Invaded by raspberry shoots

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My garden is being "invaded" by raspberry bush shoots coming from the underground roots of my neighbour's raspberry bushes. Since my garden is fully planted with trees, shrubs and perennials, the option of digging out the underground raspberry roots is not really a practical option. My neighbour has kindly moved his main bushes about 2m away from our shared fenceline, but I still get little raspberry shoots growing up anong my shrubs and trees. If I keep pulling out and breaking off the growing tops of these underground invaders, will this eventually kill these subterranean raspberry roots or, will I just have to cope with these "invaders" forever?
Conway Lum, Plant problem and pest expert
Keep digging out old raspberry roots when observed. Consider putting a very heavy mulch, e.g. leaves, to smother out, or at least weaken, the plants. With persistence and patience the raspberry roots will die out.


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Comments

IMO raspberries are obnoxious weeds, don't give them away, destroy them! I use Roundup and Brush-B-Gon to eradicate the plants on my once wild property, and it will take years to get rid of them all because there are so many. In the mean time any scratch I get while removing year old dead wood ends up infected, so good riddance.

July 20, 2008 at 13:22
Anonymous Says

Depending on where you live, if you pull up the roots, or dig up the roots & plant them in a pot or 2 -- you can either put them out on your lawns or the boulevard (if you have one) with a sign saying "free" -- or if your local newspaper has a
"recycling" column you could put in a free ad stating you have free plants to give away.

That's what I do with any extras I find in my garden.

North Van Girl

July 9, 2008 at 00:45
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