I used to use "Ivy Killer Gel", which was once produced by Growing Sucess Organics Ltd, and can verify its effectiveness. However, as the Wikipedia description for Ammonium sulphamate makes clear: "The pesticides review by the European Union led to based herbicides containing ammonium sulfamate becoming unlicensed, and therefore effectively banned, from 2008. This situation arose as the Irish Rapporteur refused to review the data supplied unless it contained details of animal testing on dogs. As there was already substantial animal data within the package supplied the data pack holder felt further tests without substantiation would cause unnecessary animal suffering. Its licence was not withdrawn on grounds of safety or efficacy." So the irony is that although it is still possible to buy ammonium sulphamate for use as a composting accelerant, it has been illegal to use it as a herbicide in the EU since 22nd May 2008.
i was told this little secret by an old timer about 15 years ago and it was to add rape seed oil to Roundup keep shaking it and spray it on the ivy (caution of over-spray) the rapeseed oil makes the ivy accept it more readily
Welshonion - he posted this question 18 months ago - it's been trawled up from the deep again to give a tip on using Roundup - think the ivy's either been dealt with, or it hasn't
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Absolutely - our NDN's invasive Bouncing Betty stops at our fence - with the aid of a sharp hoe but I wouldn't treat it with weedkiller - it'd go back into the roots and kill the plants on their side of the fence, and if they like it that's their look out
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My neighbours have put wire netting their side of the hedge so I get all the growth my side. The ivy is growing up the hedge and is thick at the base. The hedge is old and about 100' long. I am trying to pull the ivy out by the roots but there's so much of it and I can't keep pace with it all. Will the ivy eventually kill the hedge? Exhausted!!!
We have a mixed hedge on 2 of our 3 boundaries. Ivy grows in all 3, one is just about under control. One, at the end of the garden provides a boundary to the local park and is essential for privacy and security. The I've there was the worst. last summer I hacked out 70% of the ivy which wasn't fun in a Holley and hawthorn hedge but so glad I did. The ivy was well on the way to killing the hedge. So in answer to the previous post - yes it will kill your hedge. I have spoken to family friends who were farmers and they said in the old days the ivy would be managed more,I guess by woods man? It's amazing to see so many beautiful old trees virtually dead due to ivy.
our hedge now has massive holes and gaps where the ivy swamped the hedge killing chunks of it. I have tried to plant new hedge at the bottom and also pruned to try and encourage growth. Time will tell but the battle continues.
Has anyone found any ground cover that hinders the start when ivy first grows?
I have ivy growing up through my clematis and along through some other plants and shrubs. I keep pulling it out, a few days later there it is again.. I don't want to damage my plants just get rid of the ivy, please help.
just thought I would share what I have learned over 20 yrs of battling ivy in my garden. It has demolished trees but despite eating up the hedges too I find that if I root the small leaved private and plant this in the gaps of eaten hedge this replacement does not attract ivy as it's stems are not thick enough to provide the moisture and nutrients ivy requires. An ongoing job but it keeps the hedge.
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I used to use "Ivy Killer Gel", which was once produced by Growing Sucess Organics Ltd, and can verify its effectiveness.
However, as the Wikipedia description for Ammonium sulphamate makes clear: "The pesticides review by the European Union led to based herbicides containing ammonium sulfamate becoming unlicensed, and therefore effectively banned, from 2008. This situation arose as the Irish Rapporteur refused to review the data supplied unless it contained details of animal testing on dogs. As there was already substantial animal data within the package supplied the data pack holder felt further tests without substantiation would cause unnecessary animal suffering. Its licence was not withdrawn on grounds of safety or efficacy."
So the irony is that although it is still possible to buy ammonium sulphamate for use as a composting accelerant, it has been illegal to use it as a herbicide in the EU since 22nd May 2008.
i was told this little secret by an old timer about 15 years ago and it was to add rape seed oil to Roundup keep shaking it and spray it on the ivy (caution of over-spray) the rapeseed oil makes the ivy accept it more readily
You say the ivy is at the bottom of the neighbour's hedge.
Does the neighbour know you want to kill it? You cannot go killing your neighbour's plants, just because you feel like it!
Welshonion - he posted this question 18 months ago - it's been trawled up from the deep again to give a tip on using Roundup - think the ivy's either been dealt with, or it hasn't
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You're right, I didn't notice the date. But the principle applies - don't touch your neighbour's plants, however much they annoy you!
Absolutely
- our NDN's invasive Bouncing Betty stops at our fence - with the aid of a sharp hoe 
but I wouldn't treat it with weedkiller - it'd go back into the roots and kill the plants on their side of the fence, and if they like it that's their look out 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My neighbours have put wire netting their side of the hedge so I get all the growth my side. The ivy is growing up the hedge and is thick at the base. The hedge is old and about 100' long. I am trying to pull the ivy out by the roots but there's so much of it and I can't keep pace with it all. Will the ivy eventually kill the hedge? Exhausted!!!
We have a mixed hedge on 2 of our 3 boundaries. Ivy grows in all 3, one is just about under control. One, at the end of the garden provides a boundary to the local park and is essential for privacy and security. The I've there was the worst. last summer I hacked out 70% of the ivy which wasn't fun in a Holley and hawthorn hedge but so glad I did. The ivy was well on the way to killing the hedge. So in answer to the previous post - yes it will kill your hedge. I have spoken to family friends who were farmers and they said in the old days the ivy would be managed more,I guess by woods man? It's amazing to see so many beautiful old trees virtually dead due to ivy.
our hedge now has massive holes and gaps where the ivy swamped the hedge killing chunks of it. I have tried to plant new hedge at the bottom and also pruned to try and encourage growth. Time will tell but the battle continues.
Has anyone found any ground cover that hinders the start when ivy first grows?
I have ivy growing up through my clematis and along through some other plants and shrubs. I keep pulling it out, a few days later there it is again.. I don't want to damage my plants just get rid of the ivy, please help.
just thought I would share what I have learned over 20 yrs of battling ivy in my garden. It has demolished trees but despite eating up the hedges too I find that if I root the small leaved private and plant this in the gaps of eaten hedge this replacement does not attract ivy as it's stems are not thick enough to provide the moisture and nutrients ivy requires. An ongoing job but it keeps the hedge.