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Encroaching Blackthorns

KatyMac · 2012-07-11 12:12:47

I've areas where machinary can't safely travel. It's being slowly taken over with blackthorns. I've cut some of them with a strimmer and brushcutter attachment, but it's a divil of a job. Is there anything I can use to keep the beggers from coming back? I'm going to push the cuttings into the hedges with a fork (by hand!)…

11-07-2012 1:12pm

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I've areas where machinary can't safely travel. It's being slowly taken over with blackthorns. I've cut some of them with a strimmer and brushcutter attachment, but it's a divil of a job. Is there anything I can use to keep the beggers from coming back? I'm going to push the cuttings into the hedges with a fork (by hand!) the next time it stops raining! Any ideas how I can kill them before they kill me??

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#2 11-07-2012 1:22pm

Farmer Pudsey

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If they are small spray with a brushwood killer. You may have to repeat 3 or four times. Use one that will not kill grass and after a while the grass will take over.

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