Kill ivy

soapbox · 24 May 2010

I have ivy every where in my garden

my nextdoor neighbour and I have decided enough is enough but between the two of us we can not find the root ! the ivy is all over the back of our houses and even coming in my window, can I inject something in in the plant so the whole thing will die ? Please help

JohnD · 24 May 2010

cut through every stem you can find. The bits that stay green have got a root, so follow them back and cut again.

if you keep pulling up the dead bits it will become easier to see what you are doing.

HERTS P&D · 24 May 2010

Cut all the stems that come out of the ground. Now is the long bit, you normally have to wait one year to pull it off your wall/brick work or it will pull out all the mortar joints.

Andy

Thermo · 24 May 2010

give it a few good applications of a systemic weedkiller such as round up (in a strong solution) and wait for that to start doing its stuff then get rid. it will actually come out fairly easily

JohnD · 24 May 2010

I used to have some kind of ivy mite which eventually killed the lot (except under my apple tree which I sprayed, where I accidentally killed the mites)

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Deluks · 25 May 2010

That's not a timber fence post I spy in that second pic is it John?

JohnD · 25 May 2010

it's a gatepost, bolted to the corner of a wall. Obviously I never put wood in the ground.

soapbox · 25 May 2010

Thank you everyone, we have started clearing the ivy and i think the root comes between our brick walls so unless we knock the wall down I will never get to the root

at least i now can see day light through my window

Just a thought Is there anything that I can use that the plant will take to its roots and kill it ?

JohnD · 25 May 2010

sodium chlorate weedkiller

it is pretty fierce and will poison the ground for at least a year.

start by killing the leaves, then run a bit down round the roots. It will be easier if you cut away all the accessible top growth first.

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