This is all very well if you have brambles in the middle of a large plot,
but if the roots are travelling from outside your property then it is
doomed to failure as they will just keep coming. In this case you will
have to use the glyphosate method.

i can see the logic of what you say. but using the herbicide also has its
drawbacks, not least of which is that it cannot prevent the spread of the
plant by other means (seeds etc). over the time i've been gardening i've
become philosophical ... i suppose that should read 'been forced by Nature
into becoming philosophical' ;-) ... and i've pretty much given up on the
'fix it now and fix it permanently' approach.


Sammi