Removing Bamboo

The cut  spray and paint method of removing bamboo

get ready

One person cuts, while another is poised to paint herbicide onto the cut surface.
Update… If you  wear long gloves you can spray with a small atomiser bottle using full strength herbicide, instead of brushing. Spraying sure beats brushing.
And for big jobs, a third person to remove the cut culms (stems) and keep the ball rolling.


1. Cut each culm within 150 mm (6″) from the ground and within 15 seconds paint herbicide onto the cut surface, one brush stroke will do.
Timing is everything. The sap flowing through the plant withdraws downwards when the culm is cut.


2. Your job is to paint/spray  herbicide onto the cut surface quickly so as to ride the sap down into the rhizome (underground stem).

 We recommend using straight Glyphosate . Regrowth is treated in the same way. Cut off the bunches of foliage, paint/spray the remaining cut ends. And if it still comes back? Well do it again.

Mr Bamboo provides a bamboo removal service in Sydney.