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Brambles

alicias3alicias3 Posts: 3
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Help can some one please advise me on how to clear brambles which are growing between a garage and a fence.

I cant get near the roots to dig them up but the top growth is damaging the fence and also towering above it.

The space between the garage and the fence is no where near big enough to get into so is there any form of weed killer I can spray over the fence - there are no plants to harm.

Thanks

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  • Mark56Mark56 Posts: 1,653

    Brush on SBK weed killer and cover the foliage with a plastic bag to allow die back into the roots. 

  • alicias3alicias3 Posts: 3

    Thank you Mark56 I will give this a try

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    If you not able to brush on SBK which will do the job, I've used Rosate36 in a spray to clear a 30ft x 30ft patch of brambles/nettles and ivy last year.
    Rosate36 is glyphosphate on steroids so is harmless when in contact with the soil, but will kill any plants it's sprayed onto.
    i sprayed 3 times, soaking the leaves over an 8 week period and it killed everything - even the ivy


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  • alicias3alicias3 Posts: 3

    Thanks Pete8 if the SBK doesn't work I'll try your suggestion. I have purchased the |SBK and given the brambles a soaking (those I could reach) so will have to wait if all else fails we are thinking of replacing the fence (which is our boundary) after we have dug up the brambles and weeds etc.- Expensive!  The other side of the garden (same problem) the fence is not ours so no replacement there

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