I found the only way was to keep cutting them back and digging them out, now I can catch them when they are small. Glyphosate didnt touch them, just killed the leaves then they shot out again with a vengeance, so after several sprays, not doing any good, I just dig.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
We've got brambles growing through a mature 6ft high box hedge and getting worse, I keep trying to cut them out at the base and along the top of the hedge, but I guess that's all I can do.
I'm not sure about the rotovating - I always understood that each little bit left in the soil will root and make more brambles.
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Any recommendations on a good Brushwood Killer.
I found the only way was to keep cutting them back and digging them out, now I can catch them when they are small. Glyphosate didnt touch them, just killed the leaves then they shot out again with a vengeance, so after several sprays, not doing any good, I just dig.
We've got brambles growing through a mature 6ft high box hedge and getting worse, I keep trying to cut them out at the base and along the top of the hedge, but I guess that's all I can do.
I'm not sure about the rotovating - I always understood that each little bit left in the soil will root and make more brambles.
You are right Lizzie, rotivator not really a good idea, same if you have ground elder. Try to dig them out if you can.