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getting rid of vines
I just cleared out a mountain of vines that were growing all
over the fence of my new house. I know that some of the vines were grape vines, but others were a mystery vine. The mystery vine had shiny oval leaves, if i recall correctly they were lined up opposite each other on the branches, and were bright green on the top/reddish underneath. And the older parts of the vines were over 1 inch thick and seem to have runners going underground. So anyway, I have all the vines pulled off the fence, but I know that there are still runners from the mystery vine and probably the grape vine under the ground, and in the neighbor's yard (neighbor is a renter who is not going to do anything about them). What I'm wondering now is, what can I do to try to prevent these vines from taking over again? I figured I would invest in a lot of roundup, but that probably won't do much for the runners. I could rototill, but I'm afraid that breaking the runners up might make things worse. Does anyone have any thoughts on good ways to kill off these vines and keep them dead? I'm in Kansas City, Zone 5/6. Thanks! -- Ebeth Jones "Plant trees." -- J. Sterling Morton |
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getting rid of vines
why on earth would you want to kill grape vines?
"Elizabeth Jones" wrote in message ... I just cleared out a mountain of vines that were growing all over the fence of my new house. I know that some of the vines were grape vines, but others were a mystery vine. The mystery vine had shiny oval leaves, if i recall correctly they were lined up opposite each other on the branches, and were bright green on the top/reddish underneath. And the older parts of the vines were over 1 inch thick and seem to have runners going underground. So anyway, I have all the vines pulled off the fence, but I know that there are still runners from the mystery vine and probably the grape vine under the ground, and in the neighbor's yard (neighbor is a renter who is not going to do anything about them). What I'm wondering now is, what can I do to try to prevent these vines from taking over again? I figured I would invest in a lot of roundup, but that probably won't do much for the runners. I could rototill, but I'm afraid that breaking the runners up might make things worse. Does anyone have any thoughts on good ways to kill off these vines and keep them dead? I'm in Kansas City, Zone 5/6. Thanks! -- Ebeth Jones "Plant trees." -- J. Sterling Morton |
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