No I have no issue with the trees themselves or any of the plants nor do I want lots of harmful chemicals sprayed everywhere but I also dont won't the massive bill I am going to get now I have to replace all of my rear fencing due to the trees breaking them.
I have only contacted the council about the trees nothing else. That is only because of the damage but the fact children can't get into the play park that is next to my house without ducking or being attacked by the overgrown trees.
Obviously I have no issue with the plants overall and know there are worse things that could be behind my house but the fact there could be worse things or ignoring them doesn't really answer my original question of what the weeds are and how to prevent them returning.
I know there are blackberry brambles but there are long thick vine like plants with no leaves or blackberries they 5m+ in length so will they by coming from the brambles too?
As I said I am completely new to this and just came on here for some helpful advice from those with more experience and knowledge in this area.
It's a difficult one to remove from a lawn but if you are digging that up anyway, it should make things easier - just remove every bit of root you see as you go. I think it is shallow rooted so an alternative would be to remove the top 2" of lawn using a turf cutter and stack that upside down somewhere out of the way for a year if you have room - it will rot down and make excellent compost!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Well the ones I have are not what I would call shallow. Thank you for your advice and ID of that one. Might look into the turf cutter as digging it taking me ages! All of the weed roots etc I find in one patch means it takes twice as long as it should.
Especially the ones that seem to be suckers they are very tough indeed.
The good news is if you mow it once a week while it is growing, most lawn weeds and the suckers will be kept under control as the grass will take over, so that's a nice easy alternative. Grass grows from the base so can stand losing the tops of the blades but weeds will have to grow completely new leaves after each cut which will weaken them over time.
The only way to stop the suckering is to remove the whole root but doing that may harm the tree it comes from.
The drought over the summer has made most lawns look much worse than they are as weeds tend to have deeper roots than the grass so they have stayed green while the grass went brown.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Ahh OK. That's really helpful. My lawn was probably 80% weed after what looks like years of being neglected so starting fresh is probably the best way. I will crack on and then with continual maintenance hopefully have a lovely lawn this time next year.
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I have only contacted the council about the trees nothing else. That is only because of the damage but the fact children can't get into the play park that is next to my house without ducking or being attacked by the overgrown trees.
Obviously I have no issue with the plants overall and know there are worse things that could be behind my house but the fact there could be worse things or ignoring them doesn't really answer my original question of what the weeds are and how to prevent them returning.
I know there are blackberry brambles but there are long thick vine like plants with no leaves or blackberries they 5m+ in length so will they by coming from the brambles too?
As I said I am completely new to this and just came on here for some helpful advice from those with more experience and knowledge in this area.
Thank you
Especially the ones that seem to be suckers they are very tough indeed.