Brambles!

[David Goss]

I want to use one of them and I don't even know what it is:lol:

 

Actually, that's exactly what the police should be using against the rioters:laugh1:

 

haha yea a bit of rioter mulching sounds good:thumbup1:

[coppiceer]

The problem with Bramble is that the little birds (bless them) tend to drop the seeds all over the wood: thus ensuring a constant supply of new plants.

 

Bramble will die out under heavy shade, unfortunately so will everything else, so no nice spring flower glades.

 

I cut back the brambles to about 6" each winter and then spray the new leaves with a selective broadleaved weedkiller (Relay) in the early spring before much else is coming into leaf.

 

 

If left to get out of hand, bramble shoots will festoon themselves among tree branches and rip you to pieces. But lots of wildlfe feeds on bramble flowers and fruit so as long as I am not too badly injured I tolerate a reasonable amount.

[Mr. Bish]

None of these seems a quick fix. I will look into getting a licience for grazon 90

 

Thanks for all the advise. I really dont fancy pulling out 12 acres worth of bramble roots :-)

[Ian Leach]

The pic that i put up works tho the brambles do come back but more easier to spray new growth. plus the wild flowers that have now grown in place of most of the bramble are unbelievable.

[BCF]

None of these seems a quick fix. I will look into getting a licience for grazon 90

 

Thanks for all the advise. I really dont fancy pulling out 12 acres worth of bramble roots :-)

 

Try Napalm, once the favourite clearance method of the American military.

[Stereo]

Boar seems the obvious choice. Plus you get free meat.

 

I was going to do this with our wood but had a dream about a lone male hiding away in the woods and never being seen for many years until he was massive and then coming and killing me a bit and eating my brains whilst I was working in the woods one night. Think I had been watching Razorback. Damn pig.

[DN22 Gardening]

goats also do a good job,

 

trouble is they'll eat EVERYTHING...lol

[roseyweb]

The pic that i put up works tho the brambles do come back but more easier to spray new growth. plus the wild flowers that have now grown in place of most of the bramble are unbelievable.

 

That machine is something I've been wishing existed but never knew it did, what's the facts?

[Ian Leach]

Boxer Power and Equipment - Home (Tel: 01666 500 123)

 

A very helpful family team, lots of various attachments

[blazer]

Try Napalm, once the favourite clearance method of the American military.

 

or was it 'agent orange' I sure you could find an old C130 to apply it with.

 

I have cleared some well overgrown tracks with 6 ft high brambles but found to stop regrowth if I could drive over lower growths the tyre pressure killed off the stems.