How secure is a live bamboo fence compare to chain link or barbed wire fences

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We're about to start working on securing our house. One thing we know we need on the back part of our property is a fence of some sort. I'm trying to keep costs down but security up. I know that any fence I choose will only delay an intruder from leaving or arriving. I have access to unlimited bamboo from a neighboring farm, so my only cost in a live bamboo fence would be labor in planting it. So, I'd like to know if a live bamboo fence would provide similar security features as other fence styles like barbed wire or chain link.

I already know about the spreading potential of bamboo and it doesn't concern me for the space where I would be planting it.

Best Answer

I came across some of these in New Zealand. About 2 feet thick, and bloody well impenetrable. Also completely unclimbable. You're not stopping a chainsaw, arsonist or bulldozer, but neither is a wood fence.