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07-05-2006, 03:01 PM posted to aus.gardens

wrote:
I have just realised that the ivy growing at the
end of our garden under the sycamore treee (melbourne)
is expanding and expanding across the front lawn.

Short of digging it up and my husband and I are not young
anymore, can I poison this in some way - we have no animals,
neither do the neighbours.

I've had the same problem. Roundup/Zero had little effect on ivy.

I did some research and the best way is to cut it back to about 30cm
of stalk then paint with blackberry killer (available in hardware
stores). You need to do this a couple of times as new leaves appear.

Andrew
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email: Adelaide, South Australia
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