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IVY IVY IVY
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Pete C" wrote in message ... 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 |
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IVY IVY IVY
"Pete C" wrote in message ... .... 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 |
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