Removing brambles

leejjay

try sbk brushwood killer. be carefull i'm sure it kills small animals and children too.lol

hezb

we have just had an offer excepted on an house where the whole garden is over run in approx 9ft high brambles some where in it is a garage aswell!!!!!!!!! how long is it after using glyphosate weed killer can you start replanting?? and does it kill the roots??

good luck everyone with your bramble killing

boyse7en

>I've got a ton of brambles and hedge cuttings - if I douse them in petrol and throw an old (i.e. brown) tree on and set fire, will the greens/brambles evantually catch .. ?

Leave them until they go brown (about a week) and they will burn really well. In fact, if there are a lot of them make sure that you are well clear of trees/house/hedge so that you don't set anything else on fire. When I cleared my garden and burnt them we had flames going higher then the house!

Jandy1234

Hi, we were told by the guy who cleared my parents garden, that the best way to get rid of them ( the brambles, not Mum and Dad!) is to clear a space round the edges of the patch and set fire to the roots. It sounded a bit dangerous so we didn't take him up on his kind offer to put petrol on them then and there. We did however, let him take a hedgecutting saw to the lot, pile them up and when they dried we had a mighty bonfire in the normal way, after soaking any wooden fences within ten feet with water. They do burn away merrily and it seems to have killed the roots as we haven't had any come back this year except a tiny couple of shoots from the neighbours garden. Good luck with yours, anyway best wishes from Jandy

ehlittleone

My new garden is covered in brambles, I've been trying to dig them up from the roots, but its hard bleedin' work.

Anyone got any tips on an easier way to get rid of them. I want to be able to sow a lawn and have a flower bed so I'm a bit worried about using weed killer.

And what about any roots that I miss. Will they grow back?

Much appreciated. Thank you.

Kaz2904

What about burning them? Chop them as much as you can and then burn the stump with a blow torch. Then drown it. It might work?

relay

I know it's hard work but there's no easy way with brambles, the most effective way really is to dig them out because even with weedkillers you would need several aplications to get full impact & you could have spent that time just digging them up instead of waiting ages for the roots to die.

Lotus-eater

I always liked brambles because unlike sneaky weeds like couch grass its relatively easy work to get rid. Immensely satisfying as well. Although I do agree with relay, its hard work, but look at it this way, once they are gone, they're gone Even if a couple do grow back, they are easy to dig up.

potsofmoney_(I_wish)

Oh I symathise with you, My garden had loads of the things when we first moved in. I did a combination of clipping, sawing, or chopping with an axe and then digging to get them out. I recommend thick gloves and an incinerator for getting rid of the waste. I'm afraid with the really big ones I did resort to stump killer which does brambles as well, I painted it on as instructed and then aftere a week or so it was easier to dig them out. Either that or all that digging has turned me into Schwarzenegger! (can't spell)

Good luck

Suzy_M

After digging out and removing as much as you can of the roots if any more come up try applying weedkiller crystals -

For the really persistent big beggars cut down to about 3 inches then fill hollow stem with Deep Root / Root Out crystals (if they haven't been banned), then tie plastic over top to keep out wet and leave to work. Can't remember what the active ingredient is in these but it does break down to a nitrogen fertiliser on soil contact.