How to remove raspberries

Everyone's favorite raspberry can cause a lot of trouble for its owners. If for some reason the raspberry tree has not been cared for for several years, then this plant can take over half of the garden plot.  But removing raspberries is far from easy. The same problem arises among gardeners when it’s time to move the raspberry plant to another place.

  There are two ways to remove raspberries. As you probably already guessed, we are talking about a mechanical method of removing raspberries and a chemical one.

Let's start with the mechanical one. The entire area occupied by raspberries will have to be dug up. And not just dig, but literally shake up the whole earth and remove every root with your hands. Otherwise, this plant cannot be removed. If you look at even a small piece of the root, it will definitely sprout next year.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, you still won’t be able to remove the raspberries in one go. Next year, raspberry shoots will appear again. But they will no longer stand as a solid wall. These will be rare sprouts, which will be much easier to deal with. But you just need to remove them as soon as they sprout. To prevent root growth from developing.

You can also remove raspberries using Roundup. But I want to warn you right away that if you spray only once, you will not achieve results. The leaves will only turn yellow, and even then not for long. Complete removal will require 3-4 such treatments.

A much greater effect can be achieved if you first cut off all the shoots with pruning shears, and then lubricate the sections of the stumps with undiluted Roundup. After this treatment, even a cut plum does not sprout. If you don't have Roundup, you can use ammonium nitrate. Dilute 1 kg. saltpeter in 5 liters of water and pour on the stumps.

Just remember that if you manage to remove the raspberries using chemicals, the roots will still remain in the ground. You will still have to remove raspberry rhizomes with a shovel.

If you are just about to fight with raspberry thickets, do not be afraid of it. Almost all gardeners have encountered this problem. And everyone solved it successfully. You can do it too.

And so that in the future you don’t have to remove excess shoots, you also need to planting raspberries make sure that she doesn’t run away from the garden anywhere. To do this, you need to dig slate around the plantings. You will have to dig to a depth of at least 50 cm. This, of course, is also very hard work, but then you won’t have to remove the raspberry shoots every year.