When we first moved here I let some of the run amok, in the hope of scoring the fruit. Drop by Vashon if you’re ever visiting your sister up North. For Himalayan blackberries that wend there way up through trees and plants I use 2,4D (like Crossbow) by cutting the vine at the root and brushing it on the fresh cut stump. When you've selected your location for your Blackberry Bushes, dig a hole that's large enough to accommodate the root ball and a little wider for future growth. I love to eat the wild ones in Lebanon and there is a famous drink there called “sharab el-toot” made with the syrup from mulberries: to die for! Glad to help Jill, and don’t forget to reseed any bare areas with grass to choke out the brambles. I live in SW Michigan, and was actually outside in the snow today pulling out the d@^%#$ bramble. Do you have to continue to monitor and cut back the sprouts forevermore? I’m enjoying taking a tour through your garden. Now should you worry that I’ll have no blackberries for baking, let me assure you; a walk in any direction on this island will yield a wild patch to pick from. This is week 4 and making some progress. But by tilling the soil regularly or using herbicide, you can kill your blackberry problem and keep it at bay. Homegrown blackberries possess a delicious flavor you just can't buy from a store. A common misconception is that Blackberries spread underground and then sprout. 4. I know as I’ve done it and continue to because the brambles pop up in areas too tight to mow, namely between my garden plants and outbuildings. He never smoked in his life, and led a clean, healthy life, other than the herbicides. Because the massive and gnarly root system remains (my drawing is only a slight exaggeration), a few simple steps must be taken to see that the plant is sufficiently weakened in placed, which then leads to death and decomposition. Again, the brambles will resprout so just keep mowing until they give up, which won’t be too longs say 3-5 mowings. Good for you, and a speedy recovery. One more question. Blackberry brambles have a tendency to go a little loco: wild blackberries can regenerate from the crown or rhizomes even after herculean efforts are taken to destroy the plants. One of the benefits however is that the shallow grubbing brings old dormant grasses and prairie flower seed up to the surface to germinate . Sharpening the scythe takes files, always gloves, and a wet stone. (Just ask Sasquatch.) A better solution is to shred this brush on your site, leaving the nutrients available to nourish your land. Our blackberry plants for sale are tissue cultured and virus indexed to ensure our customer's success and most possible yield. I think I will be trying a variant of your method – will try a green manure mix instead of grass seed. You said you used them as mulch. We just cleared nearly 2 acres of blackberries and I’m already seeing them come back and it’s worrying me. When the snow melts. Annettte. I bought a house in Victoria BC this summer and our yard has 30 years of blackberry jungle covering 2/3 of the property. I’ve just purchased a bramble-choked parcel of land in Vashon Heights and spent a day earlier this week with a wetlands ecologist walking the land, identifying plant species, and even seeing a demonstration of the proper way to remove the “brains” of a single blackberry plant. My blackberries though will have to come from the Farmer’s Markets. Translation: I can just keep ahead of the encroaching mob. We have a beachfront, sloping property just north of you in Sechelt BC. Initially, I was convinced that I had poison ivy choking-out my dune grass, but after further investigation I now think that it is the dreaded bramble (as it has very sharp thorns). My back and knees like chopping off better than pulling up. My property is too steep for a bush hog but I definitely need mechanical help!! Reply. I’m considering a no-mow fescue – mow it once a year after established. I’m moving my chickens to an area of brambles, and they have been working on it during the off season. As the grass thickens and mats over the roots/sprouts of the blackberries, the blackberry plant will weaken and give up the ghost eventually. I do use a PI spray for large areas of that horrific weed. Thanks for the information. I’m in Eastern Kentucky on just under four acres, most of which is vertical, so the tractor-pulled brush hog is out of the question. You\’ve given us something invaluable – hope. From our research, blackberry "stalks" are essentially solid wood and not plant material. They’ll also clean up any garden you’ve got growing within their reach! Hello – I am an organic vegetable farmer in Panguipulli, Chile and I too have an ongoing battle with blackberry bramble every year. Forget the backyard lawn mower; I called upon the mighty bush hog (rotary cutter) to make handy work of  my bramble wall. Hi, Nicole. Carol, we are so lucky here, as of the many invasive plants we have, poison ivy does not seem to be one of them. ), simply prune off the top inch (2.5 cm.) Finally after week two I convinced the garbage men to haul them away. I’m going to wade in starting next weekend with a combination of weed wackier and hedge trimmer – wish me luck!! Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Use your pruning scissor to cut the top 3 inches of each cane, or branch, off of your blackberry plant in early spring. I’m getting ready to move to southern Oregon and I didn’t want to use an Roundup type products as I plan to work the land to grow the one thing that this world is in desperate of, which is food. The only issue in some areas is removing the brambles creates the ideal conditions for poison ivy to invade. I’m just across Colvos Passage, mid island. Great advice, inspiration and amusing as hell. I’m highly sensitive, and even though I’ll hand pull that stuff in small areas, I can’t risk hand pulling the plants that sprang up this year. Regards thank you. , Very Nice, Tom. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. However time has lapsed a bit and the brambles have started to grow back, I have been out with a pick axe and decided it would take too long to do that, just been and bought a rotavator and gave it a quick go and hopes were depleted as it didn’t go deep enough to get the roots out. Use a shovel to dig out the blackberry bush stump. Crazy. If the canes are shorter than 24 inches (61 cm. Ray, I think that should work. I’m really keen to try your method in the spring but am wondering: do you know if it’s possible to grow a garden overtop (I suppose in boxes) once the grass is established? The benefits are: You are rid of blackberries. I am about to “mow” down (cut them back severely) my azaleas along side an outbuilding so I can get to the pesky BlackBerry vines that birds have so generously planted for me amongst the azaleas.
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