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New house, new garden and lots and lots of ivy everywhere.

Been round cutting it of at the roots, but getting it off the
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New house, new garden and lots and lots of ivy everywhere.

Been round cutting it of at the roots, but getting it off the
walls and particularly the wooden fences is problematic.

Any good tips please?


Cut and pull - and if that doesn't work, pull and cut.

For walls, a hoe can be used to prise most of it off.



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On 07/07/2016 20:53, Roger Tonkin wrote:
New house, new garden and lots and lots of ivy everywhere.

Been round cutting it of at the roots, but getting it off the
walls and particularly the wooden fences is problematic.

Any good tips please?


Leave it for a while, its easier once it has gone brown and crispy

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Leave it for a while, its easier once it has gone brown and crispy


I was about to suggest that. Chop a few lumps off the thicker stems when
passing

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On 08/07/2016 08:23, Robert Harvey wrote:
Charlie Pridham wrote:

Leave it for a while, its easier once it has gone brown and crispy


I was about to suggest that. Chop a few lumps off the thicker stems when
passing

That's what I did. Now its falling off with no help from me, 12 years
later that is:-)

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On 07/07/2016 20:53, Roger Tonkin wrote:
New house, new garden and lots and lots of ivy everywhere.

Been round cutting it of at the roots, but getting it off the
walls and particularly the wooden fences is problematic.

Any good tips please?


Tried that, did'nt work at least in a period of a few moths. O thought
that it might be absorbing moisture from the brickwork. Sprayed the ivy
and brickwork with root out - killed it fairly quickly

This was about 10 years ago before root out was taken off the list of
approved weedkillers.

Malcolm
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