Rhizome barrier

The rhizome barrier material for the bamboo finally came today!  I ordered it over 2 weeks ago but the company I ordered it from only ships on Mondays.  The trench was dug so that 3″ of the barrier material would stick up higher than the ground/dirt level.  This is so that it is easy to spot and clip any rhizomes that try and escape over the barrier.

I ordered 55′ of 24′ wide 60mil thick material and some two-sided tape with polyethylene glue to seal the overlap.

Getting the material into the trench actually wasn’t as easy as I thought.  Its pretty heavy and the trench is pretty narrow in some spots.  But, alas, I got it all in and put three vertical strips of tape on the barrier and even overlapped it by 12 feet; better safe than sorry. :)  Once I got the material in I compacted the soil around the bottom edge and hosed it down to get it nice and compact.  You want to compact the lower 12″ of soil so the bamboo has less of a reason to go deep.  After that, it was time for some pasta with a vegetable medley sauce for dinner with Katie!  Tomorrow, I’ll finish filling in and around the trench and start grading the patio area.

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