Cutting bamboo

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    beecee Apprentice Gardener

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    About 10 years ago, I got a Japanese bamboo in a tub. Now some of the stalks look like they've died and need to be cut. I was able to cut a couple with a saw, but some of the stalks are too close together to get a normal saw in there. They're about 25 mm (1 inch) apart.

    I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to cut the other dead stalks. Of the big 3 stalks in the picture, the middle one is one which looks dead.

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    Secateurs?
     
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    Loppers or pruning saw.
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    How about a hacksaw blade.
     
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    what about grabbing onto it and taking it down (hoping that the roots are dead also)? It must be easier than cutting it...
     
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    Good morning @beecee my friend I have just cut all mine down and used these loppers and burnt the the surplus in my incinerator (I have 8 bamboos):smile:

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