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Try mowing 2 or 3 times in the summer, then the herbicide in September.

A neighbor destroyed a patch by mowing, only, but I don't recall how many 
years that took.


----Original Message Follows----
From: Jim Fruth <>
To: <nafex@>
Subject: [NAFEX] Eradicating Blackberry Plants
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:44:46 -0600

    When I eradicate a blackberry patch, I, first, mow them down to the
ground.  Then, when the sprouts are 4" to 6" tall, I give them a good dose
of Round-Up.  I usually need to repeat that two to three times then wait a
season to be sure I killed them all.  I must keep after them because if I
allow too much time between spraying, they become resistant to Round-Up
necessitating more drastic measures.