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Then why not a recip" or a strimmer with a blade on, that will clear most of it, then a pick to dig out the roots.
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They can be used like that on the sly, expose a few roots drill into them, bang in a few ecoplugs and backfill. Tree will be in decline or dead within eighteen months. Cant condone that sort of thing but some folk do resort to this.
Bob
Never seen them as big as that and our hedge is an old field one from 1800 and frozen to death I've chased roots with a spade down nearly 3 ft and they still come back.
Cut them all down to the ground, let it throw out fresh stems then spray stems and leaves with SBK Brushwood killer. It won't work on brown wood just green stuff so everything else will be safe. They should die within 2 weeks, if they come back repeat till the root dies and they don't come anymore.
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Bramble stumps ..power wash the soil from the roots and use a small Tirfor ort pulley set with a chain or strong rope threaded through the roots to drag them out. If needed ...make a six legged spider anchor out of 2x2 stakes knocked about 18 inches in the ground and set the anchor end to these posts low down
Once done , simply strimmer cut or heat lance all new growth ever two weeks , so it will not develop the next year into a trailer bramble .
Brambles only produce fruits on this years new growth wood .
Once done , simply strimmer cut or heat lance all new growth ever two weeks , so it will not develop the next year into a trailer bramble .
Brambles only produce fruits on this years new growth wood .
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Brambles in the rh picture to the right of the cut stumps
The LH picture indicate rose briar which can still be power washed loose and dragged out .
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Question is then, do you want to keep the laurel, rhodo etc... Can everything go, with the bramble just leaving the acer?
Much harder if you want to keep everything but the bramble.
For a small fee I will sort it for you
Wall not a great problem the posts look solid. A bit of pointing thats all..
Much harder if you want to keep everything but the bramble.
For a small fee I will sort it for you
Wall not a great problem the posts look solid. A bit of pointing thats all..
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The thing in my hand was cut from the stump in the right hand photo!
It's a monster I tell youse!
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Unfortunately it's leaning over a fair bit although the bottom two courses look solid...
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@DAPPH I like the trifor idea, I've always wanted one
I used the winch in my Landy to pull out some self seeded sycamores when I bought my first house, parked in front of the gate, ran the winch cable down the side of the house to a chain round the base of the saplings, they didn't last long against an 8000 lb line pull
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That'll be the ivy. Killer of trees and destroyer of walls. gets its tendrils into the mortar courses, and forces them apart. Even more so on an old wall with lime mortar.Turns out the soddin weeds are the last of my worries!
Now the ivy and other carp is out of the way I lent on the wall for a well earned break and nearly pushed it over
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Or it could be like my old garden wall which was built with a damp course
It just pushed over.
