Running bamboo is notoriously fast spreading and difficult to remove. What keeps its population balanced in the wild, and prevents it from crowding out the competition? I tried googling, but was inundated with gardening advice, horror stories, and assault / offensive gardening (some of the latter two presumably covering the same incident from both sides). My google-fu failed, I couldn’t really find any info about natural population controls of running bamboo in the thicket of tall tales and gardening advice.

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    10 days ago

    Bamboo rats feed on the underground roots of bamboo plants.
    I’m not sure how much of an impact they make, but I can imagine they keep some of the growth in check.

    • sem
      2·
      10 days ago

      So weird how they’re inside the bamboo