Removing Blackberries Without Herbicides

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Supplies:

• 1 set Blackberry Pulling Gloves
• long pants, preferrably 2 layers
• long sleeves, preferrably 2 layers
• rubber boots
• loppers, if necessary

Steps:

1. Wear long sleeves. A denim shirt or jacket is best. Otherwise a sweatshirt with another shirt underneath may work.

 
2. Wear long pants, such as jeans. If you have a pair of long underwear, those work as a good under layer.
3. Wear rubber boots, with your pants tucked inside. The thickest blackberries will be about shin height.

 
4. Assemble a set of blackberry pulling gloves.

 
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5. Now you are ready to tackle those blackberries and WIN! :)

 

 
6. NOTE: If possible, pull the blackberries out with the roots. You can use loppers to cut off the tall stuff for better access, if necessary.

 

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Anonymous

May 11, 20200 found this helpful

ok now how do you keep them from coming back

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sbcairns

May 11, 20201 found this helpful

Good looking glove model! Thanks it is the time to tackle these manually. Either that or rent a goat!

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Chris Gorrell

May 11, 20200 found this helpful

I am going to give this a try because I have these plants popping up all over my yard and I hate them. I do not like to use any type of chemicals/poisons (herbicides, pesticides, etc.) in my yard because they are so bad for the environment and the ecosystem. When you kill bugs, you also kill the creatures that depend on those bugs for food and so on.

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Using poisons to kill mice ends up poisoning the hawks and owls that hunt them. Nature will take care of itself without interference from humans. Plus, those poisons end up in our water, the soil, and our food.

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