"®óñ© © ²°¹°" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:37:02 -0000, "Barb" wrote:

Yes, I completely and totally agree with the ivy-detractors. My last
house
had ivy all over a fence and up two walls, and it was a total nightmare.
It
grew like mad all year round and had to be aggressively pruned almost
weekly. It threatened the downspouts and the tv dish, and was starting to
eat away at the edge of the roofing on the adjoining garage.

I'm generally really, really, really glad I moved out (not because of the
ivy, obviously!), because it was going to be virtually impossible to get
rid
of - someone else's problem....

Won't it die if you chop it off at ground level?
(Repeat if necessary)


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(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

That's what I thought, but in my case it was all along a fence, with shrubs
on the other side, and the bottoms of the walls of the house, and it was
impossible to find individual plants. I'm not sure, but I think it had put
out sort of "sucker" roots - someone who knows what they're talking about
will no doubt help here ....

I did try in one place, and cut the plant off with a saw. Some of the ivy
died, but the dead stuff was still clinging to the wall and into the mortar,
and very difficult to remove - I even considered burning it off with a
blowtorch at one point!

Just don't do ivy unless you know you can control it!

Barb