Bamboo grows as an ornamental and/or privacy screen in the home yard. It grows as a crop on the farm. If you want to know how to control bamboo in your landscape, read Section 1. If you want to understand why to grow it as a farm crop and how to plant it, read Section 2. Section 3 has three conflicting observations: plant it and it will mature without your care; plant it and leave it alone and it will grow but will need reconstructive maintenance to be useful; plant it and care for it annually until it matures at Year Ten or Twelve. Which is correct? No work? Delayed work? Or lots of work?