Don't I know it! I'm leaving a network of enough thick stems/ roots to support the fence and underneath it all, the posts are concrete so it should hold.
Ivy just go’s bananas.You’ll never kill it no matter how much you cut it or how you cut it .Believe me …….I’ve tried! Hate the stuff ,though the wildlife loves it .
I did manage to get rid of it on my wall but it took three trips to the tip and two green bins. It came back year two and I kept digging and cutting each tiny piece. The wall looked a mess. Year three I planted the Terastigma as mentioned earlier. That has been in four years and now covers most of the Ivy marks. I do have ivy on another wall which I cut back end of August, this year it has hadrly grown. It is great for wildlife.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I'm pruning back badly overgrown ivy to the fence. It is not my intention to kill it! I am assuming that regrowth will only occur from the branchy bits rather than the rooty bits. Am I right?
I have some ivy on a wired fence on part of my garden… hack it back annually, comes back thicker every time!
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I'm leaving a network of enough thick stems/ roots to support the fence and underneath it all, the posts are concrete so it should hold.
Had to remove some ivy from the front of the house recently… it was looking so pretty 😢