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Why hasn't bamboo taken over the world? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Climate for one. At least where I'm at its too cold for bamboo to grow. Even in peak summer it'll try to spread but its only a matter of time till the frost destroy it.

Now kudzu on the other hand. That shit is fucking up everything.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kudzu is edible, which I'm guessing will come in handy for the South about halfway through the Trump administration.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

It will become as American as Freedom fries.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

That's as an invasive species, but what about in its home climate?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Kudzu won't grow where I live either. I'm not actually sure what the equivalent would be. Dandelions are the most unstoppable plant I can think of. Creeping bell flowers are maybe a close second.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

US South? I swear to calculus like 2/3 of Atlanta is covered in kudzu, it’s nuts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Yeah. It's been wrecking the south. Can't take a step without running into it.