Tangy wrote:
Hi..
need to kill off IVY (the weedy thing, not a person).
Other established trees around it.
What is the best way .... don't want to really try digging it out...
Have on objection to chemicals :-)
Thanks
tony


Your first objection should be the Ivy.
Its known to cause major allergic reactions removing it by hand, and
poisoning the thing would be best way and only to get rid of it. Dont
bother spraying it though.
Get a dab on applicator from Bunnings or garden nursery.
The idea is to use secateurs , cut a piece about a foot above ground
level, then quickly dab it with Zero or Roundup. Apparently the sap
sucks it back into the vine itself when cut, but you have to dab it on
inside 3 seconds for it to be effective in sucking the poison into the vine.
Otherwise it wont work.
This is only advice I heard on out local radio station, I have yet tto
try it myself.
Spraying the stuff on only makes it laugh at you...
I used top strenght and also applied detergent to make it stick "No way"
it said.

My next door neighbor got pretty ill trying to remove it by hand and
will probably keep his allergy. But funny enough not all people suffer
immediately from the allergic reaction, but after then it can become
severe.

Yep its ivy I'm writing about not poison ivy....