Gary the issue for me is that he only has a foot of soil on his side of the fence and so I now assume that the roots are using the 3 foot on my side for sustenance. I lost a lot of plants in the early days before I understood basic gardening and how thuggish these were. He has planted 12 in total and it is a constant battle for me. I have to keep looking for thugs that can compete.
Sorry I could not bore you all to tears yesterday with ancient history it was the usual three falls day with this site on holiday weekends, to day it was back to normal. Russian Vine is a brute, I put one on the stony side of the drive to cover a wall and it did but only in summer then I discovered its rope like roots had wandered right along and into my Herb area so out it came along with yards of root which had wandered all over the place, it will certainly suck up any moisture around. Kate you will never grow anything there so put your plants in pots after covering the strip of soil with gravel. I see we are going to get Wartime Farm, some of us had a field day with Edwardian farm and this is more in our lifetime so we will see.
Morning folks. Slow start after long tiring day yesterday manning a stall at the local 'Rustic Fayre' (yes I know, I wouldn't spell it like that either ). Proper rain held off for most of the day, just came down about half an hour before the end so large gazebo thoroughly soaked by packing up time. As is the way of these things, there were just two of us left to pack up the van and unload it at the other end. One of the people who usually helps was at the Edinburgh Tattoo! I'd love to go and see it one day, trying to persuade OH that next year is a good idea. We have sun this morning so I'd better ger the wet canvas walls out of the car and hang them up to dry.
The Russain problem sounds a bit like the invasive bamboo problem. An extreme solution that was suggested for that was to insert a physical barrier. Dig out what roots you can, before they go any further, and insert a wall below the soil level.
I don't know if Russian roots can penetrate thick polythene, or possibly use something harder. Perhaps simply digging a narrow trench would be enough to keep the roots in check? I don't know how deep Russian roots go.
Russian vine roots do not usually go deep they travel, when mine came out I found tangles of root twenty feet away, I followed it from the plant out of curiosity. It was on stony ground so if Kate has some nice soft earth it is probably winding round like a coil. I have a huge bed of Japanese Anemone that started life next door on a north facing fence and crept through to my side south facing, they now have none at all. They are all in bloom at the moment and I love them but they are also invasive. As that side is stony ground it holds them in check although if they ever cross the drive they will take off so I watch them.
15 mins after all the wet stuff was hung out, it began RAINING.It's all wetter than before I started. :- ( Need cake.
Frank, we love ancient history. I'll be very interested to hear your comments on the WW2 farm programme.
Kate, if he's planted 12 of the things, it's a bid for world domination. If I were you I'd expose any roots your side and give them an 'accidental' spray of something nasty ;- )
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Gary the issue for me is that he only has a foot of soil on his side of the fence and so I now assume that the roots are using the 3 foot on my side for sustenance. I lost a lot of plants in the early days before I understood basic gardening and how thuggish these were. He has planted 12 in total and it is a constant battle for me. I have to keep looking for thugs that can compete.
Sorry I could not bore you all to tears yesterday with ancient history it was the usual three falls day with this site on holiday weekends, to day it was back to normal.
Russian Vine is a brute, I put one on the stony side of the drive to cover a wall and it did but only in summer then I discovered its rope like roots had wandered right along and into my Herb area so out it came along with yards of root which had wandered all over the place, it will certainly suck up any moisture around.
Kate you will never grow anything there so put your plants in pots after covering the strip of soil with gravel.
I see we are going to get Wartime Farm, some of us had a field day with Edwardian farm and this is more in our lifetime so we will see.
Frank.
Morning folks. Slow start after long tiring day yesterday manning a stall at the local 'Rustic Fayre' (yes I know, I wouldn't spell it like that either ). Proper rain held off for most of the day, just came down about half an hour before the end so large gazebo thoroughly soaked by packing up time. As is the way of these things, there were just two of us left to pack up the van and unload it at the other end. One of the people who usually helps was at the Edinburgh Tattoo! I'd love to go and see it one day, trying to persuade OH that next year is a good idea. We have sun this morning so I'd better ger the wet canvas walls out of the car and hang them up to dry.
Such fun ;- )
The Russain problem sounds a bit like the invasive bamboo problem. An extreme solution that was suggested for that was to insert a physical barrier. Dig out what roots you can, before they go any further, and insert a wall below the soil level.
I don't know if Russian roots can penetrate thick polythene, or possibly use something harder. Perhaps simply digging a narrow trench would be enough to keep the roots in check? I don't know how deep Russian roots go.
Ohmy word ! E-mails working again - when's it going to stop !!! ?
Russian vine roots do not usually go deep they travel, when mine came out I found tangles of root twenty feet away, I followed it from the plant out of curiosity.
It was on stony ground so if Kate has some nice soft earth it is probably winding round like a coil.
I have a huge bed of Japanese Anemone that started life next door on a north facing fence and crept through to my side south facing, they now have none at all. They are all in bloom at the moment and I love them but they are also invasive. As that side is stony ground it holds them in check although if they ever cross the drive they will take off so I watch them.
Frank.
Good morning lovelies!
Someone's painted parts of the sky blue! I like it. Hopefully they'll come back and finish the job and do it all.
I see we have a stirrer in the camp.
Hopefully I'll get time to get in the garden today and finish digging a new bed at the bottom of the garden.
Nooooooooooo!!!!!
15 mins after all the wet stuff was hung out, it began RAINING.It's all wetter than before I started. :- ( Need cake.
Frank, we love ancient history. I'll be very interested to hear your comments on the WW2 farm programme.
Kate, if he's planted 12 of the things, it's a bid for world domination. If I were you I'd expose any roots your side and give them an 'accidental' spray of something nasty ;- )
Oh Flo, sorry.
:- D