gardening

[kopend]

i have just cut down some brambles and am looking for something to kill the roots.
but will not damage the soil for ever

any suggestions ?

[wildwood]

To kill the roots you need a systemic herbicide such as round-up or one of the woody shrub killers sprays. To be effective this needs to be taken up by the plant through the leafs.... which you've just cut off. You will now get at least twice as many shoots as you had last years

Apart from digging the roots out, you now need to wait until there is a bit of new growth and paint that with neat herbicide. This may have to be done several times. Obviously, the more active the plant is, the more effective the poison will do its work, so late winter/spring will be the most effective time.

[red-forest.]

Brambles should be beaten down,and not cut,as cutting increases the number of suckers,nevertheless,if these new suckers are also cut regularly,the brambles will die out in two or three years time.