Removing brambles

Penelope_Penguin

misskool wrote: »

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:

Glyphosate is the thing First of all crush as many of the leaves as you can, but leave them attached to the plant. The crushing will make it easier for the weedkiller to penetrate. Get a stout pair of rubber gloves, and a pair of absorbent type gloves that you can wear over the top. Make up the glyphosate solution in a bucket and using the absorbent gloves, stroke the weedkiller over the crushed leaves, gettting all surfaces of all leaves.

You may need to repeat at weekly intervals, but with patience and persistence this will work

I'll add this to the existing thread on removing brambles.

Penny. x

Lotus-eater

julieq wrote: »

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.

Actually most organic growers are very pragmatic and will use roundup themselves if they need to. Often your newly made organic grower will go on about how they won't use any chemicals at all, same as any newly converted person to anything.

If you think its being a "crusty" to worry about what you feed your family and yourself, then I suggest you open your mind.

Lotus-eater

misskool wrote: »

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:

My advice would be to clear the lot, there are lots of blackberry bushes around in the wild, so why do you need one in your garden?
Unless there is a very good reason?

Cut the lot down and burn it or dump it. You only have to do it once. I never think brambles are worth weedkilling. You still have to clear the bloody bushes anyway! Digging up the roots isn't that hard and is a job best left for the willing (or not so willing) male in the family to do in a day. You've got to dig it over anyway, right?

After that you'll only have a few shoots to dig out, easy.

OnePound

Hi

I have what I call 'brambles' growing around the edge my garden. They may be blackberry plants, am not sure. I want rid of them but they are incredibly resistant. Ive doused them with weedkiller which didnt work. Ive tried digging them up but the roots are very long and very deep and it seems that if only a liitle bit is left in the soil they spring back to life.

How do i get rid of them once and for all?!

dogmaryxx

Sprayed mine last September with Round up PRO and they are all dead dried wood now with no signs of new growth.Just need to be collected and burnt.

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choille

Hi,
There is a post on this already if you do a search.

Personally I dig out the knuckle root, burn the bushes in a pile somewhere safe when they've dried out a bit.
Keep an eye out for little shoots popping up & just pull them up. I had a lot - I mean a lot & I've cleared a few acres in this way.

JimJim

OnePound wrote: »

Hi

I have what I call 'brambles' growing around the edge my garden. They may be blackberry plants, am not sure. I want rid of them but they are incredibly resistant. Ive doused them with weedkiller which didnt work. Ive tried digging them up but the roots are very long and very deep and it seems that if only a liitle bit is left in the soil they spring back to life.

How do i get rid of them once and for all?!

You know to you they are a pest but to wildlife they are home. Why not retain some, train them and prune them, letting them bare some fruit for wildlife and flowers for bees?

arkonite_babe

We have a thread similar to this already, I'll add your query to it so all the replies are together. Posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up

nachi

I just saw my new (enormous) allotment today that I've been waiting for ages to get. Solid brambles:rolleyes:

The bloke told me his wife's technique is to fork around the main centre bit about 6 inches away to loosen the soil, then get your fork up and under it and hoik it out.

My OH's suggestion is to take an industrial strimmer to it then get in a mini digger. I think I know which will be less work!:T

Austin_Allegro

I like my brambles! Loads of fruit for no effort at all. I keep a small section by the wall under control laterally, and they seem to grow upwards. I also use the bush as cover for an 'informal' compost heap.

I agree the non-fruit bearing type are annoying though.