Moving a bamboo

[Paul Ont]

Even in a northern zone 4b climate a Phyllostachys aureosulcata can get out of hand quickly. I had to move a large chunk of mine because it was running the wrong way.

One tool required is a good shovel, I've broken more than my fair share of 'cheap' shovels over the years and finally splurged on a good titanium one.

Here's the plant "Before", running on to the septic bed:
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Started digging a trench around the bamboo to find all the rhizomes:
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Haha, success:
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Starting to get a real collection here:
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Oh my that's a lot of root:
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Closeup on some of the culms:
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I'll post a 'finished' picture when the culms recover fro the move. They were looking a little dehydrated in their new home!

Thanks!

P.S. if anyone wants to swap some large (15 gallon) bamboo with me, I'd love to try a larger size of some of the plants that have failed here in the past.

[canadianplant]

thats crazy paul. Mine hasnt started running at all