that bit. There should be no problem. I dug up bits of bamboo in my brother's garden and transplanted them into mine and they're growing fine.

Blue Roses, unfortunately you have the running type which is hell bent on world domination! Perhaps you'll have to import very hungry pandas!

 

thanks,mine has been there a while and isnt spreading that much if any,

 

They can be lifted and replanted fine, just treat it like you would any other plant you are thinking of moving and get as big a clump as you can, with a good root system.

 

what should i do soak in water after digging it up before replanting?

 

I'd replant it first, then give it a good soaking.

If you put water on it first before putting it into its new home, there's a good chance you'll wash off a lot of the existing soil, and you want to keep that.

 

They split easily if you have a sharp spade
And will grow away merrily

 

do the roots grow deeply after digging a clump up they seem quite shallow rooters,which is just as well as where i want to replant it theres seems to be a concerete floor under the soil about 2ft down!

 

Bamboo is a type of grass, therefore the roots don't head down to Australia.

 

Watch out that your 'concrete floor' isn't some kind of drain?
I would think that it must be something important

Fabulous pics KindredSpirit

 

We had a clump of bamboo half-way down our side border, I think this self-seeded as we'd had one before which flowered and died, this happened to lots of bamboo that year, even garden centres lost their stock. I dug it up in one piece about two feet in diameter.

I then split this with a sharp spade into about eight pieces and planted it as a "stand" against our back fence, it hasn't spread much. It's thickened out and is about twelve feet across and completely hides the fence behind it. I occasionally cut one or two canes from it for plant supports.

 

Good example of an ornamental grass garden there - very nice