anyone help please..

gregg1

....what can I put on climbing ivy to kill it off completely. Tried round up but that did not work. Cannot get to the roots so need ideas please?

FROSTYFRECKLE

Hi Gregg1,

Last year myself and my neighbours fought for ages to kill off the Ivy covering their house. We cut the stems of the ivy near to the base, make sure you get all of the stems. Use any strong weedkiller and put it on the cut stems going into the ground. The part of the ivy not attached to the roots will slowly die off. Good luck

Lord_Gardener

gregg1 wrote: »

....what can I put on climbing ivy to kill it off completely. Tried round up but that did not work. Cannot get to the roots so need ideas please?

Round-up should have worked being a systemic (glyphosate) based weed killer. Remember to crush the ivy leaves to get best take up of the weed killer. More than one application may be required - I killed off many suspects (Ivy) for clients using Glyphosate! I've also used this for tree like specimens - it worked well!:

http://www.vitax.co.uk/productshome.asp?product=HWC001

MrsTinks

I've killed Ivy just by cutting the stems near the ground level... As said you obviously have to get all the stems or you have a patch of brown with ONE huge green patch lol

A_Clock

Maybe if you cant get to the roots and you aint got any plants you like near it, put a tub of salt over it! Once it gets into the ground it should kill the roots off... hopefully

gregg1

Thanks for all the help - problem is that my neighbour has grown the ivy up the side of our extension wall. We have been asking him for years to cut it back, even offering to pay for an alternative plant to go there to no avail. It goes all over our new fascias and is now starting to damage the brickwork. A lot of it comes round the side of our property and this is the only bit I can get to. Really need to find a way of putting something fairly strong on the bit I can get to in the hope that it will affect the whole plant.

Any ideas please? Will the Glyphosate referred to above work in this way?

Grianne

Was going to post about how to kill off Ivy, when I found this. Ive tried cutting the roots but im obviously missing tons as its still growing AND spreading.

Will try the weed killer as suggested by Lord_Gardner. Thanks!

olly300

gregg1 wrote: »

Any ideas please? Will the Glyphosate referred to above work in this way?

Roundup will work you just need more than one application and you need to crush the leaves as Lord_Gardener stated.
http://www.gardenseeker.com/weeds/how_to_kill_ivy.htm

To save money get a generic version of Glyphosate and a large amount of it.

BTW if you kill it won't you start an argument with your neighbour? Unfortunately for some strange reason some people like Ivy on buildings.

Davesnave

Try mixing the glyphosate with wallpaper paste to give good adherence too.

BTW if you kill it won't you start an argument with your neighbour? Unfortunately for some strange reason some people like Ivy on buildings.

But it isn't reasonable to grow something on someone else's building without permission, especially something with aerial roots, like ivy. Ivy is also a motorway for all kinds of bugs, snails etc which then climb through windows.

If it were my neighbour I'd be polite, but insist that the ivy goes before it takes too strong a hold. It is a bit of an open question whether ivy causes real damage to brickwork, but most people believe it's harmful, so there's your reason. In any event, it certainly leaves unsightly root remains that are a devil to remove.

As your neighbour clearly doesn't like your bare extension wall, could you agree a less rampant climber for him to grow there, perhaps over a trellis? That would be a diplomatic move.

gregg1

Davesnave wrote: »

Try mixing the glyphosate with wallpaper paste to give good adherence too.


But it isn't reasonable to grow something on someone else's building without permission, especially something with aerial roots, like ivy. Ivy is also a motorway for all kinds of bugs, snails etc which then climb through windows.

If it were my neighbour I'd be polite, but insist that the ivy goes before it takes too strong a hold. It is a bit of an open question whether ivy causes real damage to brickwork, but most people believe it's harmful, so there's your reason. In any event, it certainly leaves unsightly root remains that are a devil to remove.

As your neighbour clearly doesn't like your bare extension wall, could you agree a less rampant climber for him to grow there, perhaps over a trellis? That would be a diplomatic move.

This has been an ongoing problem for a number of years now. After we offered to replace the ivy with another plant of their choice and pay for it and this was refused we compromised and said that if they kept it only half way up the wall then we would leave it at that. However, it is constantly left to grow up the whole wall and onto our fascias which are fairly new and white and it was starting to go into the guttering. It is also coming round the side of our house and leaves unsightly marks when we pull it off.

I am fed up with compromising with them now and want it off our property. We have tried to be civil about it but have now got to the point where I will take matters into my own hands if I have to hence I am quite prepared to administer some form of weedkiller to it if I can get one which works without me having access to the roots.

Am not worried about falling out with them - they have been really funny ith us since our extension was completed (they get incredibly green-eyed when anyone has any work done). They are not popular people with the other neighbours either as they are the sort of people who do whatever they want but are quick to complain when something bothers them!

Davesnave

It might be worth having a look at the discussion area of this web site:

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/index.shtml

Chances are, someone else may have had this problem, maybe even resolved it. Good luck!