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Sinister looking new vine in my yard
I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower?
https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
Natural (Smoking Gun) Girl wrote:
wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob That looks like it could be English Ivy. http://www.guide-to-houseplants.com/english-ivy.html It sure is sinister, I can't decide if it is Sicilian ivy or Al Kaida ivy. D |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
On 6/5/13 11:29 AM, wrote:
I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob Definitely English ivy (Hedera helix). This can become quite rampant and invasive unless it is a dwarf variety (e.g., H. helix 'Hahn's'). I have it growing on my hill in back to stabilize the soil and prevent erosion. It is mixed with African daisies (Osteospermum fruticosum). The county advised me against planting only one or the other because their root grow to a certain depth and form a mat, which could destabilize the hill. Combining the two, however, works because their roots go to different depths. At the bottom of the hill is a low slough wall; I trim both the ivy and daisies from growing over the wall and into the rose bed below. I have H. helix 'Hahn's' growing on my mailbox and around my liquidambar tree (L. styraciflua), both in front. Although this is a dwarf variety, I still have to trim the mail box about 3-4 times a year and the bed around the liquidambar 1-2 times a year. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
It has been "dealt with," thanks for all your help.
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:29:17 AM UTC-7, Bob Mulroy wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
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... I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Flamethrower followed up a week later by poison then an army tank then repeat as often as required. |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
"Bob Mulroy" wrote in message
... It has been "dealt with," thanks for all your help. Heh, heh heh. Another victim lulled into a false sense of security who thinks he's dealt with the filthy mongrel stuff. He'll be strangled in his bed by it next and never know what hit him. On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:29:17 AM UTC-7, Bob Mulroy wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
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wrote: wrote in message ... I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...86067541861078 065/5886067598172669170?pid=5886067598172669170&oid=11 1803220312975048591 Flamethrower followed up a week later by poison then an army tank then repeat as often as required. ROFLMAO Bwahahahahahaha -- Remember Rachel Corrie http://www.rachelcorrie.org/ Welcome to the New America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
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"Natural \(Smoking Gun\) Girl" wrote: wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...86067541861078 065/5886067598172669170?pid=5886067598172669170&oid=11 1803220312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob That looks like it could be English Ivy. http://www.guide-to-houseplants.com/english-ivy.html No reason to check. It is English Ivy you poor *******. Flamethrower followed up a week later by poison then an army tank then repeat as often as required. -- Remember Rachel Corrie http://www.rachelcorrie.org/ Welcome to the New America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
On 05/06/2013 19:29, wrote:
I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob If you don't want it, pull it up now. Don't wait. The leaves have a sort of waxy coat and it just shrugs off weedkiller - even full strength glyphosate has little effect once it gets established. -- Jeff |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
On 6/6/13 12:32 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 05/06/2013 19:29, wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob If you don't want it, pull it up now. Don't wait. The leaves have a sort of waxy coat and it just shrugs off weedkiller - even full strength glyphosate has little effect once it gets established. If you mix some liquid soap with the herbicide, you defeat waxy coats, fuzzy leaves, and other surfaces that normally will not become wet. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
On 07/06/2013 01:48, David E. Ross wrote:
On 6/6/13 12:32 AM, Jeff Layman wrote: On 05/06/2013 19:29, wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob If you don't want it, pull it up now. Don't wait. The leaves have a sort of waxy coat and it just shrugs off weedkiller - even full strength glyphosate has little effect once it gets established. If you mix some liquid soap with the herbicide, you defeat waxy coats, fuzzy leaves, and other surfaces that normally will not become wet. Indeed, but most users won't know that. Even Monsanto admits there are problems dealing with ivy, but there are some useful suggestions here (but note that this is really a website for agricultural use): http://www.monsanto-ag.co.uk/content...Weeds/Ivy.mspx -- Jeff |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
... On 05/06/2013 19:29, wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob If you don't want it, pull it up now. Don't wait. The leaves have a sort of waxy coat and it just shrugs off weedkiller - even full strength glyphosate has little effect once it gets established. Yup. I've got some Ivy that I really, realy want to be rid of so about 3 months ago I mixed up a really super duper strong dose of glyphosate combined with Blackberry/tree herbicide and I put this into a plastic milk carton and added some detergent to try to get through the waxy coat on the ivy. I shoved a piece of ivy that is about a foot long into the liquid and then put a spring loaded peg on it to make sure that the leaves stayed submerged in the liquid. I checked this arrangement jsut yesterday and the ivy is still submerged but the most hopeful things I could say about the ivy is that it looks 'tired'. The milk carton is under shelter so the herbicide hasn't become adulterated with rain, but there is not a single sign of death in the filthy ivy. |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
"David E. Ross" wrote in message
... On 6/6/13 12:32 AM, Jeff Layman wrote: On 05/06/2013 19:29, wrote: I found this in the thicket above my porch. The place is home to lots of birds, so I suppose they transported it here. Is it time to get out the flamethrower? https://plus.google.com/photos/11180...20312975048591 Thanks in advance Bob If you don't want it, pull it up now. Don't wait. The leaves have a sort of waxy coat and it just shrugs off weedkiller - even full strength glyphosate has little effect once it gets established. If you mix some liquid soap with the herbicide, you defeat waxy coats, fuzzy leaves, and other surfaces that normally will not become wet. But that doesn't work with ivy. |
Sinister looking new vine in my yard
Farm1 wrote:
.... I checked this arrangement jsut yesterday and the ivy is still submerged but the most hopeful things I could say about the ivy is that it looks 'tired'. The milk carton is under shelter so the herbicide hasn't become adulterated with rain, but there is not a single sign of death in the filthy ivy. do you have access to a sand blaster? :) songbird |
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