how do i kill brambles?

[annemarie29]

we have a small garden backing onto woods.. every year we cut back brambles and every year they grow back very quickly. is there anyway i can kill them completely? they are taking over the garden and i really want my dcs to be able to play outside without hurting themselves on the thorns.

ugh
horrid things
it isn't easy
its a wellies, thick trousers, gloves and elbow grease job
pull them apart and dig them up I'm afraid
long, hard, nasty work
you could spray stuff on them but I've never founf it works but maybe someone has found the stuff that does work,

good luck

You will need to cut them down as low as you can go. Then try and dig out roots with a fork (may have to go quite deep) you may have to do this several times.

there is a powerful rootkiller called SBK but it will take several months before you can plant anything....

Have you tried some glyphosate on them? Roundup, in other words - wait until you've got a goodly amount of leaf area and then spray thoroughly. Don't get any on your other plants, though - it's astonishingly effective.

will that kill them completely theherdnerd?

I'm not sure you ever completely get rid of them. the garden next door to ours is completely overgrown so as much as I cut ours back, they'll keep creaping through. i think I'll just have to get rid of as many roots as possible and then keep on top of the weeding