"Timothy Murphy" wrote

My wife has cut down an excessively rampant ivy,
and left me to kill the stub and root.
What is the best way to do this?


When I killed a very large ivy, the large leaved sort, I simply cut the
roots off below ground level as I had been told they haven't any dormant
buds below the ground so cannot regrow from the roots. Worked for me.

And me. I have dealt with a lot of ivy and find it gives up easily if you
leave nothing above ground.

Mike