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Getting rid of brambles.
Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with
brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? Thanks. |
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Getting rid of brambles.
"Zapp Brannigan" wrote in message ... Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? I cut mine to the ground, watered with SBK brushwood killer Then covered with a carpet, After a couple of months through the winter I dug the dead and rotting roots out of a very friable ground. YMMV Dave |
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Getting rid of brambles.
Dave Painter enlightened the world by saying on 28/08/2003 19:41:
"Zapp Brannigan" wrote in message ... Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? I cut mine to the ground, watered with SBK brushwood killer Then covered with a carpet, After a couple of months through the winter I dug the dead and rotting roots out of a very friable ground. YMMV Dave The area will not be used for planting anythine else there, I was gonna mix up some caustic soda and give them a "watering". Dunno if this would work thou... |
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Getting rid of brambles.
In article , Zapp
Brannigan writes Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? Cut them off close to the ground. Some new shoots will appear, but they are easily removed and the root systems will rot away by next spring. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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Getting rid of brambles.
"Zapp Brannigan" wrote in message ... Dave Painter enlightened the world by saying on 28/08/2003 19:41: "Zapp Brannigan" wrote in message ... Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? I cut mine to the ground, watered with SBK brushwood killer Then covered with a carpet, After a couple of months through the winter I dug the dead and rotting roots out of a very friable ground. YMMV Dave The area will not be used for planting anythine else there, I was gonna mix up some caustic soda and give them a "watering". Dunno if this would work thou... no use sbk the caustic soda wont kill all the roots the sbk gets into the root system |
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Getting rid of brambles.
I've had succes painting a few leaves with a 50-50 mixture of undiluted
brushwood killer and parrafin Graham Dixon |
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Getting rid of brambles.
Alan Gould wrote in message ...
In article , Zapp Brannigan writes Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? Cut them off close to the ground. Some new shoots will appear, but they are easily removed and the root systems will rot away by next spring. This is the non-chemical approach, and has worked for me more than once. But don't interpret it as just knocking the new shoots off: you have to pull or fork out the tough central crown the shoots come from, or they'll keep on coming. Any actual roots left behind can, as Alan says, be left to rot, as they won't send out shoots. I'd invest in some stout leather gloves before starting! There will be some seedlings and probably nettles for the next couple of years, but they're easy enough to deal with. One lawn I made of an old bramble-patch still, three years later, sends up surprises in the form of bindweed seedlings: no top growth was visible at the time I did the clearing; if it was one of those very fine short lawns I think they'd probably be dealt with just by mowing. As somebody else -- sorry, I've forgotten who -- said, the soil is likely to be in excellent condition, as all those leaves and canes rot down nicely. It may look a bit frightening, but it's actually not a very difficult job, and it's very satisfying. I go at the canes with secateurs, usually cutting each one down in manageable lengths till I get to the cent long ones are more difficult to move about, and more likely to catch you on the ears. Mike. |
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"Alan wrote in message after Zapp Brannigan writes Got some area round the back of the house that been overrun with brambles. What is the best method of getting rid of them, so they don't come back? Cut them off close to the ground. Some new shoots will appear, but they are easily removed and the root systems will rot away by next spring. -- Quite agree, we had a large old patch next to one of our allotments and that went when we burnt it away and then simply mowed the area every few weeks cutting off any shoots that appeared. It's now a nice grassy area with no sign of a bramble. -- Bob www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in Runnymede fighting for it's existence. |
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Getting rid of brambles.
In article , Steve
Harris writes Yes, going for the crowns helps but the remaining roots WILL send up shoots That is true, but if new shoots are tackled early they are quite soft and easy to snip off with secateurs. Keeping off all top growth will hasten the deterioration of the root system in the ground. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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Getting rid of brambles.
Alan Gould wrote in message ...
In article , Steve Harris writes Yes, going for the crowns helps but the remaining roots WILL send up shoots That is true, but if new shoots are tackled early they are quite soft and easy to snip off with secateurs. [...] Gosh! All along I thought the small regrowths must be seedlings. Live and learn: thanks to both. Mike. |
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Getting rid of brambles.
In article , Mike Lyle
writes Gosh! All along I thought the small regrowths must be seedlings. Live and learn: thanks to both. Bramble seedlings could be grown by saving seed from blackberries, but if propagation did happen to be desired, a better way would be to let the tips of runners root into soil. They will do that anyway if you leave them to their own devices. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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Getting rid of brambles.
Alan Gould wrote in message ...
In article , Mike Lyle writes Gosh! All along I thought the small regrowths must be seedlings. Live and learn: thanks to both. Bramble seedlings could be grown by saving seed from blackberries, but if propagation did happen to be desired, a better way would be to let the tips of runners root into soil. They will do that anyway if you leave them to their own devices. No, we're trying to kill 'em, not grow 'em! (Interestingly, I've never had a thornless volunteer seedling from a thornless parent.) Mike. |
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