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Ivy
Two questions:
1. I have ivy in area that I want to get rid of and then eventually tear down to just grow grass. How do I get rid of the ivy and still make the soil "healthy" for grass? 2. I have an area in the front yard I would like to have ivy, can I transplant ivy and how? G |
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Ivy
Ivy transplants very well, you only need to cut off the ivy and transplant
it, at least thats what Ive done in the past. On stubborn cases, I used to cut the ivy and put it in a jar of water, then wait for the roots to develop, then plant it. Ivy in my experience never looks good the first year of transplanting, but on the seoncd year it seems to do much better. As for getting rid of it, I opted to rototill for 2 seasons to get rid of unwanted ivy. Unfortuntately now I want the ivy back, but it's too late for that. "Gene Moon" wrote in message news : Two questions: : : 1. I have ivy in area that I want to get rid of and then eventually tear : down to just grow grass. How do I get rid of the ivy and still make the : soil "healthy" for grass? : : 2. I have an area in the front yard I would like to have ivy, can I : transplant ivy and how? : : G : : |
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For my limited-experience-two-cents: I have bushes on either side of my
house; one side has beautiful ivy ground cover, the other side has none. So I cut off some of the shoots that were growing into the garden and simply buried the stems loosely and carelessly under 1/4" of dirt, leaving the leaves exposed. After 2 weeks the stems had firmly rooted into the new soil but the leaves were dying, so I left it alone but tried another transplanting. Within a week, new leaves were sprouting from the old vine from the first attempt. I didn't even water it. So it seems like a piece of cake from my short experience. Hope you have as much luck S "GamePlayer No. 1058" wrote in message news:981c8b6fe6f7a5e18636b2fb0edb01eb@TeraNews... Ivy transplants very well, you only need to cut off the ivy and transplant it, at least thats what Ive done in the past. On stubborn cases, I used to cut the ivy and put it in a jar of water, then wait for the roots to develop, then plant it. Ivy in my experience never looks good the first year of transplanting, but on the seoncd year it seems to do much better. As for getting rid of it, I opted to rototill for 2 seasons to get rid of unwanted ivy. Unfortuntately now I want the ivy back, but it's too late for that. "Gene Moon" wrote in message news : Two questions: : : 1. I have ivy in area that I want to get rid of and then eventually tear : down to just grow grass. How do I get rid of the ivy and still make the : soil "healthy" for grass? : : 2. I have an area in the front yard I would like to have ivy, can I : transplant ivy and how? : : G : : |
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