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Hello Everyone , I moved into my properity 7 years ago and have struggled to maintain my garden weeds , I have approached the local council to see if they could advise me on how to get rid of these weeds and have been told their is nothing they cannot do , but just to continue to cut them and im desperate because it grows out of control and im concern it will eventually grow under my property please help

can anyone advise me how i can attach pictures because it seems their is no function to do that here :(

Hi and welcome.

You have to join a photo sharing site. I use photobucket~it's free. You upload there than copy and paste here.

Weeding is a never ending chore, I do mine by hand.

Hiya thanks...

This is pictures of my weeds please can anyone tell me what it is and how to get rid of it please

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm33/camelia_031/PICT0559.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm33/camelia_031/PICT0558.jpg

I have dial up so your pics won't load for me...they are too large.

Someone else should be along shortly to help.

ok, I think I understand. these weeds are on your property line and you don't want them invading your 'yard' area? they look native to the area and very hardy. If it were me, I'd leave them on the property line. it looks like they give you a natural privacy fence. besides the local bees, birds, and bugs need areas like that. just keep your grass mowed and pull up whatever comes up in your 'yard' area. they look thorny - got gloves? ha ha. just my opinion. but, i'm a bit of a nature and organic person myself. hopefully more sugguestions will come along shortly.

I can see your dilemma. There may be more 'organic' answers out there. One thing I know for sure, Roundup will kill that stuff. However, it will kill anything it lands on.

That plant looks familiar but I don't know precisely what it is. If you have a big university where you live, you could find their contact info on the internet and email them the pics and ask for identification. Once you know what it is, you can pin down a more specific weed killer for it that won't kill other things if it accidentally lands on it. With Roundup, if it's possible to spray it closeup where you can control the spray, it will do the trick. After spraying, it takes a few days, up to a week or 10 days, for it to die out. After it turns brown, you could take a weed eater and clear it back a little.

One other thought: You could take some leaf and flower samples to your local Farm and Garden store or a large plant nursery and they may be able to tell you exactly what it is and what to use to get rid of it.

It can be difficult sometimes to keep "the jungle" at bay, but once you know what you're dealing with it's not so bad.

Good luck!

Thank you for all the responses Kalar. I have tried weed killers including round up and it didnt seem to work , These weeds are deep rooted , the access along to the middle of it is like a forest. It is vertially impossible to get rid of . I would like to know if anyone has an idea what the plant can be . I dont have the time to go search around the local libraries i work full time . As for what you said Cricket . That is not feasible because at the rapport rate it is growing it can eventually damage my home and how can i exactly mowed 5 feet weeds <skakes head> .. This is a serious issue for me because it is a constant nuisance.,. anyone have any ideas?

First you have to get them cut down. If your mower will not do it perhaps someone with a small tractor will do it for you. Then you must keep them cut down with a lawn mower and they will eventually die and the grass will start to grow again.

we use a weed eater with a blade instead of string. they make those. and it will cut them. they are a berry, in the raspberry/blackberry family, but i don't like them. they grow everywhere, but like jbird said, if you keep them mowed down, they will eventually give up. but if you let them get over 4" tall, you are sunk.

Your closeup pic of that problem plant is very good. I shows the flowers and the leaf structure very well. I copied it down to send to my local Agricultural Extension Agent. He's very knowledgeable on invasive weeds. And if he doesn't know what it is, he knows someone at one of our state universities that is brilliant with plant identification so I feel sure he will send it on if necessary.

I will post what I find out and include any suggestions he might have to get rid of it. He enjoys helping folks with this sort of thing so I feel sure he will act on it rapidly.

Again, I hope it is okay that I copied down the closup shot of your pic.

Thanks Kalar , I would truly appreciate that ...

Jiffy , As i said the weed grows at a rapid rate , it is over 4 feet . My friend and i tried cutting them very low a few years back and within days they where growing . Its not one of those weeds which can be mowed it has THICK stems and is DEEP ROOTED

my son uses the brush cutter attachment on our weed eater on a weekly basis when they are bad. the rest of the time (mind don't grow much in winter) it is just as needed. they are very invasive though.

kalar, if your friend is that good, maybe he'd like to join us and help us here with our mysteries?

^ Oh their are actually tools that can do that?? Could i purchase this in hardware stores like B&Q or Wickes??? If so what is the equipment called?

Not sure if he would have the time to participate. He's our County Agricultural Extension Agent and deals mostly with the agricultural issues around here...crops and so forth....erosion problems, etc. He's really more of a friendly acquaintance than a close friend.

I've sent the best picture of this "problem child" but since it's a holiday weekend, it may not be addressed until Tuesday or later.

This stuff sure does look familiar but I just can't quite put my finger on it.
I'll be glad when we get this thing identified. It's chewing on me. lol

you can. we got ours at home depot. it has interchangable heads so it can be a string trimmer or a brush cutter. and it looks like a gas powered weed eater. hubby and son both really like it.

what is the equipment called? i have a flymo trimmer that i use to cut the low grasses whats the one called for thick stems?,but first i need to find out what the weeds are and whether they are a health hazzard

it is just called a brush cutter/weed (string) trimmer combo. it is a brand name that home depot sells, but i couldn't tell you which one without going outside to look at it.

Here is a link to one product that works great for me when Roundup doesn't. It's called "Kill-Zall" by Hi-Yield. Hi-Yield brand also has a product that has ESE in the name but I can't remember the full name and I can't find it on the internet. It's even stronger than the Kill-Zall. Farm and Garden supply businesses usually have this and possibly nurseries. A small bottle goes a very long way.

http://www.growersupply.com/kilzal1gal.html

This is a nondiscriminant plant killer so you have to watch what it hits. It gets into the roots of the plant it lands on so it's not just a foliage killer.

Your 'weed' is a Blackberry. I don't know what genus or species or anything like that. There is more than one kind. There's Blackberry Rubus fruticosus for instance and a Himalayan blackberry (R. armeniacus). Both are very invasive. There may be more 'flavors'.

I knew it looked familiar for some reason. I haven't had to deal with as big an outcropping as you but I see it around a little here and there.

Here's a pic of the Blackberry Rubus fruticosus:

ah gee thanks a lot Kalar , it certainly looks like my plant , but i havent seen it kinda spout out like that. Although this weed kind give a little characther to my garden it is very overbearing and i want to limit the spreading.. Are these weeds easy to get rid of permanently? and if so what with?

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_plants_fruits/article/0,,hgtv_3606_3201481,00.html

A whole page on dealing with blackberry bushes/brambles.

It talks about why it's so difficult to eliminate entirely and mentions two options:

repeatedly rototilling
herbicides and when/how to use them (like Kill-Zall for instance)

thx a lot kalar , you have been such a tremedous help ...

I just heard back from Dr. Victor Maddox who is the preeminant plant 'dude' at Mississippi State University. I sent him your pic. Here's what he wrote as regards your plant:

"Rubus argutus, blackberry, most likely. Some cultivated blackberries look similar, but Rubus argutus is most common as a weed. Suckers off lateral roots forming colonies. Fruit edible, but cultivated varieties a better effort and less problematic. I also have problems with blackberry. seeds spread by birds.

Feel free to ask, we are public servants.

Victor"

Now you know the particular 'flavor' of blackberry.

Some more help from our County Extension Agent. Here's his email:


"Kalar:

If you want to kill that plant, I would suggest Ortho Brush B Gon, which contains the active ingredient Triclopry. You can probably find that in a number of places - garden stores, Home Depot, etc. Good luck. JCC

John C. Coccaro
Warren County Director - MSU-ES"