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Invasive raspberries
My raspberry canes are in the border of the garden and are starting to
send suckers out into the very small "lawn". I've got a similar problem with blackberries. I'm happy to zap the brambles with weed-killer, but if I do the same with the raspberries is this going to affect the main canes? What's the best way to deal with the volunteers if not glyphosate? |
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"Amethyst Deceiver" wrote My raspberry canes are in the border of the garden and are starting to send suckers out into the very small "lawn". I've got a similar problem with blackberries. I'm happy to zap the brambles with weed-killer, but if I do the same with the raspberries is this going to affect the main canes? What's the best way to deal with the volunteers if not glyphosate? If you use that weedkiller you will kill the roots and as they are all connected you will lose the lot. Dig up the ones you don't want and bury a barrier along the row to stop them invading again. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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In article , Amethyst Deceiver writes: | | My raspberry canes are in the border of the garden and are starting to | send suckers out into the very small "lawn". I've got a similar problem | with blackberries. I'm happy to zap the brambles with weed-killer, but | if I do the same with the raspberries is this going to affect the main | canes? What's the best way to deal with the volunteers if not | glyphosate? Why not just mow them? The individual canes won't get big enough to be a problem in between lawn mowings. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In article , Amethyst Deceiver writes: | | Ahahaha. Well, if it would stay dry long enough for OldBloke to get out | and do some mowing, that would be an option, I reckon. In the meantime, | it's pointy bits on bare feet! Well, with the soles of my feet being what they are, I would just tread them underfoot :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In message , Amethyst
Deceiver writes My raspberry canes are in the border of the garden and are starting to send suckers out into the very small "lawn". I've got a similar problem with blackberries. I'm happy to zap the brambles with weed-killer, but if I do the same with the raspberries is this going to affect the main canes? What's the best way to deal with the volunteers if not glyphosate? Glyphosate is a systemic herbicide which is translocated into the roots. So, yes, it would affect the main canes. Glyphosate is particularly effective on grasses, so it would dispose of the lawn faster than the canes. Mowing will deal with the volunteers. Raspberry runners are shallow-rooted, so a physical barrier, such as lawn-edging will prevent recurrence. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... .... Raspberry runners are shallow-rooted, WHAT? I've given up on several after I've dug down two feet :-( Mary |
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Fisher writes "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... ... Raspberry runners are shallow-rooted, WHAT? I've given up on several after I've dug down two feet :-( Mary Possibly it depends on variety, but the ones that are spreading across my allotment (I'm going to dig some out and give them to my cousin-in-law come autumn) form new plants via roots that run maybe an inch under the surface. The roots beneath the canes are deeper, but I don't have two feet of top soil for them to grow in, and I don't recall them going down more than a foot. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: | | Possibly it depends on variety, but the ones that are spreading across | my allotment (I'm going to dig some out and give them to my | cousin-in-law come autumn) form new plants via roots that run maybe an | inch under the surface. The roots beneath the canes are deeper, but I | don't have two feet of top soil for them to grow in, and I don't recall | them going down more than a foot. I do and they did, when I had them. I dug them out 1' down, and they still came back. Only weakly, unlike bindweed. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: | | Possibly it depends on variety, but the ones that are spreading across | my allotment (I'm going to dig some out and give them to my | cousin-in-law come autumn) form new plants via roots that run maybe an | inch under the surface. The roots beneath the canes are deeper, but I | don't have two feet of top soil for them to grow in, and I don't recall | them going down more than a foot. I do and they did, when I had them. I dug them out 1' down, and they still came back. Only weakly, unlike bindweed. Mine come up strongly and repeatedly, often in the veg. plots where it's difficult to dig during the growing season :-( Mary |
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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words: "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... .... Raspberry runners are shallow-rooted, WHAT? I've given up on several after I've dug down two feet :-( You must have an Antipodean variety wot's trying to get home, then. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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"Amethyst Deceiver" wrote in message ... My raspberry canes are in the border of the garden and are starting to send suckers out into the very small "lawn". I've got a similar problem with blackberries. I'm happy to zap the brambles with weed-killer, but if I do the same with the raspberries is this going to affect the main canes? What's the best way to deal with the volunteers if not glyphosate? Mowing will stop them if they actually come up in the lawn, if in the border you need to dig them out as you would any weed spreading by root. -- Chris, (on tour) Intellect is invisible to the man who has none. Schopenhauer |
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