On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:30:40 +0000, Pioden
wrote:


Hi everyone,

I have a problem in my back garden with ivy growing over a fence, and
the ivy is now starting to strangle some of my plants. I've been trying
to cut back the ivy every year but it's and endless task and it's
starting to win the battle. I've tried Round-Up but all that did was
kill the parts I could spray - not the whole plant. Spraying the entire
ivy isn't possible because it's growing too close to my other plants.

The ivy 'lives' next door (which is why I haven't just cut it down) so
I'm looking for ways to kill off the ivy without trespassing !! Please
help !

Try Root-Out, or anything containing ammonium sulphamate. There is a
spray now sold in many garden centres and sheds specifically for ivy,
but I'm pretty sure it's just an expensive version of ammonium
sulphamate. Note, ammonium sulphamate is not the same as ammonium
sulphate. The latter will do the ivy nothing but good, which is not
what you want.


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Chris

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