Brambles... ******* lots of it... best way to get rid?

[Heofz]

After clearing out some newly acquired land at the foot of our garden, most of which was waist-high in brambles using some guys we knew with heavy machinery, the brambles have started growing again (apologies for crappy phone camera pic):

That spot of soily land is about 1/4 of an acre, and a good majority of it contains bramble roots that exist more than a foot deep. The green bits you see are the brambles starting to grow back, and I was wondering, what would be the most effective way to remove it all?

Obviously manually digging out the roots is out of the question due to the sheer amount of labour involved, so I'm guessing some sort of chemical should be used.

Aside from "napalm" etc p) Anyone have any personal experience/recommendations?

 

[Ben M]

fire and mustard.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Grow them and pick the berries they're good for you!

 

[Raikiri]

Cleanse it with fire.

 

[Dave M]

Glycosulphate, but you need growing leaves to use it.

Let them grow back a bit more then spray - it's absorbed through the leaves and kills every part of the plant.

 

[Fenris]

Tactical Nuclear Strike.

 

[p-chan]

Hire a rotavator for the day?

 

[platypus]

Obviously manually digging out the roots is out of the question due to the sheer amount of labour involved, so I'm guessing some sort of chemical should be used.

Bleh, why? Get your lazy ass in gear and get a diggin' boy.

 

[Steve2000]

Glycosulphate, but you need growing leaves to use it.

Let them grow back a bit more then spray - it's absorbed through the leaves and kills every part of the plant.

This.

You're lucky it's not knotweed.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

You're lucky it's not knotweed.

 

[~J~]

Japanese Knotweed, an absolute ****** to get rid of!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Knotweed

 

[Attu90]

Hire a rotavator (£50 for a day) to dig them up again and then put down some good quality weed killer, VITAX SBK Bushwook Killer is good against brambles.

If they havnt grown to much you could just try the Bushwood killer without bothering with the rotavator......worth a try.

Nice plot of land btw.

 

[bushmins]

Should have left it, how many animal homes did you destroy? Just to have a flat area of dirt?

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Ahh.... It was the not notweed that threw me

edit: OP If you really must get rid of them(Although I don't understand why. Blackberries make a killer crumble!) then Napalm will rid you're garden of them.

 

[Cosimo]

Japanese Knotweed, an absolute ****** to get rid of!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Knotweed

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18008156

 

[Heofz]

Bleh, why? Get your lazy ass in gear and get a diggin' boy.

I tried to pull out a single bramble root, had to dig down more than a foot and there was still more to go. Now picture half an acre of that. It'd take months

Hire a rotavator for the day?

Wouldn't work as it doesn't go anywhere deep enough, and even if it did I'm sure it'd get tangled up. Bramble roots are tough mofos!

Glycosulphate, but you need growing leaves to use it.

Let them grow back a bit more then spray - it's absorbed through the leaves and kills every part of the plant.

Sounds like a plan, will look into it, cheers

Should have left it, how many animal homes did you destroy? Just to have a flat area of dirt?

Probably hundreds, probably made a few species extinct in the process

And it's not going to be just dirt, we're either going to have a tennis court or possibly a pool + poolhouse built there

 

[floatindolphin]

concrete over it

 

[millsy888]

Declare global thermonuclear war on the brambles !!

 

[platypus]

I tried to pull out a single bramble root, had to dig down more than a foot and there was still more to go. Now picture half an acre of that. It'd take months

Aye I know what you mean.

I've spent 3 months weeding the garden of the house I moved into, and I've still got weeding to do!

 

[ardy89]

Napalm and instant whip!