http://halfsidebamboo.info/http:/halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/566/how-to-contain-running-bamboos/ Growing Bamboo West of the Cascades Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://halfsidebamboo.info/http:/halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/566/how-to-contain-running-bamboos/comment-page-1/#comment-597 philinshelton Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:46:23 +0000 http://halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/?p=566#comment-597 Cutting the shoots (the stems that grow above ground) may slow the underground spread of the rhizome, but it's not recommended for effective control. For that, the best way is to cut the tips of the young rhizomes as they start to grow beyond the bed border. The new growth at the tip of the rhizome is edible too. Cutting the shoots (the stems that grow above ground) may slow the underground spread of the rhizome, but it’s not recommended for effective control. For that, the best way is to cut the tips of the young rhizomes as they start to grow beyond the bed border. The new growth at the tip of the rhizome is edible too.

]]> http://halfsidebamboo.info/http:/halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/566/how-to-contain-running-bamboos/comment-page-1/#comment-593 bearski Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:29:36 +0000 http://halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/?p=566#comment-593 I've never grown bamboo so this may be a very silly question but is it not possible to contain running bamboos by cutting the shoots and using them as food (the edible varieties, of course)? I’ve never grown bamboo so this may be a very silly question but is it not possible to contain running bamboos by cutting the shoots and using them as food (the edible varieties, of course)?

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