Neighbour removed my ivy

lstar337

sparrie2k wrote: »

Is it not the case that they have to offer you the cuttings back, but dumping them on your land is fly tipping if you don't agree?

Had this trimming back a neighbour's tree that was overhanging my garden - I cut the branches (with permission, however I can see that if ivy was causing damage permission couldn't reasonably be denied anyway), but had to dispose of the cuttings myself.

Exactly. Where does it end?

You have to offer the trimmings back, but surely you cant just bung them over without any care and possibly causing damage in the process?

What if you threw cuttings back over and they landed in a pond killing £1000s worth of Koi or something?

Dan-Dan

I was under the impression you must offer the cuttings but if declined , dispose of yourself rather than fly tip them straight onto your neighbours property

diamond_dave

Just cut the main stems at the base and inject some SBK + paraffin mix.This will kill the ivy stone dead - but you might need 2 treatments. Creosote will also do but be careful with it as it's dangerous. When dead cut up and take to dump/recycling centre. Easy.

Doozergirl

Dan-Dan wrote: »

I was under the impression you must offer the cuttings but if declined , dispose of yourself rather than fly tip them straight onto your neighbours property

That would be a bit cheeky. Let your garden run wild and expect the neighbours to bare the cost of getting rid of it!

The point of offering the cuttings is that the plant is still their property. You can't 'steal' it. It would have to be agreed that it was okay for you to dispose of it for them.

It isn't your responsibility to bin a neighbour's nuisance.

arbrighton

Creosote is dangerous but paraffin wouldn't be a problem?? EH???????????????


SBK will do the job. Or bothering to cut it back

Ebe_Scrooge

diamond_dave wrote: »

Creosote will also do .

Where do you buy creosote from these days ? It's been banned for years ( at least, banned from sale to the general public ).

robatwork

http://www.creosotedirect.co.uk/

Says "For professional use" but I suspect they nor similar sites would check.

paddy's_mum

diamond_dave wrote: »

Just cut the main stems at the base and inject some SBK + paraffin mix.This will kill the ivy stone dead - but you might need 2 treatments. Creosote will also do but be careful with it as it's dangerous. When dead cut up and take to dump/recycling centre. Easy.

Crikey! At our local tip, and apparently at most recycling centres, most vegetation is sent to a special place and the resulting compost sold to gardeners.

I'd cheerfully throttle any idiot that included his SBK residue into the compost that then damaged living plants in my garden.

I seem to remember that happening nationally some years ago when contaminants got into potting compost?

glasgowdan

As far as I can tell the ivy was still in the OPs property/garden, just attached to the neighbour's wall which forms the boundary.

I side with the neighbour here. Having someone else ivy crawl all over my wall would wind me right up and I'd cut it off as soon as it appears.

If you're in Oz then how would them knocking your door have helped?

Norman_Castle

lstar337 wrote: »

You have to offer the trimmings back, but surely you cant just bung them over without any care and possibly causing damage in the process?

It appears to have already been on the ops land, just in a different place.