Wear covered shoes or boots instead of sandals. It’s really easy to accidentally step on thorns as you clear the raspberry bushes away.
If you’re using a weed eater, wear hearing protection so you don’t damage your ears.
Old or large raspberry bushes can have big root systems, so you may want to ask a friend to help you dig out the stump. It can help to loosen the soil around the stump with a garden fork.
It’s a lot easier to remove small raspberry plant growth than it is to remove a large overgrown plant.
It can take a few years to completely kill a raspberry bush. Continue to keep a close eye on this area and pull young raspberry growth as soon as you see it.
If you don’t want to mulch or burn the raspberry canes, you can usually put them in your yard waste bin or donate them to a community garden. If the bushes currently have raspberries on them, check the ground for fallen fruit. Since the raspberries contain seeds, you don’t want them staying in the soil.
If you’re killing a new raspberry bush, you can do this at the end of the summer. If you’ve got older bushes, treat them in the fall before they stop producing.
Weedkiller can be an effective option if you’re just treating a large space in your yard or spot-treating a small area.
If you’ve waited a month and the raspberry cane stems haven’t turned brown, apply another round of weedkiller. Keep an eye on the area and apply weedkiller if you notice new growth.
