Briar Vines (How to get rid of)

[Unright]

Hey all,

I just moved into a new house, which by itself has a lot of projects, but as Spring approaches (in Fl at least), I'm noticing several briar vines growing in the backyard. I get the feeling I'd rather deal with them sooner than later.

I've taken care of the trees so far.. There are a few tangles (dead briar & potato vines) in the really high branches I can't get but I'm hoping they'll blow off eventually. Right now I'm bothered by the prickly vines coming out of the ground. I've been pulling them, but the underground criss-crossing vines are pretty tough. Weed killer hasn't worked too well, and I don't have a lot of money for heavy equipment. Burning is not much of an option either.

Any help?

[Grancey]

In the past, we have used Roundup to kill stubborn Poison Ivy. We put a cut end of the vine into a container of Roundup and let it sit for a day. This killed all of the vines that were connected.

[cyrnel]

If it's a wooded plant you'll do better with something like Crossbow. Blackberries, Ivy, Morning Glory, etc. I like Grancey's method of Roudup force-feeding but if you have lots of plants to deal with then Crossbow will be much faster.

Vined plants, bah! Hate 'em.

[MSD]

Cut the vine and let it dry out. Force-feed the roots Roundup like Grancey suggested.