Blackberry removal
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Blackberry removal
I have about 1/4 acre of overgrown blackberry bushes on my property. I'm looking for ideas to get rid of them. The two obvious ones aren't good ideas;
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- Burning them is bad (although sounds fun!) cause they are right next to my propane tank and there is a telephone pole in the middle of the patch.
- Any type of heavy equipment because they are growing on the side of a steep hill.
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Originally Posted by holland501
Beg, borrow or steal a couple of goats. In about a week it will be clear. Good luck.
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get some killer goats, and then you wont have to worry about the mountain lions.
do you have a four wheeler ?? it might be time consuming but pulling them out at their roots might be the best way to go. ive used my 4wheeler to pull out some decent sized bushes, and its kinda tough on them if you dont chop around the roots with a shovel or axe first. maybe wait til you get some rain so the ground is softer.
do you have a four wheeler ?? it might be time consuming but pulling them out at their roots might be the best way to go. ive used my 4wheeler to pull out some decent sized bushes, and its kinda tough on them if you dont chop around the roots with a shovel or axe first. maybe wait til you get some rain so the ground is softer.
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Buy or rent a brushcutter & cut the bushes into rows. Set up a Pick-Your-Own sign & use the proceeds to pay for the brushcutter. 
I grew up in a fruit-growing area. Where I live now I can't grow much in the way of fruit. I have a hard time understanding why somebody would want to rip out bushes that produce fruit. To each his own, I guess.
Cheers,
Eric
I grew up in a fruit-growing area. Where I live now I can't grow much in the way of fruit. I have a hard time understanding why somebody would want to rip out bushes that produce fruit. To each his own, I guess.
Cheers,
Eric
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Actually in my case it's not a question of WANTING to rip them out, I need to. There is actually a good acre of them, I just want to clear the part encroaching on my front yard and house. I'm leaving most of them alone. I do love fresh blackberries as do my neighbors 
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You will only have problems with where the berries fall off the other vines. So keep a path mowed (width of your push/riding mower) and you shouldn't have a problem coming back in the place where you used the round up.. You might consider total veg. killer in those spots and then re-seed. We always had good luck with just repeatedly mowing them off. After a month or so the grass takes over.
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you'll probably think i'm crazy, but do some poking around at your local feed store, organic garden supply or chemical wharehouse, and find some 20% Vinegar. spray/pour it straight on whatever you want dead, and it will kill it. do it in the heat of the day and anything you apply it to will die. theres also a few ounces of mollasses to a gallon of diesel fuel in a pump-up sprayer. i worked at a feed store here in texas for a year, these should work for ya. (and they are easy on your pocket too, as compared to "weed killers" in general). good luck
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Kill the offending plants with a good herbacide, then apply a barrier herbacide(pre-emergant). If they come back the next season, do the same thing early, and you should have few issues. Just don't till or otherwise cultivate the ground after applying the barrier, or you will have to re-apply the barrier herbacide.
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