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KPN

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5. Hmmm .... does it work on Himalayan Blackberies

Reply to Thekaspervote (Reply #1)

Sat May 11, 2019, 04:32 AM

May 2019

do you know? Been battling them on some steep ground in my back half acre for years. This year started digging up their roots which appears to be working, but it’s a lot of— actually too much — work. Won’t use Roundup/glyphosate. i have a hand dug 30 foot deep drinking water well just below them on the slope.

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