"tab" wrote in message
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Would I be right in thinking that if ivy is left to grow up the
trunk
of a
tree that it will eventually kill off the tree.Thanks in
advance for
answers
to this.


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Thanks for all replies.Im convinced it is Ok

........... Ah but,
true, the ivy will not actually 'infect' or hinder the tree growth
but,
when winter winds doth blow the extra windage caused by the mass of
ivy leaf growth might just be enough to get the tree blown over.
Whereas an ivy-less tree of similar stature would survive.
I have a 75ft Ash growing t'other side of our boundary ditch and
didn't want that straddling our property. When the ivy base stems got
to 3inches in diameter, I decided enough was enough and severed them
........ with the owner's knowledge. I know that it is not an instant
solution. The existing ivy growth will take a year to die back.

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