Bramble Problem

[HopeSpringsInfernal]

I've just discovered a bramble growing between the tarmac pathway outside my garden & the garden fence (pic attached)

I've tried to get it out using a trowel, but the bloody thing's wedged in deep.

Can anybody suggest the best way to kill it?

What's going on the other side of the fence, is it someone's garden?

Bramble plants spread underground and pop up everywhere. You can't kill them, you can only keep them in check.

SBK brushkiller has worked for me.

Cut them back as best as possible to ground level then carefully squirt a bit on the stem that is left. You might have to repeat a few weeks later.

Im sure that someone will be along shortly to tell me that im committing environmental terrorism, but as long as you’re careful with how you apply it I think its the best way.

I spray round up on the leaves of brambles which grow like that.

The other side of the fence is my garden. The bramble is growing in the tarmac pavement outside the garden, on the street

This is the first time I've found a bramble. It must've self seeded. I've got to get rid of it

Thank you - never heard of this stuff, but I might try it if nothing else works

Thank you. I'll give it a go. I want rid of the bramble but don't want to kill my own plants in the process

@RogueFemale @Lonelycrab @WonderingWanda

Thanks for all your suggestions. I've bought some roundup & given the invader a good spray, so hoping it does the trick

Oh well in that case, spray it with Roundup. Leave it a few days for the weedkiller to work, then cut it right back. IIt will keep coming back, so keep spraying it until it gives up the ghost.

ps - when using garden sprays, do it in very calm weather with no wind, and follow the pack instructions.

Napalm 🔥

Excellent suggestion!
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Please don't use chemicals like RoundUp (glyphosate). It's really bad for wildlife.

Sadly I've used it now. It was on a very limited area, and because I couldn't see any other way of getting rid of the thing. I'd already tried to dig it out, but as its roots were under the pavement I couldn't do it

I've always just pulled other weeds out (or just left them, my lawn is about 60% weeds by now), but there's no way I could let this bramble carry on growing