Rtony Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hello all,I posted earlier this month asking for advice on getting rid of brambles and one member suggested using a flame gun.Can anybody tell me if these guns are ok for large overgrown gardens, please?Also, any advice on using/maintaining the gun would be appreciated.Thanks,Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 The little one I have (with a butane gas cartridge) would cost a fortune to do a whole garden with! Maybe a blow-torch would be better...[Www]! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtony Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 I was considering using something like a Sheen X300 gun that runs on parafin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Presumably it's not so dry that you would start a forest fire, and not too close to buildings/neighbours etc.Might want to consider digging a firebreak if it is too close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Or wait till after it's rained a lot. Round here you won't have to hold yoyr breath though. Mind you we did have 6 mm the other day. First for about 3 months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 FWIW I have just ordered a Sheen X300 from MowDirect in Norwich. Will let you know when/whether I have burned out the Lot.Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicandJo Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Napalm's good fun............[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkham Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 While a flame gun should burn off brambles, especially after they have died back, I'm not convinced that it will be any more than a temporary fix. I doubt it will kill the roots.I wait the results with interest - especially whether the stuff regrows. Might need two or three years attacks. Anyway, a big flame gun sounds like a high class boy's toy to me. I've got a little gas one which is handy for getting bonfires going and setting light to mole killer gas cartridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 [quote user="Barkham"]Anyway, a big flame gun sounds like a high class boy's toy to me. [/quote]Perfect for me then [kiss]High class boynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I've not tried a flame gun on brambles but have found strimming works well. Using a special trimming blade (not the saw, not the cable but like a strip of steel with each end turned down - difficult to describe). This special blade is used with an up and down motion rather than a sideways motion and seems to pretty well shred the brambles.Of course it does not kill the roots. However, after cutting then down (completely, not just back), they seem to be staying down/back and only regrowing slowly. The slight re-growth after a year or two is very easy to chop back and they don't seem a great problem then (maybe after the 2nd cut the root die ?).[quote user="Barkham"]I've got a little gas one which is handy for ... and setting light to mole killer gas cartridges.[/quote] strange that as day before yesterday I got my first ever pack of mole thingys (the ones you light) and I could not get them going and ended up getting my blowtorch out - which worked fine. I thought the ones I go were to scare them away - but I'm happy killing them when they get close to the house.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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