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Weed Killer for Ivy
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Green_hopeful said:Ivy is great for wildlife, bees and insects as well as birds. It makes great ground cover too.All true, but if you have a managed environment, you might not want ivy to be too successful and take over.For example, we have a stream bank which is shady, so left to its own devices it would be just ivy and ferns. I remove some of the ivy in order to make room for other plants that increase the species diversity.
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SBK works fast if you use it right. I cover anything that animals may come into contact with.I inherited a mass bunch of ivy in my new place and trimmed it into a 'standard' tree so the top flowering part was left for the bees and butterflies. It cuts off a neighbours overlooking window too
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RoundUp Gel.1
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Grumpy_chap said:RoundUp Gel.Or, as it's MSE, generic glyphosate and wallpaper paste.If possible, bruise the ivy first.
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The small 2 coloured ivy is great, its the wild huge thick leaves stuff that's the pain.1
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I remove weeds/moss for a living, i agree, chemical removal methods are becoming “old hat” because of the ecological impact. The best process for ivy (if it has to be got rid of) is cutting off as close to the ground as possible, then starving the remainder of light will do the trick.0
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Davesnave said:onwards&upwards said:0
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