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Brambles and nettles.
Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild
brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Thanks in advance. Kev |
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Brambles and nettles.
"McKevvy" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Thanks in advance. Just go prepared with long clothes and gloves - the nettles are just as valuable for wildlife as the brambles. Not only that, but it'll keep off the less well equipped wild food scavengers, so more for you! |
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:44:37 -0700 (PDT), McKevvy
wrote: Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Harvest the nettles as well. Stinging nettle wine is often made and enjoyed. (Google for recipes) -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ |
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®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ wrote: Harvest the nettles as well. Stinging nettle wine is often made and enjoyed. Actually, it's often made and occasionally enjoyed :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Martin wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:44:23 +0100 (BST), wrote: In article , ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ wrote: Harvest the nettles as well. Stinging nettle wine is often made and enjoyed. Actually, it's often made and occasionally enjoyed :-) LOL Actually I have always found that blackberrying and being stung by nettles go, well, hand in glove! -- Please reply to group,emails to designated address are never read. |
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On 25 June, 12:48, "OG" wrote:
"McKevvy" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Thanks in advance. Just go prepared with long clothes and gloves - the nettles are just as valuable for wildlife as the brambles. Not only that, but it'll keep off the less well equipped wild food scavengers, so more for you! Yes I understand but me wearing gloves will more than likely damage the fruit. McKevvy |
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On 25 June, 13:28, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:44:37 -0700 (PDT), McKevvy wrote: Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Harvest the nettles as well. Stinging nettle wine is often made and enjoyed. (Google for recipes) -- *®óñ© *© *²°¹°-°¹ Noooooooooooooooooooo......I see the nettles as unecceassary and a pain in the a**e!. McK |
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-- .. "McKevvy" wrote in message ... On 25 June, 13:28, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:44:37 -0700 (PDT), McKevvy wrote: Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Harvest the nettles as well. Stinging nettle wine is often made and enjoyed. (Google for recipes) -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ Noooooooooooooooooooo......I see the nettles as unecceassary and a pain in the a**e!. McK Well wear Leather Breaches Mike |
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'Mike' wrote: Noooooooooooooooooooo......I see the nettles as unecceassary and a pain in the a**e!. You're not a relation of Steve Gough, are you? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"McKevvy" wrote in message ... On 25 June, 12:48, "OG" wrote: "McKevvy" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Thanks in advance. Just go prepared with long clothes and gloves - the nettles are just as valuable for wildlife as the brambles. Not only that, but it'll keep off the less well equipped wild food scavengers, so more for you! Yes I understand but me wearing gloves will more than likely damage the fruit. You could try latex gloves. But since you're going to make wine with it, I wouldn't have thought it would be a major problem. |
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On 25 June, 17:40, wrote:
In article , 'Mike' wrote: Noooooooooooooooooooo......I see the nettles as unecceassary and a pain in the a**e!. You're not a relation of Steve Gough, are you? Regards, Nick Maclaren. Even with his audacity, I'm sure even he wouldnt verture into this area. McK. |
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Brambles and nettles.
On 25 June, 17:46, "OG" wrote:
"McKevvy" wrote in message ... On 25 June, 12:48, "OG" wrote: "McKevvy" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Thanks in advance. Just go prepared with long clothes and gloves - the nettles are just as valuable for wildlife as the brambles. Not only that, but it'll keep off the less well equipped wild food scavengers, so more for you! Yes I understand but me wearing gloves will more than likely damage the fruit. You could try latex gloves. But since you're going to make wine with it, I wouldn't have thought it would be a major problem. The height of these stinging nettles are at least 4.5 ft. and are a minefield in themselves. Don't forget being scratched to bu**ery with the stems of the brambles too. Looks like I'm in for a painful time. However, the quality of the wine certainly offsets the pain. Going back to my original question..would a weedkiller work? (there's no-one else who would take these brambles for wine, jam, etc.) McKevvy |
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McKevvy wrote:
Hi everyone. Im a keen winemaker and I've found a spot where wild brambles are growing with abundance [1}. As a winemaker this is a great delight to me. However in one large part of the area, the brambles are interspersed with nettle (the soft stingy type where the tip breaks off and injects its poison). Is it possible to use a weedkiller to kill these off without afecting the brambles? If so, can anyone recommend a brand? [1] I can easily pick enough for about 15 - 20 gallons. Thanks in advance. Kev Our ancestors used to hunt mammoth with little more than pointed sticks! -- Sleepalot aa #1385 |
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Brambles and nettles.
Sleepalot wrote:
Our ancestors used to hunt mammoth with little more than pointed sticks! Mammoth were easy. Have you ever seen cave paintings with the cavemen carrying sacks of blackberries to make wine? Never happened, far too hard for them, all those stinging nettles. ;-) To the OP, I think any weedkiller strong enough to kill off the nettles would be a possible health hazard to anyone eating (drinking) the blackberries. You could always use glyphosate one year, that would kill off the nettles but only make the blackberries miserable, then the following year there should only be the recovered blackberry bushes with no nettles. Blackberry bushes are not killed with a single treatment of glyphosate. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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Brambles and nettles.
"David in Normandy" wrote in message ... Sleepalot wrote: Our ancestors used to hunt mammoth with little more than pointed sticks! Mammoth were easy. Have you ever seen cave paintings with the cavemen carrying sacks of blackberries to make wine? Never happened, far too hard for them, all those stinging nettles. ;-) To the OP, I think any weedkiller strong enough to kill off the nettles would be a possible health hazard to anyone eating (drinking) the blackberries. You could always use glyphosate one year, that would kill off the nettles but only make the blackberries miserable, then the following year there should only be the recovered blackberry bushes with no nettles. Blackberry bushes are not killed with a single treatment of glyphosate. Am I the only one appalled at the idea of trashing a species rich piece of wild growth just so the OP isn't inconvenienced whilst gathering free brambles? And surely it would be illegal without the permission of the land owner/occupier. |
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