What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of seriously
overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my property and also growing
all over the fruit trees next to them. I'd like some sort off weedkiller to
kill them that won't harm the trees.

What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of
seriously overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my
property and also growing all over the fruit trees next to them.
I'd like some sort off weedkiller to kill them that won't harm the
trees.

You could just locate the places where they connect to the earth and
cut them there. They need roots.

Colin wrote:
What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of seriously
overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my property and also
growing all over the fruit trees next to them. I'd like some sort off
weedkiller to kill them that won't harm the trees.
There might be a teansy weansy legal point about killing something not on
your land?
--
Pete C
London UK

"Colin" wrote ...
What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of seriously
overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my property and also growing
all over the fruit trees next to them. I'd like some sort off weedkiller
to kill them that won't harm the trees.


Can't you just cut the plants off a few inches below the soil level, the
tops will then die and they don't come back from the roots.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

"Colin" wrote:

What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of seriously
overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my property and also growing
all over the fruit trees next to them. I'd like some sort off weedkiller
to kill them that won't harm the trees.



You can cut whatever parts of the ivy are growing on your side of the
property line but the application of defolient or digging/pulling up the ivy
is something best discussed with your neighbor prior to proceeding with any
erradication method and first obtaining their written permission. In some
jurisdictions one may apply for monetary compensation for periodically
cutting the parts of a neighbor's vegetation growing on your side when they
refuse to cut back or otherwise contain their vegetation. There have been
many law suits won by people against neighbors whose invasive vegetation
have crossed the line... in some instances blocking the view with vegetation
is against the law. Of course if you have any reason to believe your
neighbor will be uncooperative then it is best to say nothing, creep out in
the middle of a moonless night with your sprayer filled with defolient and
have at it.

"Colin" wrote in message
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What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of seriously
overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my property and also growing
all over the fruit trees next to them. I'd like some sort off weedkiller
to kill them that won't harm the trees.



Have you talked to the owner?

I would.

They may not be aware the problem they are causing and actually welcome you
comments and invite you to 'sort em out'

It costs nothing to ask.

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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Of course if you have any reason to believe your neighbor will be
uncooperative then it is best to say nothing, creep out in the middle of a
moonless night with your sprayer filled with defolient and have at it.




Bloody silly advice, but then I have always got on very well with all of my
neighbours. I suppose it is your experience and attitude which has caused a
different opinion :-((



--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Colin" wrote in message
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What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of seriously
overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my property and also
growing all over the fruit trees next to them. I'd like some sort off
weedkiller to kill them that won't harm the trees.



Have you talked to the owner?

I would.

Mike


DUH!

You'd be one of those rare but pitiful neighbors where it would be best to
proceed with eraticating their invasive growth without giving a heads up.

In article 31,
Bert Byfield wrote:

What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of
seriously overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my
property and also growing all over the fruit trees next to them.
I'd like some sort off weedkiller to kill them that won't harm the
trees.

You could just locate the places where they connect to the earth and
cut them there. They need roots.

You folks haven't dealt with ivy before, have you? Nothing short of
pulling it out by the roots will slow it down.
--
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara

http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm

"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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Have you talked to the owner?

I would.

Mike


DUH!

You'd be one of those rare but pitiful neighbors where it would be best to
proceed with eraticating their invasive growth without giving a heads up.




Thank you for your wonderful kind words. I trust you live in the middle of a
field? If not, with an attitude like that, you should

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

"Billy" wrote in message
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In article 31,
Bert Byfield wrote:

What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of
seriously overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my
property and also growing all over the fruit trees next to them.
I'd like some sort off weedkiller to kill them that won't harm the
trees.

You could just locate the places where they connect to the earth and
cut them there. They need roots.

You folks haven't dealt with ivy before, have you? Nothing short of
pulling it out by the roots will slow it down.
--



Yes I have. If pulling it out by the roots is the remedy, pull it out by the
roots .......... once it has rooted on your land.

Where is the problem? Too much like hard work? Concrete everything over then
and paint it green



--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

In article
,
Billy wrote:


You folks haven't dealt with ivy before, have you? Nothing short of
pulling it out by the roots will slow it down.

I suggest waiting for a good day or two of rain to soften the soil.
Then wearing gloves long sleeves etc and having a large trash bag about
gently pull up the vine trying to get all the roots. May be easier here
as sandy loan with high mulch content enables the surface roots to pull
well. Think of these roots as underground vine. Try to get it all. Go
slow.
Hot shower afterwards. Ivy is a good thing to watch for and remove
early. Still a bird dropping in and obscure location and nature works.
I've neighbors that don't have a clue about poison ivy and don't care.

Bill

--

Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

In article ,
"'Mike'" wrote:

"Billy" wrote in message
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In article 31,
Bert Byfield wrote:

What's good for killing ivy without harming nearby fruit trees?
The neighbouring land (not someone's garden) has a couple of
seriously overgrown ivy plants and they're growing onto my
property and also growing all over the fruit trees next to them.
I'd like some sort off weedkiller to kill them that won't harm the
trees.

You could just locate the places where they connect to the earth and
cut them there. They need roots.

You folks haven't dealt with ivy before, have you? Nothing short of
pulling it out by the roots will slow it down.
--



Yes I have. If pulling it out by the roots is the remedy, pull it out by the
roots .......... once it has rooted on your land.

Where is the problem? Too much like hard work? Concrete everything over then
and paint it green

And then pull them out again, and then once again. Then you may be able
to catch your breath as they regroup.
--
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara

http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm

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"'Mike'" wrote:

"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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Have you talked to the owner?

I would.

Mike


DUH!

You'd be one of those rare but pitiful neighbors where it would be best to
proceed with eraticating their invasive growth without giving a heads up.




Thank you for your wonderful kind words. I trust you live in the middle of a
field? If not, with an attitude like that, you should

He does sexual innuendoes too.

Welcome aboard ;O)
--
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara

http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm

"Billy" wrote in message
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In article ,
"'Mike'" wrote:

"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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Have you talked to the owner?

I would.

Mike


DUH!

You'd be one of those rare but pitiful neighbors where it would be best
to
proceed with eraticating their invasive growth without giving a heads
up.




Thank you for your wonderful kind words. I trust you live in the middle
of a
field? If not, with an attitude like that, you should

He does sexual innuendoes too.

Welcome aboard ;O)



I know he read my reply to the OP and than has the unmitigated chutzpah to
regurgitate eggszactly what I suggested.

And I do live in the middle of a field, a rather large field, as do most of
my neighbors... we like it that way.

I've been attempting to obliterate the field by planting trees but with such
a large field its a losing battle...last week I planted two chubby little
Colorado blue spruce... what kind of dent will these make:
http://i25.tinypic.com/ziodn5.jpg

Right now it's pouring (or I'd be mowing), there's one lonely Canada goose
enjoying the deluge:
http://i28.tinypic.com/2ym87c4.jpg