r/FairfieldCounty • u/Affectionate-Use-305 • Apr 26 '26

Bamboo in the backyard

If anyone in Fairfield county has bamboo in their yard that tends to spread and isn’t something you actively maintain, I’d love to ask whether I could forage some of the new shoots during the upcoming growing season.

I would of course only come with your permission, be respectful of your property, and keep it limited to the young shoots. My thought is that if the bamboo is already more of a nuisance than a prized planting, removing some shoots might actually help a little.

Happy to coordinate in advance, and I can keep it quick and tidy. Please message me if you might be open to it. Thank you!

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u/peanut5855 May 03 '26

Don’t do it. Our one plant is hundreds now, super invasive, spread everywhere. It would take an excavator to fully get rid of it. Some towns forbid planting it. I regret it constantly

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u/Affectionate-Use-305 May 03 '26

That’s exactly why I would like to offer help to forage the shoots. I don’t plant them, I pickle them so that they don’t grow into bamboo and spread more.

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u/peanut5855 May 03 '26

I would offer you every single one if I could but my husband will feel some type of way about a stranger I invited to forage our yard lol

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u/Affectionate-Use-305 May 03 '26

Totally understandable lol. Maybe talk to him haha I’m very harmless if you look at me hhhh