hi all
we have just got our 1st allotment peviously used to store car boot items then burnt down :( weve got rid of the rubbish got loads of rose bushes weve cut back tried digging roots out lol any ideas how to kill them off got bout 15 left to go :'(
hiya,
apart from cutting back and digging out the roots, i don't know how to get rid of your roses. would no-one around you like to have them? (they could dig them out ;D )
anyway welcome to a4all, a wonderful place to be. how about some pics, we love pics here.
Hiya! good luck with the digging ::) are the roses forming a hedge somewhere or just scattered around? Some are like rotten teeth & come out easily, but others can be Bs...if you really can't get them out after you've cut them down, try RootOut, cover the stumps with black plastic & leave them to decompose?
Cheers, Lishka
thanks il try roundout and black plastic anything rather than digging them out been to lottie clearing dead weeds and branches up found a dead rat :o discovered weve got lots of rat holes plsd poison free
Welcome Flatcap!,
My plot was over 10 feet high all through...9 metres x 25 metres with loads and loads of bushes.......The tool I got was the best £28 pound likely to be spent....called a Azada and it includes postage it has a 47 ins handle and blade of 7 and half ins width and weighs just 3.3 lbs...
Was going to rotovate until I came across this tool and now am selling the rotovator!.......
Welcome Flatcap. Yep we do like lots of pics.. especially the before and after ones.
Good luck but don't try and do too much too soon.
Lorna
Sounds like my Chillington Hoe Estcourt, wouldn't be with out it...
;D
hi thanks for all the help
i havnt got pics of when we 1st got lottie took some bout 2 wks later when wed moved all the burnt out rubbish out il try and get pics up then il start taking them weekly :) we could kick ourselves for not taking pics before we started :( re rosebushes the stems are as thick as trees iv been sawing them down we were thinking would it be ok to put chicken and ducks where roots choped down would this stop them growing back :-\
Estcourt, what do you find is the best technique when using the azada?
Chillington hoe - wouldn't be without mine as its great for clearing grassy clay soil!
Helen
My technique is to dig under the weed, whatever it is, and lift it out. They're great for getting stuff like nettles or tree roots, but not for bindweed and the like, as they go straight through the roots. It's better to use a fork for those and tease them out gently.