Good luck getting that out Jim,by the time you've got it up you'll have arms like Popeye😆some of the canes on mine are a inch thick and l too have had enough of it so it's goin......next year,can't bear the thought of grappling with it for 3 weeks busting a gut just yet😂
As someone mentioned before, Psedosasas are very agressive. If I were you, I would replace it with non-agressive genus of bamboo like Fargesia, especially Fargesia robusta which is lush green and sun tolerant. Alternatively, if you would like to keep bamboo like foliage without a bamboo you could try some of Podocarpus sp. (e.g. henkelii, macrophyllus, saliginus).
@jangrodzicki2855 Thanks I'm still thinking about filling the space. Really not sure yet, bamboo is not a plant I paticularly like but it does serve a purpose. I may use it in a large pot to give hight and screen the shed 🤔
@jimspalmsuk5098 Then check Podocarpus species mentioned above, especially South African Podocarpus henkelii. Those are tough shrubs/trees (depends how you prune it), resistant to all sorts of conditions, it can imitate bamboo. In my opinion they are underrated by people interested in exotic gardening.
I've said it before and I will say it again. Gunnera Tinc/Mani/Cryptica banned! But you can walk into any garden centre and buy a running bamboo. I have literally stopped people buying runners in garden centres, who had no idea what they were buying. I have a few verities of Fargesia in the garden. Obviously all clumpers and they still have to be managed. But they are not going to pop up 6m away and smash through your floor. Or even worse, your neighbours floor!
Hey Jim. Your bamboos are pseudosasa japonica, common name 'arrow bamboo'. Any bamboo with 'sasa' in the name are aggressive runners. You're doing the right thing mate.
I wouldn’t have the heart to remove that big clump bro think it looks fantastic where it’s positioned. Can understand your frustration on keeping it contained tho. Ive got 5 different kinds all in big 50ltre pots would love put them in the ground to see the full potential but I know how they can dominate the landscape and I’ve just not got the space to allow it 🤨 all best to the massive work load tho Jim need get somebody give you hand on this job