Getting rid of ivy for good

roddydogs

Ivy dosent have a "stump"

Davesnave

roddydogs wrote: »

Ivy dosent have a "stump"

The ivy I cut down in our field hedge this winter was up to 7 or 8 cm in diameter, so it certainly had stumps after I finished with it.

I didn't want to kill it, so no weedkiller, but I'll be monitoring it carefully, due to its former dominance in that place.

theoretica

You can dig it out, but doing it once and then not looking at it for 6 months is not going to work. Do it once, then go back regularly and look for bits you missed that are growing - yes it is ongoing, but the ongoing should be much less work than the first time - 10 minutes a week or so.

baggins11

My ivy definitely does have stumps as it is very mature and the trunks are massive. I have some growing up against buildings so its tricky to dig out - I shall try the approach Mistral uses of drilling into the stump.

[Deleted User]

I have it growing up the side of the leylandii cypress tree at the bottom of the garden, the tree was there when we moved in 24 years ago and it stands around 30ft tall with a fairly thick trunk so I am hoping the blooming ivy doesn't over run it