If your neighbor has planted uncontained running bamboo and it is now growing in your yard, please call me:

352 686-3975

We have the same problem with a neighbor’s 30′ wide x 30′ high wall of bamboo that is adjacent to out property line for over 7 years and insists this plant is not invasive. Now we have 33 shoots on 1/4th of our front yard going towards the street, back yard and center of front lawn. We contacted city hall and they wrote a letter…If anyone has advice about litigation or a way to contact federal government, please let us know. It will cost us $7,000 to put in a 100′ wall and dig up all the rhizomes. Guarenteed for one year….Please help

We have a neighbor whose 40′ bamboo has invaded our yard. It is threatening our septic system. He refuses to control it. We spent a few thousands dollars cutting it down and getting rid of it in dumpsters we paid for. The neighbor is angry that we are cutting the bamboo in our yard! We are tired and are at our wits end with the bamboo which continues to sprout. We are forced to cut it down every other day. Our nightmare will never end until he gets rid of his or tries to control it. If anyone has any ideas how to control it please contact us: Chevylover1988@comcast.net

Correction–please use rcarlson@tree-tech.com if you wish to contact the arborist. I inadvertently posted an old address.

I do not live in NY. Iis there anyone who could advise on how to “go Federal” with assistance once bambooed, since there are so many unfortunate victims that spend thousands on time spent, legal fees not to mention the unbearable damage and personal angst.

If there is any attorney that is willing to legally take on this near-the-end horror pro bono or on contingency,(which is now non-jury (why non-jury?) trial after two recently failed mediation attempts, nine years of legal wrangling, please provide contact info. I’m sure the other side will throw some settlement bone soon to avoid trial but not nearly enough to only cover what has been expended. This matter is my mother’s home and not even my own. I’ve been told that I cannot recoup any legal fees or other fees associated with almost futile attempts to help my family. If any attorney can help me take this to a trial by jury, please let yourself be known.

The article states (last sentence) that L.I. has two vilages that ban bamboo. Which ones are they and how did they accomplish the restriction? The township citation code may be helpful. How do we find out?

An expert arborist in this field is Russ Carlson whose e-mail is tree-tech@tree-tech.com. My response to Cnomorebamboo, sorry,I cannot share the report prepared for us since it’s in litigation. Litigation is very costly and a hideous way to control this monster. I spoke to a woman from Conn. who saw this blog and both of us agreed that the only way to get any relief is to do so on a Federal level with lots of noise from the unfortunates who have been bambooed. Local municipalities (at least ours) don’t even acknowledge it or any other violations, regardless of how seriously they violate zoning or nuisance or any other township ordinances. They refer to it as a neighbor dispute, can you believe it? I would just love to have a trial by jury since I cannot fathom anyone sitting on a jury wouldn’t sympathize. You have to control it, cut it back, chip it up, haul it away and often. The cost and physical labor is on top of the emotional upsetness. Also, I understand that blackbirds that thrive in bamboo can carry histoplasmosis (sp?) which is a bird-caused respiratory illness. How nice.

Some bamboo is quite invasive, and it can be destructive. Culms (shoots) of some species can grow several feet in a week. And as long as a part of the stand remains, it will continue to invade across property lines.

From personal experience I think the invasiveness of bamboo is over rated. New shoots can be run over with a lawnmower, or gathered and used in a stirfry.
I removed several hundred square feet of it by cutting it down at ground level and mowing the area about once a week. It very quickly ran out of energy.

“Botanists identify new species of North American bamboo” http://www.physorg.com/news92998562.html

Bamboo has many use well before it is known as a flooring material: landscaping, baskets, musical instruments, furnitures, fishing rods, utensils, bridges, fences… bamboo shoots are eaten in Asia. It is used for carving, and its fiber has also been made into clothing. It is my favorite grass since it is both beautiful and useful. However, just like any grass, it is very invasive and should be planted in a cement trough sunk into the ground. Otherwise, it will spread and become a landscaping nightmare.

Roundup works well!

I have nine plus years of this horror with my family home. I am going to reach the arborist that wrote our expert report for legal and other reasons. I f ok with him, I’ll send it for you all to read about the horror bamboo causes, how hard and expensive it iis to control and how expensive it is ito permanently remove

My gas is soooo bad, I can’t stand it. Here, have a whiff!

The Good Samaritan has spoken.

no wonder bamboo flooring is so cheap

i prefer ez wider just saying…

Bamboo is an invasive plant species that is not indigenous to the area. It can spread like wildfire because it grows so quickly, thereby out-competing local plant species for space and nutrients. It is said that bamboo can grow so quickly, that you can literally sit and watch it grow.

THE ONLY THING I KNOW ABOUT IT IS THAT IT IS VERY INVASSIVE AND CAN EVEN COME UP THRU CONCRETE. OTHER THAN THAT WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL.

I’m with exibanker, can someone explain why Bamboo is bad? Is there some sort of ecological damage it does? Or is this a case of someone just doesnt like the appearance?

bad bamboo sounds funny to me bad bad bamboo…smokersodysseycom

Why is bamboo bad? It is fantastic!!!!!

Boo all you want, but bamboo is bad & better be banned.