What can I do for this Bamboo?

[LivingDeadGirlUK]

I posted before about how my mum hacked away at the trees and bamboo in my garden. I don't know what to do about the bamboo its been several weeks and its not growing or budding. Is there anything I can do or does it need taking out? :(

Get rid of it. It is a nuisance and the roots will end up invading your house structure and cause lots of damage.

Remove it and make sure all the roots are gone or it will damage your home and cause legal issues for you if it strays on to neighbours land as they are wont to do.
Bamboo should only be in pots if you must have the blimmin stuff.

Your mum has done your a favour. Bamboo quickly takes over and can be really destructive. Honestly, the sooner you get rid of it the better

Take it out before it spreads and ruins your life.

Take it out. A lot in the press last week how it's worse than Japanese knotweed.

Cut it low and eat the shoots when they pop up.

Afaik bamboo only sprouts once a year, well, the one invading me from my neighbour does. When I’ve cut the canes down, I’m safe till next spring. But do yourself a favour and hack it all out. Awful stuff.

Honestly some of these comments are incredibly hurtful considering the wider damage thats been done to my garden. My house is safe, my garden is totally paved bar this patch. No she hadn't 'done me a favour' by cutting everything green out of my garden. I'm in tears again, all I wanted to know is if the bamboo thats been there nearly 10 years quite happily can be saved!

Bamboo is tough stuff with a good root system. I’d be surprised if it didn’t reshoot from the base in due course. Provided she merely “pruned it” and didn’t apply weedkiller. Do whatever you need to to avoid staring at the wreckage this year, and keep your fingers crossed for next spring.

They’re not hurtful comments they’re useful and informative. Everyone here is telling you the same- why ask for advice if you can’t accept it! Google the damage bamboo can do to your property. It’s horrendous! The roots have probably already done some damage which you can’t see. Get rid of it asap!

The roots will still be spreading though!

I don't think any weedkiller was used no. I will try and chop it back to the base so there isnt sharp stems for the kids to fall into.

Read this OP. Seriously they ARE beginning to warn us that bamboo can be a massive problem. Your choice, but at least be informed.

The big British bamboo crisis: ‘It invaded my beautiful home’ | Plants | The Guardian

I'm going to step away from this thread now, I'm sure there are different types of bamboo, a quick google shows lots of non-invasive varieties, this and the black varient in the other planting space which got the same treatment haven't spread anywhere else in over 10 years. They looked lovely and just needed a once year prune (from a professional), they didn't deserve this.

It looks to me like the variety the OP has is not one of the invasive sort, but a clumping type. They are not all as bad as each other, and as the OP says, it has already been there a number of years without causing an issue.

@LivingDeadGirlUK I'd wait and see. I remember your other thread and how upset you were about what happened.

We had bamboo in all my childhood gardens both here and overseas and it wasn’t the thuggish bully described. I find it utterly beautiful and the sound it makes lovely.

I'm still trying to get rid of what was in my garden when I moved in nine years ago.

Bloody awful stuff 😞

Such negative and basically wrong views here. So many bambos aren't invasive. Many won't spread. Get a grip people.

Don't worry OP. Clumping bamboo isn't invasive and it's useful to have free garden canes just growing there. My neighbour has very old bamboo that is clumping bamboo in two spots and it's never spread or invaded. If it's not spreading bamboo its very lovely.

I was told by a gardener recently that if you cut it right down it will grow back and that many people do that periodically.

It may take a bit of time though if you are cutting in spring

As soon as anyone mentions bamboo there is a run of posts saying to get rid. It can be a nuisance but many of the varieties sold now are not invasive. They can be beautiful plants and I love the noise they make swishing in the wind. I am sure it will grow back OP.

I agree. Many varieties are clumping and are non-invasive.

OP, I would feed it, give it a good watering and time. I cut out the old bamboo canes from mine and it has taken several months to grow back.