Removing brambles

ystalyfera

i managed to get rid of mine but have bloody Nettles in its place and they are a pain:mad:

A_Clock

Just kinda keep doing what your done, dig the ground over then fork it and get out as much root as possible! Then whenever you see a bramble shoot, dig down a little bit and pull it up, after a good few months they start to just grow straight up, so when you pull they come out with bigger bits of roots everytime! It wont get rid of it totally for ages, but the gaps between pulling start to get abit longer :j

Lotus-eater

ystalyfera wrote: »

i managed to get rid of mine but have bloody Nettles in its place and they are a pain:mad:

Nettles are easy! Shallow roots and you can virtually pull them up by hand.
Besides if you have nettles growing it means you have good soil.

A_Clock

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Nettles are easy! Shallow roots and you can virtually pull them up by hand.
Besides if you have nettles growing it means you have good soil.

Ive had one nettle grow so far! :j

Lotus-eater

A_Clock wrote: »

Ive had one nettle grow so far! :j

Look after it

ystalyfera

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Nettles are easy! Shallow roots and you can virtually pull them up by hand.
Besides if you have nettles growing it means you have good soil.

never knew that i'm:money: waiting for a bit more cold weather, so i can pull them up easy then,cos they are starting to turn black and i can grab the stems easier.

choille

I have this problem on the bottom of my croft. Because it's been very wet the ground is soft. I've been pulling out the roots (wearing welding gloves) or if really resistant managing to fork out the knuckle root. I'm rather wary of weed-killers having animals about.

Dizzie77

exact same problem when I moved here...!!
Half the garden was covered in thick bramble - about 7' hugh and about 10' deep!!! There were all sorts of things in there when I came to cut it down (after having a very decent crop of blackberries first!!) - the local kids were pleased with all the footballs that I found...!!

When it was cut down, I also put brushwood killer on the stumps that were left, and this hasn't been perfect - but it did a pretty good job. I did all of this around August last year, and then this year, I've just kept on top of the little brambles as they start to sprout up - dig them out and throw them away.

I've had crops of peas, carrots, potatoes and beans this year too - so replanting was swift!!

Don't turn your back on the brambles for too long though - they pop up like nobodies business!!!!

misskool

There's a lot of the thorny stuff growing and would like to get rid of a lot/most of it. Will be leaving a small area (or anything i can't be arsed to clear) for blackberries.

Aside from pouring weedkiller into the ground or digging it by hand to trace the roots, what can I do?

My fingers can't survive another afternoon clearing them. :cool:

julieq

Look left, then right, then left again, and if no organic crusties about, hit them with a dose of Roundup (glyphosate). It becomes inert when it contacts the soil so safe enough if you follow the instructions on the bottle.