Wales, UK - Bamboo Removal & Management in Rhondda

Bamboo has been steadily growing in popularity for a few UK property owners in the last ten years, nonetheless, unknown to many it is an active and fast-growing grass that is really incredibly troublesome to contain and also manage. In case you have, or think you have Bamboo in Rhondda then you should get advice from a specialist like South Wales Knotweed & Garden Services who will advise you of your best course of action to make sure that it doesn’t grow out of control.

Bamboo is known and adored for its ornamental visual appeal and commonly its rapid growth which gives privacy in overlooked gardens in cities, towns and residential areas and many homeowners plant it without realising its swift growth and ability to spread out and take over other flora. One needs to be incredibly cautious of planting it or taking on a building in which it is present as it is now understood that some varieties of bamboo are actually very invasive and extremely difficult to control.

The UK Invasive Weed Control Industry is being contacted more and more to extract and manage bamboo where it has been planted at a residential property without understanding how it may very likely take over, or where it has spread out from an adjoining property.

In conclusion, these experts have explained, that invasive bamboo is really emerging as a huge problem for British homeowners that may not have understood its growth speed and its invasiveness if not efficiently controlled. In some cases, the ‘running’ bamboo varieties can extend as much as 30ft below ground in addition to its significant above-ground growth.

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A number of mortgage lenders in the UK and The RICS (The Royal Insitute Of Chartered Surveyors) are incredibly averse to lending on a property where Japanese Knotweed exists or has been present, and a growing number, are now becoming aware that bamboo is likewise a huge problem yet is still unrecognised by countless property owners as an invasive weed that can grow out of control if not planted correctly and managed.

Is Bamboo a prohibited plant in the UK?

Bamboo isn’t presently classed as an invasive plant in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and there are no limitations when planting it, however, the weed control industry is advising that bamboo can be as unpredictable as Japanese Knotweed with the exact same capability to spread out, swiftly grow and infest sizable areas of land.

There have been an increasing number of recent claims from house owners who have taken legal proceedings against neighbours and residential or commercial properties around them in which their bamboo has been permitted to expand onto their homes and come to be a severe concern for them. There are various varieties of bamboo plants and some are a lot more invasive and damaging than others.

What types of Bamboo are there?

Both the clumping and running types, possess large underground root and rhizome systems, making them remarkably troublesome to control and eliminate.

Running Bamboo is the kind that disperses swiftly over and also underground. It distributes very long, lateral rhizomes (root system) this results in it quickly spreading with new growth emerging in new areas.

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