Roundup on Rasberries ??

Jim in Ma. · Mar 17, 2014

My rasberries (ever baring) are getting overgrown with grass and weeds. I'm thinking Roundup would clean them up. Any thoughts on that? I do thin and cut them back every year.

dick benson · Mar 17, 2014

Round up might make them wilt but you need some stronger stuff for brush to kill them. Even then it might take a couple years of spraying to clean them up.

evilboweivel · Mar 17, 2014

try a light dose
2oz per gallon
believe that will clean up the area and not really affect the Rasberries

Animal · Mar 17, 2014

Oh ya, that's what I would do is drown them in it and then eat em raw....

Dave H (MI) · Mar 17, 2014

Maybe do a small section before hitting the whole bunch. One thing for certain, wild berries may be hard to kill but your domestic ones may die just from the suggestion of spraying.

MPK · Mar 17, 2014

I would not eat the berries after being exposed to Roudup. Might make you sick.

rustyfarmall · Mar 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 11:04:43 03/17/14) I would not eat the berries after being exposed to Roudup. Might make you sick.

I wouldn't eat them either, but then I wouldn't spray the actual berrie. That would be rather pointless. The idea is to spray the vegetation AROUND the canes, BEFORE the berries start setting on. If done that way, and the raspberries do not die, I would not be afraid to eat the berries.

Ivan in Mich · Mar 17, 2014

Get some Preen and put it around them before the weeds come up. It worked on some my wifes has last year

TKiste · Mar 17, 2014

I sprayed round up on my fence and killed all my neighbors rasberries. They were from the fence to about 15' away. It seems to do a number on berry briars but you have to drown Multiflora to even get it to wilt.

JMS/.MN · Mar 17, 2014

Herbicides are applied at a given rate per acre, not ounces per gallon.

Weldon K · Mar 17, 2014

Do an internet search for "Chemical weed control in raspberries".
Roundup (Glyphosate) will kill/damage your raspberries if it gets on the foliage or the canes.

davewilley · Mar 17, 2014

Raspberry roots are all interconnected. You might get away with spraying before their are any leaves on the canes But if you get it on any raspberry leaves, you run the risk of killing your whole patch. Maybe you could apply the roundup on the grass and weeds with a paintbrush. The best way to weed it is put up a fence around them and put the chickens in there in early spring. We have 8 chickens assigned to weeding asparagus and it works well.

glennster · Mar 17, 2014

i use a couple bales of straw around my blackberries, pack it pretty thick around the canes. does a good job at keeping the weeds down and helps hold moisture.

showcrop · Mar 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 11:04:43 03/17/14) I would not eat the berries after being exposed to Roudup. Might make you sick.

Raspberries are ready to pick already? where?

showcrop · Mar 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 12:31:04 03/17/14) Herbicides are applied at a given rate per acre, not ounces per gallon.

depends on the job. My application is ounces per gallon

showcrop · Mar 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 12:31:04 03/17/14) Herbicides are applied at a given rate per acre, not ounces per gallon.

depends on the job. My application is ounces per gallon.

JMS/.MN · Mar 17, 2014

So do you dump the entire gallon in one spot, several spots, or what? Responsible herbicide use dictates rate per a given area.

wilamayb · Mar 17, 2014

Poast herbicide is labeled for all sorts of vegetables. It will take care of your grasses for you and not bother your bush in the slightest.

dzc3 · Mar 17, 2014

Just remember what goes in the soil will wind up in your berries there are better ways of doing this straw mulch is one of them.

showcrop · Mar 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 15:15:03 03/17/14) So do you dump the entire gallon in one spot, several spots, or what? Responsible herbicide use dictates rate per a given area.

JMS; I suggest that you read the label. Go to your hardware and take a look. It is commonly used around homes to control weeds with spot sprays, and it is a available as a concentrate, which is then mixed according to label instructions for the specific application.

rustyfarmall · Mar 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 15:15:03 03/17/14) So do you dump the entire gallon in one spot, several spots, or what? Responsible herbicide use dictates rate per a given area.

If you are working with square yards, or even square feet rather than full acres, and using a hand-held sprayer rather than a large machine, it is virtually impossible to apply at the given rate per given area. Even mixing that stuff at the recommended rate per gallon of water involves a LOT of guesswork when your pump-up hand sprayer holds only 2 1/2 gallons. You can only use your best judgement with a good dose of caution. If the stuff didn't work, do it over again, a little stronger this time.

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