Bramble and how to get rid is it

[Triassic]

Our garden is slowly being overrun by brambles.  A neighbour suggested weed killer, so we sprayed a test area last year and although it died back it didn’t eradicate it, so it’s growing back again this year. Any suggestions as to how to get rid of it!

[Gone West]

I've found SBK kills brambles.

[Triassic]

I’ve srarched for SKB but am none the wiser, what is SKB?

[Onoff]

How about a goat?

[joe90]

I also have brambles and was told constant mowing will see it off ( I hope so!)

[billt]

Try SBK!

 

Yes, cutting fairly often during the growing season gets rid of them, and you don't have to use expensive dubious weedkillers.

[TheMitchells]

Dig them out if possible, after cutting/strimming down the top growth. then anything that comes up, hit with a spray of SBK.  You need a systemic weedkiller that gets right down into the roots.  Glyphosate is the mian checmical used and does work but it takes a couple of weeks for it to get right through the root system.

 

[gravelld]

24 minutes ago, joe90 said:

I also have brambles and was told constant mowing will see it off ( I hope so!)

 

That will kill all weeds eventually, the trouble is not all places are accessible to a lawn mower. Even strimming can be difficult depending on the surroundings.

 

I know it's bad, but I use R*****p (Glyphosate based). I read it's best to do it in Autumn, and that's what I did last year. I make up a solution in a sturdy container and drape the brambles, leaves etc inside it for a few days. Cover and make sure no chance of tipping over. After that, take it out and drape it on plastic sheeting to dry off. Then it takes about a month or so to die!

 

Would like to know what SBK is, best I can tell is that Peter is suggesting you host a round of the World Superbikes in your back garden? I guess that would work...

[daiking]

Sbk brushwood killer (triclopyr?)

 

waiting for my weeds to start showing through the grass...

[joe90]

My field is also full of marsh grass ( needs land drains) and dock, I might invest in a flock of goats ( in wellies) ?

[daiking]

11 minutes ago, joe90 said:

My field is also full of marsh grass ( needs land drains) and dock, I might invest in a flock of goats ( in wellies) ?

 

Well im going to f****** nuke any Himalayan Balsam that I find this year. I’m not having that come up through the lawn. 

 

I might actually try to transplant my brambles to the other side of the garden. A) they’ll get more sun and better fruit B) will offer some prickly security along a low fence and C) fight off the H B.

[Ferdinand]

I think one routine with brambles is cut via a strimmer or brushcutter then weedkill with a weed killer that penetrates to the roots when th3 new shoots hav3 grown a bit.

 

  Brambles were done at a former house by pulling them up wearing leather gloves.

 

Ferdinand

 

[jack]

38 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

Brambles were done at a former house by pulling them up wearing leather gloves.

 

And decent gloves at that. I tried this with brambles at ours and found out the hard way that the cheap pair of leather gloves I had lying around wasn't up to the job 

[chrisb]

Welding gauntlets from Toolstation are very effective. Shame they don't come in smaller sizes so I don't have to be the sole wearer!

[ToughButterCup]

Low-tech answer: brush cutter / strimmer and persistence.

Brambles (and lawns) were invented by wimmin to keep men from nicking sausages from the kitchen and doing something useful instead.

[Stones]

3 hours ago, PeterStarck said:

I've found SBK kills brambles.

 

+1

 

http://www.vitaxamenity.co.uk/product/sbk-brushwood-killer/

 

Also good as a selective weedkiller for getting rid of dockens in grass.