In china, bamboo has been loved since ancient times. The scribes praise the cleanness of the bamboo, where the people produce foods, tools, furniture, and bamboo can eat, and the bamboo forest can contain water, and is a precious treasure. But many do not know that in the united states across the ocean, more than a dozen states and dozens of cities have regulations that restrict or even prohibit bamboo cultivation in courtyards, which is called “green cancer”。
First of all, there is a critical area of error: the united states does not have a federal-level blanket ban. All that is strictly regulated is the scrambling of bamboo (scrambled bamboo), which is not widespread and which still permits planting. A hundred years ago, the united states department of agriculture took the initiative to bring in bamboo and yellow bamboo from asia, which was intended for soil and water conservation and to serve as a courtyard green fence。
What is really terrible is not the bamboo poles that are drawn from the ground, but the whips that are hidden in the ground。
The screeching bamboo is based on a transversal growth of bamboo whips, which can last four or five metres in a year and are extremely resilient. The lashes are so hard and so permeable that the concrete floor, the cracks in the wall, the ground-based cracks in the house and the tardiness of the road can be slowly opened. Many american families plant bamboo in the corner of the yard, and in just two to three years, it continues to break through the ground and spread into the neighbourhood。
There are a number of real cases where bamboo whips are drilled into the foundations of houses, breaking floors and destroying walls; underground pipes, cables and septic tanks are often crushed and destroyed by bamboo whips. Should this occur, the grower would have to bear the full cost of repair and compensation. Even more difficult is the difficulty of cleaning up, and it is far from enough to cut off the poles on the ground, leaving a small sprout of bamboo whips beneath the ground, which can re-emerge into a bamboo forest in the spring. To be completely eradicated, it would require deep excavations of the surface layer and the hiring of specialized teams to carry out the work, at a cost of tens to tens of millions of dollars。
The continued proliferation of bamboo can also lead to serious neighbourhood conflicts. In many communities in the united states, litigation has continued over the years as bamboo has crossed borders. There are stringent regulations in connecticut, new jersey, virginia, etc., which require that bamboo is scattered far from the ground and that no deep barriers are installed to prohibit planting; once bamboo whips are crossed, they continue to accumulate fines on a daily basis, up to a maximum of $1,200 per day in some towns。
Apart from the destruction of buildings, ecological intrusion is a long-term hazard。
In the wild of the united states, scattered bamboo quickly seizes soil nutrients and sunlight, forming a single bamboo community, crushing indigenous grasses, shrubs, leaving indigenous insects and small animals without a source of food, and decreasing primary biodiversity. The lack of indigenous insects and bacteria that inhibit the overproduction of bamboo, the lack of natural predators, and the extremely high costs of governance in the event of wild flooding。
Some wonder, too, why is there too little mass out of control in china
In origin, complete ecological chains have been formed over a long period of time, with pests and pests, climate, sustained man-made collection of bamboo and harvesting of bamboo, and natural restrictions on the unrestricted expansion of bamboo forests. Most of the country's mountain forests are controlled by a series of plots, and the gardening is subject to isolation measures. The only residential compound in the united states city is independent of each other, and once bamboo has spread across it it, it is difficult to administer it uniformly。
Of course we don't have to panic. As long as the species are separated and quarantined, scattered bamboo can still be cultivated reasonably. The range of growth is stable, and family courtyards give preference to such varieties。
This is also an important revelation for all: the introduction of exotic plants must not only be aesthetic, but also an assessment of proliferation risks. Many seemingly ordinary green plants are likely to evolve into invasive species beyond their original environment. Behind the beautiful plants lies the invisible destructive power。
Today's topic: if you grow bamboo in your own yard, what do you think is the most effective way to isolate? An exchange of comments is welcome。
