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Poisoning Ivy
"Ms Leebee" wrote in message ... Hi all. We moved into a house that has had its fencelines hacked by invasive, crazy, overgrown ivy. We filled 2 skips with it ( and other junk ), and still have to dig out the trunks, which we will do when the fences come down to be replaced, in a few weeks time. Anyway, the ivy has been there so long, I keep finding new underground shoots, trying to re-establish themselves. The sawn-off trunks are trying to regrow, etc etc. I have been told the only thing to do with ivy is to poison it, however I am concerned about poisoning the soil, and affecting the trees I will eventually want to grow along the new fenceline. 1. - Will I be able to rid myself of ivy by simply ripping it all out ( to the best of my ability ) 2. - If I need poison, is there a method or type of poison that will only affect the ivy ? 3. - If I need poison, how do I apply it ? 4. - Any other advice or alternatives/tricks welcome Probably the best and easiest way is to chop down, or dig out as much as you can. As it grows back, spray with roundup, or similar (they don't affect the soil, just the plant), and continually spray as you see new shoots grow. You'd have to get the neighbours doing it on their side of the fence as well though. It may take a while, but eventually you'll get it all. I think most of the herbicides won't affect the soil, but I'm sure it would say on the packaging. Spray is probable the easiest to use. Jen |
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Poisoning Ivy
"Jen" wrote in message
"Ms Leebee" wrote in message We moved into a house that has had its fencelines hacked by invasive, crazy, overgrown ivy. Probably the best and easiest way is to chop down, or dig out as much as you can. As it grows back, spray with roundup, or similar (they don't affect the soil, just the plant), and continually spray as you see new shoots grow. The problem with glyphosate is that it doesn't really knock ivy. If you are going to try glyphosate add both detergent (to break through the waxiness of the ivy leaf) and kero to it (to help do the same as the detergent). I've tried glyphosate and it does little, just makes the ivy look ill for a while. Arboricide or blackberry spray are made of much sterner stuff.. |
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