Weed Killer for Ivy

Davesnave

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.

twopenny

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

Grumpy_chap

RoundUp Gel.

Davesnave

Grumpy_chap said:

RoundUp Gel.

Or, as it's MSE, generic glyphosate and wallpaper paste.

If possible, bruise the ivy first.

roddydogs

The small 2 coloured ivy is great, its the wild huge thick leaves stuff that's the pain.

Luckiekev

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.

Davesnave

Luckiekev said:

I remove weeds/moss for a living, i agree, chemical removal methods are becoming “old hat” because of the ecological impact.

What, exactly, is the ecological impact of using glyphosate?

onwards&upwards

Davesnave said:

Luckiekev said:

I remove weeds/moss for a living, i agree, chemical removal methods are becoming “old hat” because of the ecological impact.

What, exactly, is the ecological impact of using glyphosate?

Have you considered the resources used in its production?

Davesnave

onwards&upwards said:

Davesnave said:

Luckiekev said:

I remove weeds/moss for a living, i agree, chemical removal methods are becoming “old hat” because of the ecological impact.

What, exactly, is the ecological impact of using glyphosate?

Have you considered the resources used in its production?

There will be some, of course, but against that must be weighed the benefits of the product. If we widen that to other chemical controls; without them the cost of food would increase as agriculture became more labour intensive.

onwards&upwards

Davesnave said:

onwards&upwards said:

Davesnave said:

Luckiekev said:

I remove weeds/moss for a living, i agree, chemical removal methods are becoming “old hat” because of the ecological impact.

What, exactly, is the ecological impact of using glyphosate?

Have you considered the resources used in its production?

There will be some, of course, but against that must be weighed the benefits of the product. If we widen that to other chemical controls; without them the cost of food would increase as agriculture became more labour intensive.

They aren't necessary in the vast majority of suburban gardens though.