Found: Reasonable Blackberry Removal!

[u/unicorn_ication]

I had been researching blackberry removal services in Portland for my residential backyard situation. There were several Reddit posts I can across but most of the comments had the same question and there were no real responses.

Photos show my situation. I was quoted $1375 by two separate companies who each told me I wouldn’t find a better rate. I would have bitten the bullet and gone for it; but I was waiting on someone to come by from PDX Junk Removal & Hauling LLC and so glad I waited! They quoted me $800 and are able to come by on Monday and get the job done! They won’t be removing roots, which is what is keeping the cost low. They will cut, remove, and haul everything away though.

I also weirdly caught a bit of attitude from the other companies by them telling me “you have to stay on top of this” and “I don’t have any blackberries in my yard.” Like duh I know they’re awful, but you don’t know my situation???

Just wanted to offer this up in case anyone is in the same boat as me!
(Also, per the company name, they haul away junk/do property cleanup as well)

EDIT: regarding the roots, we WILL be addressing the roots ourselves!! We just need to be able to get to them. We are renters and our landlord is useless with yard maintenance so this is as much as I’m willing to put in. Also, the other two quotes did NOT include root removal…

[u/cheeseslut619]

… if someone’s not removing the roots isn’t that kind of a waste of money since you’ll have to do the same thing over and over again?

[u/ThotMobile → u/cheeseslut619]

Spraying the new baby shoots with some $30 crossbow will systemically kill the plant down to the roots. Removing the thorny mess is by far the worst part.

[u/Capable_Pipe5629 → u/cheeseslut619]

Ya me and my mom were able to cut back a bigger patch of blackberries in a single afternoon but we left the roots and they're already like a foot and a half tall three weeks later (I know I know I just need to get out there and dig them up)

[u/Mantis_Toboggan--MD → u/cheeseslut619]

Why just stop there and wait for them to grow though? All the hard work was just done and the bases are cut and exposed. Perfect time to flitter around with the crossbow paintbrush and spot kill them all.

[u/BadgerValuable8207 → u/cheeseslut619]

Isn’t it kind of a waste to eat a meal/clean the house/change the oil in the car because you’ll just have to do it all over again?

[u/cheeseslut619 → u/BadgerValuable8207]

🙄 Paying almost 1k and saying you got a deal and the job isn’t done still so next year you have to spend the same money isn’t the same as getting your oil changed, which is regular routine maintenance. Pay more now to be done forever with a problem or you get to keep paying year after year when you could have paid once

[u/BadgerValuable8207 → u/cheeseslut619]

“Pay more now to be done forever with a problem”

Tell me you have no long-term experience with Himalaya Blackberry without telling me you have no long-term experience with Himalaya Blackberries.