Please forgive me raising this thorny topic again - there was a recent discussion on ways to deal with bracken which descended into verbal fisticuffs and name-calling. Unfortunately, as someone with a bracken problem, I didn't get a clear sense of what people were recommending and why. So I'll try again...

I want to find out the best way to tackle my 1/4 acre patch of bracken (which hasn't started showing yet). So far as I can see, I have three options:

1. Leave the bracken to act as a mulch/weed suppressant, and remove it in small areas only as and when I actually want to plant something.

2. Spray the bracken with Asulox/Asulam or get a professional in to do so.

3. Pull up the stalks by hand. (Access is very difficult for rotavators or machinery of any kind.)

Can someone give me simple pros and cons for each option? I'm after knowledge here, not shouting matches.

Thanks.

My last two houses had half an acre each and whilst the last one had been
cared for and cultivated, the first one was head high in brambles etc, with
the 'etc' being all sorts of things. The following ....

http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/mo...76-atcorot.htm

demolished anything in site. Could you use such a thing and go over the
ground as soon as anything living pops its head up? The first house's land
ended up with grass and horses grazing :-))

Mike

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"hellomabel" wrote in message
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Please forgive me raising this thorny topic again - there was a recent
discussion on ways to deal with bracken which descended into verbal
fisticuffs and name-calling. Unfortunately, as someone with a bracken
problem, I didn't get a clear sense of what people were recommending and
why. So I'll try again...

I want to find out the best way to tackle my 1/4 acre patch of bracken
(which hasn't started showing yet). So far as I can see, I have three
options:

1. Leave the bracken to act as a mulch/weed suppressant, and remove it
in small areas only as and when I actually want to plant something.

2. Spray the bracken with Asulox/Asulam or get a professional in to do
so.

3. Pull up the stalks by hand. (Access is very difficult for rotavators
or machinery of any kind.)

Can someone give me simple pros and cons for each option? I'm after
knowledge here, not shouting matches.

Thanks.




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hellomabel

Thanks. I might try that, except the other wrinkle (which I didn't mention) is that the site appears to have been a dumping ground for all manner of stuff (old car engine parts, rocks, bits of wire mesh). It has all the charms! I'd have to be very careful to avoid hitting any of that with a mower - I really have to clear the site of debris before tackling the bracken and brambles.

Thanks, I'll try that.

"hellomabel" wrote in message
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"'Mike'[_4_ Wrote:
;918342"]My last two houses had half an acre each and whilst the last
one had been
cared for and cultivated, the first one was head high in brambles etc,
with
the 'etc' being all sorts of things. The following ....

'MP076: 1960s Atco Rotary Mower | The Old Lawnmower Club'
(http://tinyurl.com/3crnbnf)

demolished anything in site. Could you use such a thing and go over the

ground as soon as anything living pops its head up? The first house's
land
ended up with grass and horses grazing :-))

Mike

Thanks. I might try that, except the other wrinkle (which I didn't
mention) is that the site appears to have been a dumping ground for all
manner of stuff (old car engine parts, rocks, bits of wire mesh). It has
all the charms! I'd have to be very careful to avoid hitting any of that
with a mower - I really have to clear the site of debris before tackling
the bracken and brambles.




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hellomabel

in my posting " the 'etc' being all sorts of things" was as you say,
everything.

A bit of an inspection first over a small area before going in full blast
helps. Do it a bit at a time.

If you would like to put LE5 1DD into google maps, this is Abbotts Road and
look for St Mary's Court behind it on the right, that was the area I had.
Now two blocks of 6 x 1 bedroomed flats on it now. From the air, they look
like factory units with 6 air vents in each roof. 6 bushy trees between
them.

Not easy in the first stages, but with effort it comes out nice :-)


Mike
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Remember, a statue has never been erected to a critic.
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"Janet" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Please forgive me raising this thorny topic again - there was a recent
discussion on ways to deal with bracken which descended into verbal
fisticuffs and name-calling. Unfortunately, as someone with a bracken
problem, I didn't get a clear sense of what people were recommending and
why.

If you go to google groups, type in the name of the group and
"bracken" you can read the archive of the discussion held just 10 days
ago.

Janet

Good thinking Janet, but perhaps it would be better to let sleeping dogs lay
;-)

Bill

On Apr 20, 9:44*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
"Janet" wrote in message

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In article ,
says...

Please forgive me raising this thorny topic again - there was a recent
discussion on ways to deal with bracken which descended into verbal
fisticuffs and name-calling. Unfortunately, as someone with a bracken
problem, I didn't get a clear sense of what people were recommending and
why.

* If you go to google groups, type in the name of the group and
"bracken" you can read the archive of the discussion held just 10 days
ago.

* Janet

Good thinking Janet, but perhaps it would be better to let sleeping dogs lay
;-)

Bill

Yawn. WOOF WOOF. ASULOX. Heh. Heh.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Apr 20, 9:44 pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
"Janet" wrote in message

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In article ,
says...

Please forgive me raising this thorny topic again - there was a recent
discussion on ways to deal with bracken which descended into verbal
fisticuffs and name-calling. Unfortunately, as someone with a bracken
problem, I didn't get a clear sense of what people were recommending
and
why.

If you go to google groups, type in the name of the group and
"bracken" you can read the archive of the discussion held just 10 days
ago.

Janet

Good thinking Janet, but perhaps it would be better to let sleeping dogs
lay
;-)

Bill

Yawn. WOOF WOOF. ASULOX. Heh. Heh.

A peculiar reponse!! is there a full moon or something?

Bill