"Pete C" wrote in message
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JCYates wrote:
Can anyone help please?
I have masses of ivy that keeps encroaching on my garden. There used
to be some commercial products to kill ivy but I understand they are
no longer available. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can kill
it- or at the very best give it a severe headache to discourage it?

Many thanks

John
Execution/castration!
A pair of shears used with enthusiasm to control, or cut it off at the
base for a permanent solution.

I did that - cut off the base, leaving a couple of inches between the stump
and the stem. I also cut off all the leaves forom the stems but because they
were twisted and decorative i left them, in fact I sprayed them bronze.

Leaves began to appear on the stems a few weeks later. There's still a large
gap at the base of the stem - no Earthly root system - but it's covered with
green now.

Heigh ho ...

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Pete C" wrote in message
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JCYates wrote:
Can anyone help please?
I have masses of ivy that keeps encroaching on my garden. There used
to be some commercial products to kill ivy but I understand they are no
longer available. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can
kill it- or at the very best give it a severe headache to
discourage it? Many thanks

John
Execution/castration!
A pair of shears used with enthusiasm to control, or cut it off at
the base for a permanent solution.

I did that - cut off the base, leaving a couple of inches between the
stump and the stem. I also cut off all the leaves forom the stems but
because they were twisted and decorative i left them, in fact I
sprayed them bronze.
Leaves began to appear on the stems a few weeks later. There's still
a large gap at the base of the stem - no Earthly root system - but
it's covered with green now.

Heigh ho ...

Mary
We've all seen plants growing from cracks in walls. I guess your ivy is
getting nutrients the same way. It was a couple of years before I finally
got the last of mine off the wall.
--
Pete C
London UK

"Pete C" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Pete C" wrote in message
...
JCYates wrote:
Can anyone help please?
I have masses of ivy that keeps encroaching on my garden. There used
to be some commercial products to kill ivy but I understand they are no
longer available. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can
kill it- or at the very best give it a severe headache to
discourage it? Many thanks

John
Execution/castration!
A pair of shears used with enthusiasm to control, or cut it off at
the base for a permanent solution.

I did that - cut off the base, leaving a couple of inches between the
stump and the stem. I also cut off all the leaves forom the stems but
because they were twisted and decorative i left them, in fact I
sprayed them bronze.
Leaves began to appear on the stems a few weeks later. There's still
a large gap at the base of the stem - no Earthly root system - but
it's covered with green now.

Heigh ho ...

Mary
We've all seen plants growing from cracks in walls. I guess your ivy is
getting nutrients the same way. It was a couple of years before I finally
got the last of mine off the wall.

Of course. But my point was that simply cutting the stem off by its
bootlaces isn't necessarily the answer :-)

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Pete C" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Pete C" wrote in message
...
JCYates wrote:
Can anyone help please?
I have masses of ivy that keeps encroaching on my garden. There
used to be some commercial products to kill ivy but I understand
they are no longer available. Does anyone have any suggestions
how I can kill it- or at the very best give it a severe headache to
discourage it? Many thanks

John
Execution/castration!
A pair of shears used with enthusiasm to control, or cut it off at
the base for a permanent solution.

I did that - cut off the base, leaving a couple of inches between
the stump and the stem. I also cut off all the leaves forom the
stems but because they were twisted and decorative i left them, in
fact I sprayed them bronze.
Leaves began to appear on the stems a few weeks later. There's still
a large gap at the base of the stem - no Earthly root system - but
it's covered with green now.

Heigh ho ...

Mary
We've all seen plants growing from cracks in walls. I guess your ivy
is getting nutrients the same way. It was a couple of years before I
finally got the last of mine off the wall.

Of course. But my point was that simply cutting the stem off by its
bootlaces isn't necessarily the answer :-)

Mary

No.........sorry, I didn't make myself clear. That's the castration bit,
then you need to execute..........tear down as much as poss.
--
Pete C
London UK

"Pete C" wrote in message
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No.........sorry, I didn't make myself clear. That's the castration bit,
then you need to execute..........tear down as much as poss.

But I wanted the twisted stem!

I do understand that it's getting nutrients and water from somewhere and
don't mind it at all - after I planted it there in the first place.

I only discovered the tortuous truk by cutting off a bit of green here,
another there,oops gone a bit too far in that place, better even it ... a
bit like beard trimming when you end up being bare-faced :-) And decide that
you like it. Trouble is, to keep it (ivy or beard) like that takes
maintenance :-(

Mary

In article , Mary Fisher
writes


I did that - cut off the base, leaving a couple of inches between the stump
and the stem.


I did that and yes the ivy is STILL growing here too

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk