Post Hole digging in Blackberries

[woodlandfarms]

This is what happens. Almost like barbed wire. Took forever to get out. But now I have 100 new trees planted in less than a day..

Carl

 

[moored4]

THAT looks oh so nasty!!

 

[Western]

Cleaning of the auger looks like it would take longer than drilling the holes! Sure that wasn't a Spaghetti patch?:laughing:

 

[CowboyRon]

Looks like it would almost be easier just to catch it on fire. What kind of trees did u plant?

 

[wedge40]

The fire option was what I thought of at first, but unless you have a second auger, it would be rather time consuming. I'm guessing he only had this once, because future holes he got rid of the blackberries. RIGHT??? :confused3:

Wedge

 

[woodlandfarms]

We have 2 seasons, wet and dry. When it is dry you cannot burn, when it is wet you cannot burn. There is a one week window October 7 to the 14th where the you spray and hope that gets the blackberries. I missed that window this year.

We planted Giant Sequoia and Coastal Redwoods for the most part, and a bit of wester red cedars and some "novelty" firs like weeping alaskas, deodorus and such. We are trying to add a bit of privacy to our land.

Saddly, I realized that even if these trees do 3 feet a year (or possibly more) there is now way I will be around for them to hit a good height. Oh well. Next life I guess.

 

[Jerry/MT]

We have 2 seasons, wet and dry. When it is dry you cannot burn, when it is wet you cannot burn. There is a one week window October 7 to the 14th where the you spray and hope that gets the blackberries. I missed that window this year.

We planted Giant Sequoia and Coastal Redwoods for the most part, and a bit of wester red cedars and some "novelty" firs like weeping alaskas, deodorus and such. We are trying to add a bit of privacy to our land.

Saddly, I realized that even if these trees do 3 feet a year (or possibly more) there is now way I will be around for them to hit a good height. Oh well. Next life I guess.

I used to live in Western WA ( Graham, E of Tacoma and Carnation in the Snoqualmie Valley)and you can spray blackberries year around with Crossbow. I normally sprayed in the Spring to keep them at bay. Even after you kill them you have to deal with the aftermath!

Before I'd wind them on an auger, I'd chop them with a machete. That's what I used to cut them back before they overwhelmed the fences and then I sprayed them with Crossbow. They were in dense "windrows" and I could only get to the front line. After a while, the back "windrows" started growing more vertically and were about 10 ft tall. it was a never ending job. Most of the neighbors fencelines were covered with huge blackberry thickets and the weight of the plants would pull the fences down and the "hedgerow" ended up being the fence.

That's good tree growing country so you might do better than three feeet per year.

 

[boggen]

*ughs* that just looks painful! even with good thick leather gloves on.

would of tempted getting out reciprocating saw, to see if i could but a dent in a few things. even though i would of dinged the auger some.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

I bet you could pressure wash those right out, just get a 0 degree or rotary nozzle.

 

[CowboyRon]

I used to live in Western WA ( Graham, E of Tacoma and Carnation in the Snoqualmie Valley)and you can spray blackberries year around with Crossbow. I normally sprayed in the Spring to keep them at bay. Even after you kill them you have to deal with the aftermath!

Before I'd wind them on an auger, I'd chop them with a machete. That's what I used to cut them back before they overwhelmed the fences and then I sprayed them with Crossbow. They were in dense "windrows" and I could only get to the front line. After a while, the back "windrows" started growing more vertically and were about 10 ft tall. it was a never ending job. Most of the neighbors fencelines were covered with huge blackberry thickets and the weight of the plants would pull the fences down and the "hedgerow" ended up being the fence.

That's good tree growing country so you might do better than three feeet per year.

On our place just hitting them with the brush hog would do the trick. They will take over a place, but I do love dew berries. That's what we call them around here.