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Will These Bamboo Planters Fail?

Alicehunter2000
Alicehunter2000
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Will these planters eventually fail? Or is this a good solution for keeping it contained? Show me your bamboo container.post-97-0-79452700-1405359808_thumb.jpgpost-97-0-91087800-1405359835_thumb.jpgpost-97-0-39558700-1405359865_thumb.jpg

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Wow, that seems sturdy and a bit extreme. I think it will work for the same reason palms don't lift concrete; bamboo roots are also too fat to get in cracks and open them up.

On the other hand, I suppose if the mass gets too massive it might bust out. I've seen that with plastic containers.

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Clumping or running bamboo?

As for clumping .... I don't think they will bust out but they will eventually grow up and over the edge. I have some Oldhamii, bambusa Lako, & gigantochloa atroviolacea in a contained area and it does just that. Once it hits a barrier it seems to spread upwards creating a mound. hope that is helpful.

I think it will work with maintenance. Every few years you will have to thin the bamboo and cut out some of the old soil and roots and replenish it with new soil.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

How deep is the actual containing concrete? Is it a concrete box, or dirt at the bottom?

Bamboo WILL find a way to ruin it, if not get out.

In fact, I imagine a rigid structure like this is more prone to cracking and breaking under pressure (from the ever-widening mass.) As you can see, there's already not much space between the outer stems, and the barrier. (In other words, I am not sure you allowed for any space for growth?)

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I think they are clumpers....it would be nice to grow bamboo...but my yard is pretty small and there is little room for it in the ground. I would assume those planters were solid on the bottom because they have drainage on the front....cool place to sit.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

if the mass gets too massive it might bust out.

Kinda like a too-tight belt and a beer gut huh?

 

 

10 lbs of sugar in a 5 lb sack

Depending how deep the planters' walls go and strengthened with rebar to hold together as cracks develop over time. If not, the bamboo will prevail eventually in my opinion.

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

Depending how deep the planters' walls go and strengthened with rebar to hold together as cracks develop over time. If not, the bamboo will prevail eventually in my opinion.

Exactly what I was thinking rebar wise.

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