Raspberries coming up in lawn

[Tippman]

I don't have my hopes too high on getting good responses to this topic but here it goes.

I can't seem to control the raspberry vines from coming up in my lawn. They are around the edge of the yard but shoot runners up into the grass. The people at Menards say the only thing that kills them will kill my grass as well, which I found out last year by large brown spots in my grass wherever I sprayed. Is there any way of controling this other than individually pulling each one somehow?

[waskawood]

I am no expert and may be wrong but I would guess that a raspberry is a broadleaf plant and could be controled by and broadleaf herbicide like 2-4-d or an Ortho product. I am sure someone will chime in and help. I just mow mine down and don't worry about them along the patch.

[eurolarva]

I accidently used weed and feed on mine and it killed them and did not harm the grass. I would think going over them with the mower would kill them as well. I was going to put rasbetties in my garden this year. If y ou dont want hte shoots I will take them.

[Tippman]

You could have as many as you want but they are wild raspberries. Mowing them down doesn't help. They just keep growing faster than the grass and get thicker each time you mow over them. Plus they are much lighter in color so they really stick out and don't look very good.

[Powerstroke]

DO you want to keep the raspberry plants? Thats the only question here. If you want to keep them inside your garden then you will have to deal with trimming them constantly.

If you want them gone altogether then use a product like Roundup to kill the plant. Problemn solved. Other than that you can't just treat the interfereing vines without causing damage to the entire plant.

[Tippman]

Problem is I don't have them in the garden. They are growing wild all over in the woods around my yard. There is no way I could kill them all as it would kill all the other brush, plus I love eating them in the summer. It's just that my grass goes up to the woods, and filling with raspberry vines.

[hotrod1]

Use a product called GARLON. Its a product that kills woody plants and will not damage turf if used properly.

[LwnmwnMan2]

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Use a product called GARLON. Its a product that kills woody plants and will not damage turf if used properly.

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One thing that you HAVE to check.... do you want to EAT these raspberries??

If yes, do NOT use 90% of the products that you have available.

If no, then use any broadleaf herbicide.

[Powerstroke]

The answer is still the same.....doesn't matter where they are located. If you don't want to kill them then you should trim them back.

If you want to solve the problem permanantly then you spray them with something that will kill them.

They are vines and somewhat rhizomatic which means they grow above ground by spreading and dropping new roots periodically, but if you treates them with any kind of herbicide you would likely do damage to the entire plant. Also it is true, if you treat the plant I would not eat the fruit unless the product is safe for orchards or food plants. It should say on the label.