Thanks Dovefromabove, that sounds a good idea & I'll try it (as soon as it stops raining).
Hostafan1 - you're right, the wall is already weak, it's a retaining terrace wall which is pulling away from the house but I don't think the ivy roots underneath it are helping.
Thank you all so much for all your comments. I have been outside most of today with my partner and his brother clearing all the ivy and shredding it up using a garden shredder which is an amazing tool! I have posted a photo so you can see how overgrown the ivy has become. I am looking forward to when it is all done and I will post a photo on here to show you the results! I am getting the glyphosphate to hopefully kill it off in the next couple of days. I love gardening! Dee
Hair Gel. because ivy leaf is waxy it just sheds the poison. Water off a ducks back. To make it stick I have mixed the neat glyphosphate with a tub of cheap hair gel and painted on with brush.
Also find the main stem(s) drill down through the bark and dropper in the weed killer.
I overheard a couple of ladies in the garden centre last autumn, saying how people must be 'absolutely mad' to buy the little pots of ivy..... as I looked down into my basket at the four pots of ivy I was purchasing for my winter hanging basket!
ive decided to try and keep them going so I don't have to buy any more. I have taken them out of the hanging basket, trimmed them and potted them up. Hope they'll keep.
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Thanks Dovefromabove, that sounds a good idea & I'll try it (as soon as it stops raining).
Hostafan1 - you're right, the wall is already weak, it's a retaining terrace wall which is pulling away from the house but I don't think the ivy roots underneath it are helping.
Thank you all so much for all your comments. I have been outside most of today with my partner and his brother clearing all the ivy and shredding it up using a garden shredder which is an amazing tool! I have posted a photo so you can see how overgrown the ivy has become. I am looking forward to when it is all done and I will post a photo on here to show you the results! I am getting the glyphosphate to hopefully kill it off in the next couple of days. I love gardening!
Dee
I spent all morning pulling ivy from next door off my fences. My garden is now a couple of ft wider
I have glyphosphate for phase two which will commence tomorrow
Hair Gel. because ivy leaf is waxy it just sheds the poison. Water off a ducks back. To make it stick I have mixed the neat glyphosphate with a tub of cheap hair gel and painted on with brush.
Also find the main stem(s) drill down through the bark and dropper in the weed killer.
Wallpaper paste does the same job
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And cheaper too! Thanks Dove
I overheard a couple of ladies in the garden centre last autumn, saying how people must be 'absolutely mad' to buy the little pots of ivy..... as I looked down into my basket at the four pots of ivy I was purchasing for my winter hanging basket!
ive decided to try and keep them going so I don't have to buy any more. I have taken them out of the hanging basket, trimmed them and potted them up. Hope they'll keep.