Filling in a pond and dealing with cane...
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Hi all,
Never ventured into here so apologies if something like this has come up before - I have a couple of questions.
1. Filling in a pond. I know I'm going to need a few tons of hardcore however what should be done with the liner? Pull it all out or fold it on top of itself and bury it? And would the pond have to be completely drained and emptied or would 6-9 inches of sludge be ok to chuck stuff on top of? Pond is around 12ft long and 4ft deep.
2. Dealing with around 10-12sqmtr of cane roots when it might not be possible for getting a mini digger in the garden. I've chopped all the cane down however what's left is a complete nightmare! I'm not sure if it has grown through or on top of a membrane and the ground is also deep in pebbles.
I've attached a couple of 'photos for a better idea of the situation.
All help and advice greatly appreciated!
Never ventured into here so apologies if something like this has come up before - I have a couple of questions.
1. Filling in a pond. I know I'm going to need a few tons of hardcore however what should be done with the liner? Pull it all out or fold it on top of itself and bury it? And would the pond have to be completely drained and emptied or would 6-9 inches of sludge be ok to chuck stuff on top of? Pond is around 12ft long and 4ft deep.
2. Dealing with around 10-12sqmtr of cane roots when it might not be possible for getting a mini digger in the garden. I've chopped all the cane down however what's left is a complete nightmare! I'm not sure if it has grown through or on top of a membrane and the ground is also deep in pebbles.
I've attached a couple of 'photos for a better idea of the situation.
All help and advice greatly appreciated!
I'll have word with my mum's neighbours (it's her garden) and enquire about taking some dividing fence panels down to get a digger in.There are 2 types of bamboo. Clump forming, and "spreads like herpes in a hot tub" kind. You can identify the latter because it forms long roots that go horizontally.
I had the herpes one. Couldn't use a digger, because it'd kill the hawthorn (think 10 year+ established). I tried lots of things, but overall the pockaxe was best. Start at the edges, and pull back - exposes the roots to remove.
I've had to leave the area fallow for a full year - even 1" of root can let it come back. Since the soil is loose and no other plants there, I can just have at it with a garden fork and get the stragglers.
It was backbreaking, will power sapping and resolve testing work. If you can use a digger to get the main bits, IMO it's worth it. If your neighbour is under the threat of annexation by the bamboo, they might well let you access via theirs!
I had the herpes one. Couldn't use a digger, because it'd kill the hawthorn (think 10 year+ established). I tried lots of things, but overall the pockaxe was best. Start at the edges, and pull back - exposes the roots to remove.
I've had to leave the area fallow for a full year - even 1" of root can let it come back. Since the soil is loose and no other plants there, I can just have at it with a garden fork and get the stragglers.
It was backbreaking, will power sapping and resolve testing work. If you can use a digger to get the main bits, IMO it's worth it. If your neighbour is under the threat of annexation by the bamboo, they might well let you access via theirs!
The moulded pond is a fraction smaller than the size of a bath and what's in it is maybe 1/4 to a 1/3 of what I've cleared just from the surface with maybe 1/3 of the surface still to do. Ground is very soft once through the stones and roots but it's still a p in the a! Just glad I can see some progress.
I fille din a large pond at my current house and pulled out a load of liner and left the rest in there - it was too hard to pull out. I slashed it with a Stanley knife repeatedly (quite therapeutic) and over 3 years later have had no issues - well apart from the frogs no longer coming to lay their frogspawn which is a shame.
I bought some bamboo and put it in plastic lined wodden planters, not sure what type it is other than golden, but was worried about the possibility of it overrunning the whole garden - it has grown like a b
d in the last 3 months and is great for screening :-)
I bought some bamboo and put it in plastic lined wodden planters, not sure what type it is other than golden, but was worried about the possibility of it overrunning the whole garden - it has grown like a b
d in the last 3 months and is great for screening :-)I slashed a small amount of liner late this afternoon, looks like I might need another skip so I'll save some for that and bury whatever is too tricky to remove. Found a very small patch of clumping bamboo amongst the roots of the others, if yours isn't clumping then for gawd's sake keep that plant pot away from your lawn!
Maybe it was black bamboo?
ive just removed green bamboo from my garden this year which previous owner had let overgrow. It took me and my mate who digs holes for a living (water company) and let me tell you it was a right bd. We had to dig about 3 foot under the roots of the thing and dig it out.
4 months on and its STILL shooting up now and again. bamboo is the devil.
ive just removed green bamboo from my garden this year which previous owner had let overgrow. It took me and my mate who digs holes for a living (water company) and let me tell you it was a right b
d. We had to dig about 3 foot under the roots of the thing and dig it out. 4 months on and its STILL shooting up now and again. bamboo is the devil.
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