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

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

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Natural Girl

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

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

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

wrote in message
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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.

"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

In article , "Farm1"
wrote:

wrote in message
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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...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
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http://www.rachelcorrie.org/

Welcome to the New America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg

In article ,
"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

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

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

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

"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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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.

"David E. Ross" wrote in message
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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.

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?




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