To manually remove the plant, a contractor will start by cutting bamboo to ground level with pruners or a handsaw to prevent it from completing photosynthesis. Next, they’ll water the area thoroughly ...

Clumping bamboos such as Fargesias don’t pose a problem, as they stay pretty much in place. It is the running invasive bamboo in the genera Bambusa, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, and Pseudosasa that ...

A Nazareth resident has been granted an extension to remove a banned invasive plant from her property. Corrie Drosnock told Borough Council that she and her husband, Eric, have been working diligently ...

If your indoor bamboo is struggling, check for signs of root rot, like yellowing or wilted leaves and mushy, dark roots. If your potted bamboo is dying, remove any soft or discolored roots, rinse the ...

Smithtown officials plan an environmental review of a proposed ordinance regulating bamboo, an unwieldy plant that is dividing neighbors over the damage it can do and the cost of its removal. The ...

ARDMORE >> Lower Merion township officials are considering establishing a new set of rules dealing with bamboo. The bamboo issue was raised during a hearing May 18 on changes to and existing ordinance ...

Roslyn Harbor is joining a list of Long Island communities that have banned invasive bamboo on village property and in residential neighborhoods. The village board voted 5-0 last month to ban any new ...