Bramble Root Removal
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, Apr 01 2008 08:29 PM
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 08:29 PM
im starting to do my garden now, ready for my workshop to go up, we got alot of clearing up done and is looking alot better. now we have the bramble roots to deal with but they are everywhere. we cant afford to get a small excavator. does anyone have any tips or is it handballing it all the way?
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 08:37 PM
When my ol' man cleared his garden we used his toyota hi-lux to pull them up via a long length of rope.
Great fun and an intersting way to introduce yourself to the new neighbours
Great fun and an intersting way to introduce yourself to the new neighbours
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 08:42 PM
When my ol' man cleared his garden we used his toyota hi-lux to pull them up via a long length of rope.
Great fun and an intersting way to introduce yourself to the new neighbours
i wish i could get one in my garden,i think i need more "practical" way of doing it lol
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 08:45 PM
Petrol and a match!!!! lol
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 08:49 PM
Petrol and a match!!!! lol
Great way
Go to your nearest library and look at some gardening books, surely there will be some helpful tips there
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 09:09 PM
lol thought crossed my mind kel lolPetrol and a match!!!! lol
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 09:24 PM
Sorry, but it's hard work (clicky). Unless you're planning to grow blackberries.
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 09:34 PM
teapot.. you the man!!! looksm like i have my work cut out for a weekend or two lolSorry, but it's hard work (clicky). Unless you're planning to grow blackberries.
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 09:38 PM
Are you needing them out? can't you just use some chemicals to kill them off and let them rot away?
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 09:57 PM
could do but i want some grass too. the workshop base area i could as it will be concrete based.Are you needing them out? can't you just use some chemicals to kill them off and let them rot away?
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Posted 01 April 2008 - 10:01 PM
good luck 
on a uni field trip we had to clear a load of brambles from a nature reserve. real hard work cutting out the root, and those brambles go through gloves 
on a uni field trip we had to clear a load of brambles from a nature reserve. real hard work cutting out the root, and those brambles go through gloves
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 12:59 AM
FLAMETHROWER IT
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 09:06 AM
Unfortunately a flamethrower will only knock back the top growth and might even encourage regrowth (needs a botanical horticlter plant expert here). Even if you're concreting some of the ground the brambles may come through if you don't annihilate them. Try an agricultural supplier (eg Mole Valley Farmers type store or whatever you have in Essex) for some commercial strength killer that gets to the roots. Or get a jarful from a friendly non-organic farmer.
Edited by Teapot, 02 April 2008 - 09:13 AM.
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 10:08 AM
Just throw lots of acid on them then
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 10:25 AM
You have to dig up every little bit, they can't be killed with weed killer/acid etc. Try as hard as you can not to chop the roots up at all, as the tiniest bit left in the ground will re-sprout and you'll have the damn things back before you know it! Just dig around them carefully, then fill in the hole back in when you think they're all gone!
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