Fail proof barrier for running bamboos

[stevelau1911]

I don't use rhizome barriers at all for obvious reasons, but for anyone who does use them, I found a picture which had a very good idea in getting a good seal on the barrier. Here's the picture and link.



http://exotenfans.eu/board2-winterharte ... -bambusse/

[jd.]

I like it!
The way the seams are joined would redirect running rhizomes back towards the interior rather than allow them to endlessly loop around the perimeter.

[Alan_L]

This is a nice barrier!

I do think that calling any plastic rhizome barrier "fail-proof" is misleading though.

[johnw]

I was at the community college in the Annapolis Valley today to check out the P. arcanas. We noticed plenty of new rhizomes with roots nicely formed. Some rhizomes were dolphining under the curb and my friend who planted them was a bit alarmed but glad he was retiring before they surface in the new roadway!

A few pix. Pretty green after the heat and drought summer long down there, also frshly mulched. If they had had moisture in July and August they would have been a lot bigger. They had just planted another huge bed surrounded by asphalt - P. viridi-striata (about 30-40 plants) and a half dozen Indocalamus latifolius 'Hopei'. They were having one of their 4 annual plant sales today - by coincidence, lots of bamboos being propagated for the spring or summer sale - Psuedosasa japonica, P. aureosulcata Alata and P. arcanas in 1 & 2 gallons.

Got 2x 5ft Musa ensete 'Maurellii' and 2 x 3ft M. 'ventricosa Rojo', Cupressus arizonica 'Blue Ice' and Acer mono ssp. truncatum

johnw - +20c ay 17:25. (30cm of snow in Winnepeg, Manitoba today? )