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Mike wrote:
In article ,
Paul England writes
Does anyone know if mature ivy develop aerial roots when attached
to trees ? My farm labourer neighbour, had to pull down a 50 yr
old, ivy strangled oak. He said it wasn't worth severing the base
of mature ivy, for the above reason.
What does the team think ?

Regards ... Paul


Been quite a hefty and interesting thread on uk.rec.gardening on
this very subject.

What was the verdict urglers?

x posted to uk.rec.gardening for response.


Cue to restart the thread!
IMHO ivy severed at the base will not continue to grow. But a mass of
dead ivy on a tree, will increase windage and the risk of the tree
falling is increased.

Nowhere near as much windage as a live ivy, and the dead ivy will fall out
of the tree.

I've just been killing an ivy in just this manner and the tree is much
better.

Alan
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