Chipping bamboo?

I am digging a largeish area of bamboo out of my garden, I know I have to get rid of the rhizomes & roots to stop it growing back but can I put all the canes through my chipper to make mulch from them without the risk of filling the whole garden with bamboo?

 

I would be just a little careful if the bamboo is still very green when you chip it. Its very filamentous plant, so it may well just turn into mulch in the chipper. I would leave it to dry out a bit, and then try a cane to see how well it works first.

I'm probably just being over cautious, but wouldn't you rather that than a broken chipper?

 

We have chipped bamboo and added it to the compost heap and had no problem but i agree dispose of the root areas elsewhere. Good luck though with digging out the root areas - VERY tough challenge! I have never had much success digging it out in fact it has beaten us completley and we control the spread by cutting it and chipping it now. Perhaps you know of someone with a JCB!!

 

Save a few of the long canes, they always come in handy for plant supports.