"Hi John,
This particular one is Phyllostachys aurea, which I understand is classed as a clumper but will send out runners that can be troublesome.
Do you know of any straightforward solutions for containing them in the ground in areas of dimension o…"

"Thanks Gary."

"Thanks Corin."

"Thanks Corin."

"Hi Folks,
It's been a while.
Well, this enquiry became silent, I do not know what the lady is doing or planning for her garden. I know she has been in talks with other landscapers, and she is considering making very little modification to the slope.…"

"Hi Geoffrey,
Sorry for the late reply.
The ditch itself slopes down the slope of the garden quite steeply, and the whole area is chalkland, so I cannot imagine it overflowing unless they get a Biblical flood. From the top to the bottom could be 30-4…"

"Hi John,
Sorry for such a late reply. The lady has apparently opted to keeping the land as it is, I think. She wanted to keep costs and complications down, and the last I heard from here was that she will get the area landscaped and then bring me in…"

"I agree Dan a very good point , Dont understimate the damage vibrations can do to your health personally i never use a strimmer for long periods . 
I spent years strimming steep banks and overgrown areas , sometimes all day strimming with what was c…"

"Id agree with Dan on this one -- what is its purpose ? and how often are you going to use it ? 
I started out with the sthil kombi system and its a great semi affordable way of building up the complete garden maintanence tools -- cheaper, very versi…"

"Thank you for all the advice - love this forum!"

"Honestly don't know if you could with the local variety. I think you'd need to box it off completely. I usually go for 600mm set 100mm below ground level and i've not had problems. This is for trees/hedges along boundary walls like hornbeams or next…"