Invasive Blackberry Removal - THIS WORKS!
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- Опубликовано: 26 апр 2020
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Here's the most effective way to permanently get rid of invasive Himalayan blackberry. Essentially you cut the plants down to the base, and dab each cut with Stump and Vine Killer by Bonide. This soaks in to the roots and kills the blackberry plant, but doesn't kill the surrounding vegetation.
In this video I cover all the nuance I've learned over the last 10 years of getting rid of blackberry on my property. I see a lot of people using herbicides like Glyphosate (Round Up) which don't work more than a year, and end up polluting our fresh water, rivers and lakes.
Here's more info about the blackberry invaders. Read the section under "Invasive species"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_a...
Hopefully this helps you regain and protect your land, community, or public space. Good luck getting that blackberry out! 
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I’ve tried this in California..it didn’t seem to work but after further research I think if it’s done in the fall when the plant is drawing nutrients back to the roots it will have more effect. Good luck everyone
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm in WA state, at a dead end street, blackberries bordering the entire length of the property. This is do-able for a senior like me, and eco friendly. Thanks again!
My Pleasure!
I’m in WA as well! I bought my house and it’s being swallowed by these annoying bushes!
@@PeterJamesPhotographyGallery how many black berries do these produce?
@@teru797 Any that it produces are tiny and loaded with seeds.
I’m in Washington state as well. The Himalayan blackberries are real killers. Himalayan blackberries at my house, however produce good berries. But the berries don’t ripen all at once so it’s very time consuming to pick them. It’s also hard to tell which berries are ripe.
The most efficient method I found for picking the berries I use a giant enamel metal canning pot and put a strap on it so I could wear it. I also wear welding gloves that came with my house.(The house is quite old). I grab the thorny stem with my welding gloves and shake the BlackBerry vine over the giant metal pot. That way only the ripe sweet blackberries fall off into the pot.
Himalayan blackberries are originally from Romania. They were developed in their current form by the famous Luther Burbank. He developed them to have a very good taste in to go to have a good crop of berries. I don’t think he had any idea how invasive they would be in the Puget Sound region.
I’m going to try this bonite on the blackberries that I don’t want to grow back. A lot of them are going around the stumps of a row of trees I had to have taken out so it is very hard to get to the roots.
Finally a good video on how to properly get rid of BlackBerry bushes. Thanks man.
You bet! Glad it helped!
This is exellent! -- I even have a hedge trimmer like the one you used. Another thing i learned from some farm neighbors near our property is that if you have old posts or sprinklers that stand tall, the birds who eat the blackberries perch on those and poop out blackberry seeds -- this has caused several clusters of blackberries on our land.
Oh cool! Thanks for that insight! Have fun trimming!
Super helpful! The only video I have seen which addresses how to deal with the root besides digging it up (which isn’t always an option). Thank you!
So glad it helps!
For five years I've been trying to dig out blackberries on my property - I was about to throw in the towel and just do the RoundUp because I can't ever get ahead. I'm going to give this method two years starting today. Thanks.
Yay! Don't give up and don't round up! I think you'll be happy with this method!
Did it work?
How is your progress?
@@vangle8488He got strangled with a Blackberry shoot.
Any update???😅
Thank you so much!
We will have spent so much money alone dumping these blackberry briars at the transfer station! I have spent money and time and spraying nasty herbicides for years working on our 5 acres. You made my week!!!!!
Did this work for you? I plan to attack blackberries next weekend
This is the MOST practical long-term approach I have come across! And I've been researching everywhere for sustainable solutions, without spreading herbicides! Thank you so much for all this info, particularly explaining how your approach has worked in your yard over the past few years. Very valuable to those of us who have battled these tenacious, horrid blackberries for years. 👍🙏🌟 P.S. I'm also going to try injecting -- with a hypodermic needle -- 30% vinegar into some of the cut root areas, to see if that also works [based on a tip from a friend].
That's wonderful to hear. Best wishes!
I’ve been wanting to try an injection method, how did this workout?
Found you with this video and then realized very quickly how much other amazing work you do! Thank you for this. I didn't want to wait for the green to come in before starting our HBB removal... but now, I'm wondering if we should wait for the new shoots to come up more. Thank you so much, about to buy this stump and vine killer now!
Thanks Shalena! I love nature! For us we like to do the removal early in the season since the only place we still have it is where it's intermeshed with a bunch of native plants, so once those leaf out it's hard to see the BB. But if you have only the BB, waiting a little longer can help you see the new "babies" easier. Thanks for subscribing and following my work!
Another Washington homeowner here with Himalayan blackberries taking over.
At 70, I can't (or just don't want to) dig the roots up like I used to ... using this method, I can do this, as long as I portion off about 25 sq feet at a time and just concentrate on that area.
So, your video did prepare me how to effectively attack our very overgrown yard.
1) Portion it out in bits at a time
2) Expedite cutting the vines down via my trusty EGO electric hedge trimmer
3) Get down close and personal and clip each one, getting the new shoots too
4) Daub on the Magic Juice then move on.
My first day using this method, didn't produce a large cleared area, but it's a very good feeling knowing that in doing it this way, they won't keep coming back.
I actually enjoyed the smell of the earth, so everything considered I'd say today was a huge success.
I'll just keep at it until they're done ... It'll likely take a while, but that's Ok!
Daubers I'm using to expedite this process: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QSZT54J?ref=ppx_pt2_dt_b_prod_image
Excellent Dave. Perfect summary. Keep on daubing!
Hi Dave, I am curious how your progress is going. Do you mind sharing an update? Thank you!
@@vangle8488 Hi, the bad news is that the task was just too overwhelming in my state of health, the wonderful news is that I paid a very hardworking neighbor to cut them and dig up most all the roots. The few that are left, I easily daubed, and we are now blackberry free with a plan to address any newcomers that may pop up. All in all, I'm very pleased with the daubing method and feel confident that this is a great way to deal with Himalayan blackberries. None of the ones that I daubed are coming back. Hope this helps.👍
I plan to try this method next weekend- have you had success ?
Thank you so much for this method. I’ve been searching for a method that actually works and doesn’t destroy the environment. Going to try this week!
Best of luck!
Yep, this method works! I've been cutting the branches at the base and applying full-strength poison right to the stub for years. It's the only way to clear BB from hedgerows and other areas that can't be sprayed. It's work, but worth the effort. Thanks for the video.
You got it!
Definitely going to try this with my creekside property. Hard to keep down without pulling them out of the creekside but I want them out of my garden (we are working towards no till, natural, organic), and don't want it to affect the future plants or the water (we are on a well, as well, so maintaining the grounds as organic as possible is the goal). Thank you!!
You are welcome! Yay for no till!
Thank you so much! I almost lost hope to get rid of them.
Thank You! We have a section that has been growing for decades, it appears. This is so helpful.
You are so welcome!
Thank you! I had no idea there was a way to poison just the H.B.s - we've been digging out the roots - very hard work - this looks SO much easier!
Easier and more effective!
This is sooo helpful, we just bought our first home and have so much unusable space- will start this project soon!
Best of luck!
That's very encouraging that you've had such good results with the bonide stump killer. I was reading reviews on Amazon and a lot of them were very negative (saying that it didn't work). I bought crossbow, thinking that I might spray it in the fall to help take some of the chemicals down to the root (I've been just cutting back/digging for 2 years without any good results). But this seems a lot easier to handle -- you don't have to suit up in a spacesuit and worry about hurting off-target plants. I wonder if this would work on bamboo?
Thank you very much for the information, picking up the product this Friday and I’ll get on it!
Best of luck!!
Thank you for this explanation & how to video. You got great camera angles of everything. So I'd know what to look for. Out near Ocean Shores, WA. Blackberries and salmon berries are everywhere. Keeping the majority of the salmon berries and a contained area for blackberries ( as I like to make jam every year). Very helpful. 🥰💙💚💜🌿
Glad it was useful!!
THANK YOU!!!! I just spent the day digging them up, I’m scratched and dirty and just ordered the stump and vine killer!!!!! 💜💜💜🙏🏻
Awesome Mama Mac! Keep at it!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Informative, quick and to the point of what we were needing to know without rambling on and on. THANK YOU!
This video help me begin to remove the blackberries that were taking over our native habitat. Thank you!
At first I was really worried you were using an herbicide that would damage the environment. But the specific way you use it is perfect for killing the blackberry vine yet preserving the health of the soil, water and the surrounding plants. Thank you!!!
Exactly Alida! Most people spray herbicide all over the area, killing all the native plants, polluting the land and water, and not actually getting rid of the blackberry. This is the best method I've found that actually works. Please subscribe to my channel if you liked this: ruclips.net/channel/UCooE0MLZbm085K8mG_JqzCQ
Hard job killing bamboo, I was desprate so I kept putting fires on top of roots after trimming top shoots growth, this after three or four fires killed it and trailing root creepers.
This is excellent, thanks! I'm in WA state and we have a lot of these, but I don't like to spray chemicals. This method is perfect for our needs. Thank you...
So glad it's helpful!!
Thank You! I try so hard to not use any chemicals, but have a major blackberry problem. This looks like the way to go!
I just received this product myself, and I’m committed to giving it a try. These blackberries are so hardy, nasty, and the thorns are terrible. Looking forward to eradicating them, and I can understand it takes a commitment!
Awesome advise. Out here in Rural Oregon, and the invasive blackberries are endemic. So is english ivy, kudzu and scotch broom. All of these I suspect could be eradicated with this method. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, I'd think it could work on all of them. However ivy is it's own special kind of insanity because it puts down so many roots along its runners. But I'd be curious to see how it goes. Thank you!
In suburban Oregon & they COMPLETELY invaded my backyard while was in Washington for 3yrs. My son cut them down & wanted to rototill the entire yard for a few weeks- not feasible! This is something that could work without too much work & not poison the environment so I'm all for it! THANK YOU ❤
I’m really excited to try this!! I have about a quarter mile of 6’ tall brambles by 30-60’ wide in areas.
Thanks for this because I don't want to spray chemicals every where to get rid of it. Will changing the acidity of the soil help also?
Thanks! Right now I am battling these buggers! Now I know how to clobber them!
I used my hedge clippers on my blackberries last year, started out with the chainsaw, but it wasn't working on them, so took the brand new hedge clippers and it cut like butter! Now I need to get this stuff to keep them away. I will get some knee pads and crawl around and apply this stuff to what will be left of my blackberries when I do this again.
I love the rose garden gloves, thank you. Will have to look for them too!
Excellent!
How did this method work on your invasive BlackBerry bushes? I hate those things. They're taking over my yard and cutting my dog up.
@@TakeTheRide I haven't gotten them out yet, they keep coming back. I wish I had gotten them out when there were two strands of them back 20 years ago. Yes, they are taking friggen over and so is the wisteria. I hate them!
Thanks heaps for this. I can't believe how quickly they grow back. It's the thorns that just annoy the pants out of me. I wonder if we have a similar product in Australia. Cheers.
Hey there, thanks for the info! Looking forward to trying this soon. Question, how long do you need to let the vine killer set in before it kills the blackberry? I have a garden that I’d love to use this spring/summer but it’s currently overgrown with blackberry. Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing!! I have been fighting off blackberry briars in northwest Florida for the last couple of years that seemingly started out of nowhere, but made the grave mistake of trying industrial vinegar which, as you probably know, killed all the surrounding vegetation so the briars could come back even bigger and stronger. Watching your method gives me hope. 🙏
Dewberry or blackberry?
They are actually dewberry, but I’m hoping this method will still work
Nevermind, it’s actually both kinds!! 🤦♀️
So helpful for a PNW newbie!
For sure!
Same, im dealing with a half acre completely surrounded by them and this is what I'm about to start trying
Thank you! I’m so happy I won’t have to dig up the roots when I do this. You rock! Could you please share more about what gloves you used? I
The long sleeve leather gloves are called Rose Gloves! Enjoy!
Thank you! Blackberries are tasty but I call it the cockroach of plants, lol. I am a new home-owner with a yard and it is a marvel to see the tenacity of these suckers! I am grateful for your insight and video!
Thank you thank you! I have a huge backyard of blackberries overgrowth in the house I just bought and have been trying to figure out how to handle it safely. This is perfect! I’ve already hacked at the overgrowth (it took me 6 hours-your trimmer looks like a dream!) I do have one question though: I plan to level the yard in a few week-is it safe to use the stump killer now, if some of these stumps may be be uprooted in the leveling process? Or should I wait until after the leveling process, but risk losing the visibility of the stumps? I so appreciate your help.
Do it now for sure. The product will suck into the roots within a day or two. Enjoy replanting your dream yard!
I'm going to give this a try! It seems like an effective solution without being polluting!
Good Luck and have fun!
Nice video! I'll be attempting this in the spring. Thanks for the info 👍
You bet! Best of luck!
This is going to save me so much time. Thanks for this!
My pleasure!!
Omigosh, Peter, Thank you so much for this!! (xo, Carol B.)
Thank you! Been looking for a long term solution. I'll order that product soon!
This is the most helpful info i've found thanks you! 🙏
Wonderful! Please subscribe if you want. Thanks!
Spent all day digging them out by the root. Will get some of this killer this week for the few along my fence line. Thanks.
Good job!
This absolutely worked. It was less labor intensive than digging out the roots. Thank you so much.
Awesome vid. I gotta save my neighborhood's retention basin before its too late!! They take over more space every year
So it's a blackberry retention basin then. LOL!
I had chemicals to kill these things. My yard was waaaay worst to do this method. It's been 3 yrs and they've barely cam back. (Due because I have the other half left still) plants are starting to grow on their own again. But I'm still clearing land and still in the process of planning on designing my garden and replanting trees I'm doing the whole yard!
I cut a lot of these over the winter and am now clearing out a pretty large section by hand. Most of them are 12 ft tall/long and I’m on my 4th truckload. A lot of them are so dead and dry that they just break off so I have to go back when I’m done and take a crap ton up.
But I’m going to have to go back to all the “stumps” I left, the ones I couldn’t pull up, and put some of this on it cause the roots are crazy long and definitely have vibes underground everywhere.
Excited to try this.
Thank you 😊
I just learned I can make Biochar from the vines I've cut. I have been building raised beds on top of dead vines cut up. It's kind of a Zen thing. I cut and then dig out the corm. The vines disappear into a pulverized dust.
Wow that's so cool!
This is a super great and informative video! Thanks for making this and sharing this awesome method!
How long until you could plant in those areas? This video just gave me so much hope. I’ve done 12 hours of blackberry removal with just hand clippers and two months later there are all these new shoots. I am getting the bonide and hedge trimmer today!
How's your progress? Have the same problem. Planning to buy heavy duty hedge trimmer and this chemical.
Having the same problem. Thanks so much for the tips!
My pleasure!
Thank you! I have had a bird plant it in my border and each year I dig it out, it has almost taken over my Japanese maple.
I will do this right away.
Question... could i put food dye in the solution so i can see if i missed one when doing a large area? Great video!
It's worth a try!
8 months later you have finally reached the last and final stalk.
Haha!
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But what if they are inside bushes that you want to keep ?
@@olliephelan The beauty of this technique is that it just kills the roots of the plant you treat. That said, I wouldn't eat any fruit from plants that have roots that are enmeshed with the treated roots.
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They are in hedges where is almost impossible to find the root or stem.
(those box hedges ; too dense to get much access )
digging will be impossible for most of it.
I was thinking of dabbing Round-Up onto freshly cut branches with a Q-tip, in the same way as in the vid.
But at best it will just restrict them slightly, because I wont be able to get many close to the ground.
I watched a box hedge around the corner being fully taken over and displaced by briar /blackberry.
None of the original bush is there.
@@olliephelan That should be effective if you use the Cut Stump and Vine Killer. That's not how Roundup is designed to work.
thanks for your great video. I just bought a 3 acre property with serious bramble issues. I have a couple of questions. 1. will this product work on any variety of brambles? and 2. I can't seem to get this product in spain where I live. I can however get Roundup. would that work too if I used it in the same way dabbing it on the root? many thanks
Hi! Yes it works on most plants. I would not use Roundup because that's an entirely different product meant to work a different way. Maybe try to find something with the same active ingredient.
Thank you for caring about the water system!!!😊🎉😊
Thank you for your great information. Really appreciate your sharing
I would by the product and gloves via your links if they were linked! Thx for the valuable info !
Thanks for this systematic method. We have been battling blackberry vines in our yard in south Snohomish County. They come back like a forest out of our garden beds filled with compost. The method you use with dabbing that stump remover is like what my dad did many years ago. I couldn't remember what he used. Can you tell me how long it takes for the brambles to finish dying after putting that stump remover on them? Do the roots rot underground? I am trying to figure how long it will take to be able to do something with the space. Thank you so much!
You will cut all the brambles away, and the roots should rot and not grow back. Sometimes you'll get a little grow-back, but not nearly as much. You'll just hit those again. Since there will be a small amount of the stump killer in the ground, I wouldn't eat anything you grow in this space for 2-3 years. So you could grow ornamentals or perennial food like fruit trees or bushes, and just wait to eat it's fruit - which usually take several years to produce anyway.
@@PeterJamesPhotographyGallery OK, thank you!
Thanks so much Peter. This is valuable! Cheers!
I am looking to buying this stump killer.....called stop and vine killer by bond........on ace hardware and also amazon.......but the new bottles do not have the little fuzzy robbers at the end (that would hold lots of liquid) now they have a tiny narrow brush......so sad.....
Thank you!! Now I need to look for the German equivalent of the stuff. Our garden is so invested it's not even funny
Best of luck!
I am at the stage of needing the cut stump chemical!! Can I get it in Canada?
Thank you for this helpful information.
Thanks Peter. Great information.
My pleasure! I've been meaning to make this video for year, and finally found the time.
Gordon's Brush Killer for Large Properties kills blackberry bushes down to the roots. You cut and clear the bushes after they are dead. You don't need to spray the entire property, just direct your spray nozzle onto the blackberry leaves.
Amazing! Am going to try right away. The blackberries have gotten out of control. Do you have any tips for dandelions??
Consider making friends with the dandelions -- they are the first pollen source for the bees. Dandelion greens are very nutritious, and the blooms are also edible. Dandelion Roots can be cut and dry fried, and used to make medicinal tea!
A different perspective... FWIW
This was super helpful! Thank you!
you're so welcome!
I cannot reach the base of the plants and cut them. Is there a way to kill them from the leaves?
Good tip, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately I have 3 acres of this evasive bush. There’s no way I can individually cut and dab each stem, just not practical. I may try to brush cut with a metal blade weedwacker then carefully spray as best I can.
Or hire an excavator for the day if they are in a reachable area. Excavate most out that way, then clear what you couldn't get out.
Goats 👍
how many black berries do these produce?
Hi, do you know if this is safe for wildlife animals? I want to get rid of blackberry roots but don’t want to scare off wild rabbits
Will this work on raspberry canes...
We don't seem to have bionide in the UK, so am trying another stump killer. Fingers firmly crossed, as I hate using chemicals, but after 23 years of fighting ever increasing brambles I will try anything
If you only have a few blackberry vines one method I have used is to get a small jar and fill it with Roundup (any vegetation killer actually) and burry it half way in the ground for support. Cut the tip of the vine off and stick in the jar. I use duct tape to secure the vine from popping out. I wait months before removing the jar. The I cut the vine off at the base. If everything else fails give it a shot.
Thank you great video this was a big help .
is there a similar product available in Canada? I see the active ingredient is Triclopr. should I be looking for that?
What is the main active in that stump removal product ? Im from another country and cant find that product :( Maybe if I have the name if the ingredient maybe I can find it at the store .Thanks
I have applied Roundup to the stubs cut 2-3 inches from the ground.
I have a small area around 3 x 3 that I want to get rid of blackberries, I was wondering if I can start doing this now in late August? Temps are around 80 in Virginia. Thanks
Sure! Any time of year works.
Once the dead parts of the plants "decompose" won't the chemicals be absorbed into the soil anyways? Of course it is a lot less but if you were wanting to grow food or something in that area that might not be ideal, right? I love this idea because I battle with Blackberry bushes year after year and my approach is digging up the roots which is a pain.
That's right. There will be some chemical in the soil, but it's a fraction of what you'd have if you spray the whole area, and it will break down over time. If you're doing an area the you want to grow food in right away, the only way is to dig out each and every tiny root. Otherwise do this and wait a couple years. Thanks!
Is the little dab you show in the video enough. I guess I’m asking if that’s exactly how you use it?
Just a dab will do it!
Thank you. I got free wood chips from a few tree companies and I think they were full of blackberries because now I have an infestaton of blackberries. YIKES
Are the resulting dead roots contaminated with a toxin which will affect other nearby plants & harm beneficial soil fungi ?
That looks such an idyllic location but you should have a word with the neighbours.
Thanks for the info.
Thank you! It's hard work tending land but we are proud of how far it's come!
Wait you do this every year?
How long should you wait after treating the blackberries to plant replacement natives?
I have about 0.21 acres of blackberry i need to get rid of. How long do you think it would take to cut and dab that much area?
@Peter James Photography Gallery, where did you get dauber for the Stump & Vine bottle? It looks like it comes stock with a small paint brush type of applicator and your dauber is much longer than most. Thanks in advance.
Yes they seem to have switched from the dauber style to the brush style. I thought the dauber worked better but there must have been a good reason for the change. Best of luck!
Thanks for this
What are you dabbing on the vines
I notice that the description of this product specifies a brush applicator, as well as on Bonide's site, instead of the dauber type that you used in your video. Do you think the brush was an improvement? Do you have to apply it right away after cutting? I began cutting them down a few weeks ago. Also, other products with this active ingredient seem to be available for less money. This seems to be very expensive for only 1 cup of product. Thank you for sharing this.
I prefer the dauber to the brush so I have an old bottle that I keep refilling. If you've already cut them, just recut a little lower and then hit it with the product. Buy in bulk and save!
@@thepeterjamesstudios I like the dauber concept too. I'll try the brush but am thinking of using a very small foam paint brush. There are also daubers sold elsewhere. Good idea about cutting lower. I still have much more to do so will be using your method to finish. How do you deal with newly sprouted leaves? Paint the leaves or cut and daub? Bulk, meaning multiple bottles?
Love your photographs...BEAUTIFUL!
Great information thank you
ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT VIDEO! Thanks sooo much!!!
Those arborvitae? are stunning. Do you know which variety they are? What a nice property. Great you're restoring things.
Yes they are Emerald Green Arborvite and need to be protected from the deer.
@@thepeterjamesstudios Really nice ones.
Thank you!
Wow that's a lot of work! I would need metal gauntlets to Stop my thorns from scratching. My canes are about10 feet long and a massive maze you can't get to. Even the landscaper won't go near it.