Clearing brambles and rushes

Curious Geroge

Looking for help on the best way and the best time for clearing brambles and rushes. We've alot of the grunt work done; pulled the rushes and brambles and heaped them in the corner of the field. With that done, there are still some rushes and brambles growing from other land into the fence. I was going to saw all the tree (hawthorns) bases and cut the bambles but what to do then ? could I burn them or do I need to spray them ? all advise welcome, cheers..

1chippy

get a 6-12 ton track machine in.

Curious Geroge

1chippy wrote: »

get a 6-12 ton track machine in.

Hi 1chippy, had the track machine in last week to do all the grunt work. My problem is that he could'nt get close enough to the fence and could'nt go the neighbours side of the fence to stop the rushes and brambles growing through. Now, I'd planned on cutting all the butts of the trees and setting it alight - but can i do this and if so, any recommendation on how to do this ?

ootbitb

Curious Geroge wrote: »

Hi 1chippy, had the track machine in last week to do all the grunt work. My problem is that he could'nt get close enough to the fence and could'nt go the neighbours side of the fence to stop the rushes and brambles growing through. Now, I'd planned on cutting all the butts of the trees and setting it alight - but can i do this and if so, any recommendation on how to do this ?

the yanks used napalm...kills everything,

have a bit of respect for your trees. setting fire to the butts will kill them.

a few brambles are good for making jam but if you are that desperate selective spraying with brushwood killer controls them.

Curious Geroge

ootbitb wrote: »

the yanks used napalm...kills everything,

have a bit of respect for your trees. setting fire to the butts will kill them.

a few brambles are good for making jam but if you are that desperate selective spraying with brushwood killer controls them.

Cheer ottbitb.. the trees are killing the fence at this stage, tried puning but its every year and too much hassle. Would the brushwood kill the rushes too ?

ootbitb

Curious Geroge wrote: »

Cheer ottbitb.. the trees are killing the fence at this stage, tried puning but its every year and too much hassle. Would the brushwood kill the rushes too ?

no, MCPA for that.

round- up or the cheaper version (can't recall the name) will kill both and all grasses but all of these chemicals are harmful to your trees and general wild life.

Cgold

ootbitb wrote: »

no, MCPA for that.

round- up or the cheaper version (can't recall the name) will kill both and all grasses but all of these chemicals are harmful to your trees and general wild life.

Hi,

Rambo is the other Glyphosate based spray that will kill them. Glyphosate also appears in Roundup, as Roundup is only a trade name of a Product, not an active Ingredient. However, as the weather is getting colder, the effect of the spray on the plant will be minimal. There is a more friendly alternative, which is really regulat pruning of the the Brambles, which will eventually decimate them. I wouldnt recommend buring them, as this can get out of hand quickly. If it remains mild enough, and if you get 6 to 8 hours of no rain, mix some liquid Nitrogen based feed into the sprayer, such as Tomato Feed etc, and this boosts the growth of the target plant, which in turn takes in the spray more effectively.

Hope this Helps,

P

doghunter

hi,
you are far better using a brushwood killer on the tree butts, Altex ( product name not active chemical) if using rambo/roundup drill a hole into the butt and fill this with undiluted chemical, brushwood killer, Altix will not kill grass if you are using it to kill brambles on grass areas.