On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:46 +0100 (BST), Steve Harris wrote:
In article ,
(Alan Gould) wrote:

Cut them off close to the ground. Some new shoots will appear, but
they are easily removed and the root systems will rot away by next
spring.

Perhaps Lincolnshire brambles give up much easier than our
Gloucestershire ones! Even adding glyphosate treatment to that regime
doesn't get rid of them in a season.

I'm hoping that the brambles I've just taken down aren't that weak and
mild, with any luck they'll be coming back for next year just in time
for me to get the wires up to train the buggers. I think I deserve a
few blackberries as payback for my arms which apparently look like
I've been fighting a bobcat. Nice bonfire lastnight though

While I'm pondering does anyone have any recommendations for dwarf
fruit trees, we're thinking of putting in 3-4 down the bottom edge of
the hill as a bit of screening and to add to the fruit we're hoping to
get off the plot.

Mark

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