Can anyone ID these branches/leaves please? :)

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Got quite a number of these branches running at the rear of my garden and these branches reach the ground and then form roots!?
PITA to remove as thorns :(
From my google-fu these aint Jap Knotweeds (phew), but no idea what they are...

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Not that easy to get rid of once established... Need to just keep pulling out the young shoots as you find them but its a constant job :(
 
Although what I am about to say relates to Japanese Knotweed, it may help with Brambles? - A couple of years ago I was speaking to a professional Knotweed removal guy who was working on a site and they were injecting weedkiller into the actual knotweed branches with a needle so that the weedkiller actually went into the plant and was then transported to the root of the plant helping to kill it off.

Might be worth a try?
 
Richie said:
Although what I am about to say relates to Japanese Knotweed, it may help with Brambles? - A couple of years ago I was speaking to a professional Knotweed removal guy who was working on a site and they were injecting weedkiller into the actual knotweed branches with a needle so that the weedkiller actually went into the plant and was then transported to the root of the plant helping to kill it off.

Might be worth a try?
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might give it a go
my google-fu suggests it may be different for brambles because they don't have hollow stems like jap knotweed
but i'm sure i can stick a cannula into the branches and leave a syringe in for the glyphosphate to seep in
(obvs will tape it up so my neighbour's cat doesn't get poisoned lol)
 
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Richie said:
Although what I am about to say relates to Japanese Knotweed, it may help with Brambles? - A couple of years ago I was speaking to a professional Knotweed removal guy who was working on a site and they were injecting weedkiller into the actual knotweed branches with a needle so that the weedkiller actually went into the plant and was then transported to the root of the plant helping to kill it off.

Might be worth a try?
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I did this a few years ago and it had a dramatic impact on the knotweed. A professional told me that it is not the current preferred method which is repeated seasonal spraying. The argument being injection puts it into shock and it appears to go then come back. I have no idea either way but injecting was dramatically visibly effective.

Brambles are tough and they come back hardier from cutting, I would spray early spring as the new shoots are coming through and again late summer and really knock it back.
 
i've just ordered concentrated glyphosate (360g/l) gonna stick a few cannulas and syringes to see how it goes

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Paint glyphosate neat onto the leaves with a brush.
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how to get it thick enough not to drip? the bramble is mixed up with several other bushes
 
Not possible. You can only paint the ones that stick beyond anything they can drip on.

Injection may be your best method. Inject as low down as you can.

Once died back then cut it all out.

In the spring any new growth can be painted at ground level.

Glyphosate can kill a tree or stumps from regrowth. On a tree stump you drill a hole, pour in glyphosate and plug the hole with tissue. The stump will be dead in 3 months.
 
I've had to deal with loads of brambles. You just need to dig out the root, chopping them back won't help. If you dig around them enough you can just rip the root ball out by hand.

Buy some rigger gloves, they work really well against the thorns, which are pure evil.
 
Pho said:
I've had to deal with loads of brambles. You just need to dig out the root, chopping them back won't help. If you dig around them enough you can just rip the root ball out by hand.

Buy some rigger gloves, they work really well against the thorns, which are pure evil.
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i think the main stem is behind a massive bush so i can't get to it :(
thanks for the suggestions re: gloves, been looking for those lol
 
That's annoying :(

It's amazing how quick they grow. I have a ~4m² self contained bit in the garden that got absoluetely overran with them.

That same garden is now being overran with lots of tree shoots that grew out of nowhere, can't win!
 
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It's amazing how quick they grow. I have a ~4m² self contained bit in the garden that got absoluetely overran with them.
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yes as i'm finding out to my utter disgust :(
wish the previous owners didnt plant them

i have half a mind to hire a gardener/landscaper to remove all the bushes/shrubs and start anew
ex-owners planted trees too close to the property i'm weary it may cause structural issues in the future
 
They're prickly but not unsurmountable wear some thick gloves chop down the growth leaving say 6-8 inches above ground so you know where they are then dig up the roots once those are out they won't return :)

I'd be surprised if previous owners planted them unless they had a fruit and veg patch they likely "just grew" they're seeded by birds etc who eat the berries they're fascinating plants

 
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