Ivy

Gambler

Any way of removing this from a house please?

martyn4764

Hi

Track it back to ground level; dig them out if poss, otherwise just cut the stems off as far down as possible, then they'll die off... then you can carefully pull them away from the walls.

Hope that helps

Gambler

martyn4764 wrote:

Hi

Track it back to ground level; dig them out if poss, otherwise just cut the stems off as far down as possible, then they'll die off... then you can carefully pull them away from the walls.

Hope that helps

Thanks martin, we don't have it on our house but it is on one we are thinking of viewing.

terrierlady

on my sons house he hacked it off sprayed the roots and blow me back again its a nightmare, up the trees in the garden again cut it off but back again each year.

janeawej

I would try a glyphosate based weedkiller roundup is one but there are others available cheaper! put a tiny bit of washing up liquid in before you spray as it is a wetting agent and will stop it running off the leaves, yoiu may need several goes best done when it is growing fast, spring or summer . also cut all stems low down but remember you need to spray as much foliage as possible for glyphosate to be most affective, I use an old household spray bottle!

clutton_2

whatever you do, dont rip it from the house when it is still live, or else it is quite likely to damage your pointin - let it die as above, then it will be much easier to get off.

MortgageMamma

There is a strong weedkiller called deadkill, if you trim the ivy back and put this on the roots within about 10-14 days the ivy should be dead. You have to be careful with this stuff as its pretty toxic, and nothing will grow where you put it for 6-12 months. We used it to kill an unbelievably wild garden and start it from fresh in 2002. It killed all the ivy growing up our fencing.

AndrewSmith

Used to work in horticulture and have a brother who owns a landscaping firm.

His suggestion is this:

Cut the stems about 2 feet from the bottom, and pull the bottom away from the wall.

Dig out the roots as far as possible and spray the remaining hair and tap roots that you cant get out with a glyphosate weedkiller like Roundup etc. You will most likely need to re-treat this in about a week as you may see regrowth.

Once the roots begin to die off cover them back fully and treat the whole area with a residual chemical weed surpresent such as Dichlobenil based Casaron G4 which will stop any regrowth until the Roundup has had time to work properly (also excellent under decking, on shrub and flower beds before mulching, in gravel beds and belween slabs/paviers).

The remaining ivy on the wall will die off, and you should be able to pull it away quite easily in a similar fashion to pulling wallpaper off a high wall. Remeber that some Ivy stems can be invasive and damage the mortar and brickwork so remove them carefully.

Also check that it has not got into airbricks at ground level and into the roof viod through the soffits.

Hope this helps

Andy

MortgageMamma

I forgot about your brother being a gardener Andy I should have linked you this thread earlier.