In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
"dave @ stejonda" writes:
| In message , ian
| writes
| Could anyone tell me an effective way of getting rid of blackberry and
| brambles, my garden has them shooting up all over the place.
|
| Prune the shoots back to 4/5ft lengths then, wearing rubber gloves and
| using a cloth apply glyphosate weed killer (diluted as per instructions)
| onto both sides of the remaining leaves and stem. Wait the requisite two
| weeks.
|
| This is ideal weather to do this as the brambles will have started
| growing well. The dead branches burn quickly and well.

Boggle. Why not just dig them up? They are very shallow rooted,
and most ones that grow in the UK don't regrow from their roots.
You can then glyphosate anything that escapes or reshoots.

Maybe I had the ones that did? This was however before the neighbour had
dealt with the infestation his side of the boundary so there was always
a source of new shoots.

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dave @ stejonda