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I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now it is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

Please help
thanks
mand xx

Subject: IVY, please help
From: "Amanda Izzard"
Date: 16/05/2004 19:28 GMT Daylight Time
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I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now it is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

Could you give us some more info please. Where is it causing you the problem?
Is it taking over the walls of your house, or your lawn, or hedge? Do you have
access to the roots? If you do, just cut the stems there and keep cutting.
It'll eventually die.
--
Rhiannon
http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
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www.somethingpositive.net

"Amanda Izzard" wrote in message
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I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now it
is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and
nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

I have a similar problem - the ivy is endemic and also maigrates from
neighbours gardens.

It is destroying fences, and generally being a pain in the shrubs.

I don't like pulling it of fences, because of the potential for structural
damage.

A spray on weedkiller which is effective (given a windless day which is very
rare by the coast) would be very useful :-)

Cheers
Dave R

On Sun, 16 May 2004 19:28:53 +0100, "Amanda Izzard"
wrote:

I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now it is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

Pull, cut, mow, and repeat as necessary. The leaves are too tough and
waxy to absorb weedkillers. Even Glyphosate has little or no effect
except on the smallest and tenderest of emerging shoots.

Frogleg wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 May 2004 19:28:53 +0100, "Amanda Izzard"
wrote:

I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now it
is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and
nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

Pull, cut, mow, and repeat as necessary. The leaves are too tough and
waxy to absorb weedkillers. Even Glyphosate has little or no effect
except on the smallest and tenderest of emerging shoots. This is true and
the new shoots are what you spray and spray each and every week till the
stuff is gone. On the young tender leaves janitorial strength ammonia will
kill them as well

"redclay" wrote in message
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Frogleg wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 May 2004 19:28:53 +0100, "Amanda Izzard"
wrote:

I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now
it
is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and
nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

Pull, cut, mow, and repeat as necessary. The leaves are too tough and
waxy to absorb weedkillers. Even Glyphosate has little or no effect
except on the smallest and tenderest of emerging shoots. This is true
and
the new shoots are what you spray and spray each and every week till the
stuff is gone. On the young tender leaves janitorial strength ammonia
will
kill them as well

Seem to recall a method where you put Tumbleweed in a plastic bag then tie
this over the end of the shoot.

Anyone tried this with ivy?

In article , David W.E. Roberts
writes

Seem to recall a method where you put Tumbleweed in a plastic bag

Oi! That's cruelty to urglers!

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message
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"Amanda Izzard" wrote in message
...
I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and
now it
is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase
and
nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

If you have access to the main stem, saw it off as close to the ground
as possible.
I've used that technique with complete success several times. 'Never
had a regrowth from the stump.

--
ned
http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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In article , David W.E. Roberts
writes

Seem to recall a method where you put Tumbleweed in a plastic bag

Oi! That's cruelty to urglers!

Only if you tie the top off :-)))

On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:34:08 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

On Sun, 16 May 2004 19:28:53 +0100, "Amanda Izzard"
wrote:

I am having a big problem with ivy,the last tennant planted it and now it is
growing out of control, I have tried weed killers from homebase and nothing
seems to kill it off...Does ne one have ne ideas at all??

Pull, cut, mow, and repeat as necessary. The leaves are too tough and
waxy to absorb weedkillers. Even Glyphosate has little or no effect
except on the smallest and tenderest of emerging shoots.

I spray ivy with full-strength Root-Out or similar stump eradicator
containing ammonium sulphamate (this is NOT the same as ammonium
sulphate). It's the most effective thing I've found.


--
Chris

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