How to Plant a Bamboo Hedge

Bamboo grows quickly into a dense thicket that can block the view between properties. Most varieties keep their leaves year-round, so the hedge is useful even during the winter months. Usually, the challenge with bamboo is not planting it but preventing its rampant growth from taking over a yard. Use bamboo if you want a fast-growing, low-maintenance hedge and if you have enough space for it to grow thick enough to block visibility.

Spray paint
Garden hose
Shovel
Compost
Rake
Fiberglass cloth/60 ml polyethylene sheeting

Instructions

- 1
  Mark off the area where the hedge will grow. Use a spray paint or lengths of garden hose to delineate the site, and then dig out around the edge of the markings.
- 2
  Dig out a trench at least 36 inches deep and at least 48 inches wide. Line the trench with fiberglass cloth or 60 ml polyethylene sheets. Allow the plastic to overlap the outer edges. Even if the bamboo initially only takes up a small area, you need to plan ahead to keep the underground rhizomes from spreading.
- 3
  Fill the trench with the removed soil as well as 3 to 6 inches of well-rotted compost. Mix the compost into the top 12 inches of the soil. Rake the area smooth.
- 4
  Dig a hole for the root ball of the new bamboo plant. Make it twice as wide and as almost as deep as the root ball. Place the bamboo in the hole, keeping the top of the roots slightly above the soil line. Cover the roots and pack the soil in around the plant. Fill in the bamboo plants, keeping them 4 to 6 feet apart from each other.
- 5
  Water the bamboo only until you see signs of new growth.

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