Ivy killer
 

My wife was given a cutting from a neighbours Ivy a couple of years ago and
she planted it near our boundary wall. I asked her not to but she thought
it would cover the bare wall, it did. This year it has gone mad and grown
so well the neighbour is complaining. I have tried many weedkillers but
none have worked.

Could some knowledge person please tell me the name of a weedkiller that
will kill ivy please as I can foresee neighbour problems.

TIA.

Jon

"jon" wrote in message
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My wife was given a cutting from a neighbours Ivy a couple of years
ago and
she planted it near our boundary wall. I asked her not to but she
thought
it would cover the bare wall, it did. This year it has gone mad and
grown
so well the neighbour is complaining. I have tried many weedkillers
but
none have worked.

Could some knowledge person please tell me the name of a weedkiller
that
will kill ivy please as I can foresee neighbour problems.

Cut it off at the roots.
In my experience they do not regenerate well from that.
But you may have odd seedlings which require standard weeding out.

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ned

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last update 24.08.2005

"ned" wrote in message
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"jon" wrote in message
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My wife was given a cutting from a neighbours Ivy a couple of years
ago and
she planted it near our boundary wall. I asked her not to but she
thought
it would cover the bare wall, it did. This year it has gone mad and
grown
so well the neighbour is complaining. I have tried many weedkillers
but
none have worked.

Could some knowledge person please tell me the name of a weedkiller
that
will kill ivy please as I can foresee neighbour problems.

Cut it off at the roots.
In my experience they do not regenerate well from that.
But you may have odd seedlings which require standard weeding out.
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Quit correct. However do not try to pull it off the wall until the stems
are showing signs of death. Also, do not leave it until dead and brittle or
its 'roots' disfigure the wall and are nearly impossible to remove.
Best Wishes Brian

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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:15:09 +0100, "jon"
wrote:

My wife was given a cutting from a neighbours Ivy a couple of years ago and
she planted it near our boundary wall. I asked her not to but she thought
it would cover the bare wall, it did. This year it has gone mad and grown
so well the neighbour is complaining. I have tried many weedkillers but
none have worked.

Could some knowledge person please tell me the name of a weedkiller that
will kill ivy please as I can foresee neighbour problems.

TIA.

Jon

There is a proprietary ivy killer on the market, available from garden
centres. The active ingredient is ammonium sulphamate, which is also
what 'Root-Out' (stump killer) consists of, and is probably a cheaper
buy.


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

"jon" wrote in message
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My wife was given a cutting from a neighbours Ivy a couple of years ago
and
she planted it near our boundary wall. I asked her not to but she thought
it would cover the bare wall, it did. This year it has gone mad and grown
so well the neighbour is complaining. I have tried many weedkillers but
none have worked.

Could some knowledge person please tell me the name of a weedkiller that
will kill ivy please as I can foresee neighbour problems.

"a spade"

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Tumbleweed

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Its been a while since you posted this so i guess the ivy is way out of controll by now ?

may i suggest a gallon of cheap n cheerful brake fluid ?
you can dilute it with water and get two gallons ?
or even more water and get 4 gallons !!!
it does not have a mention of being used as weed killer on the can,
but it works fantastically.
other plants will grow back eventually, and it will DEFINATELY kill that flipping ivy !!!