I did indeed pay for the entire fence, and it wasn't cheap. Sounds like a route to go down if the glysophate doesn't work, thank you Bruce.
Are you sure it's Virginia Creeper Bekkie, it doesn't ever seem to have changed colour, and I would love to chop it all back but I would need to go into their garden to do it effectively, as it's just grown too big now.
The pictures of Parthenocissus quinquefolia when green do look very similar, but it's never changed colour in all the years its been there, which confuses me. Is there a strain of Viginia creeper that doesn't change colour?
If Round Up Xtreme doesn't work ( it's a concentrated form of Roundup except it's in a black container and is 3L not 5L) at eg B&Q - costs about £16 but it's particularly useful for destroying brushwood, brambles, etc. If that doesn't work, wait a month and try Deep Rooter crystals for killing trees - you get an axe and gently chop away the bark around the stem , then fill it with the crystals and put duck tape over it and a black bag then leave it to seep down into the roots and kills the entire plant. I have a customer who works for the council treating hegdes, etc. - they use really strong weedkillers not available to the general public. Soduim Chlorate would be the final attack - don't know if you can get that now.
Right all the bits I can have been treated. I also spoke to them again, and they promised they'd be out at some point today to clear it back. Although i've heard this before and it led to absolutely no action, so i'm not hopeful.
Will keep you all updated.
Also any idea how long it will take to see some signs of the plant dying?
Providing it doesn't rain in the next 24 hours, about 4 days. I sprayed a wild laurel tree on the perimeter fence at the plot last week , really drenched it with the spray, and looked at it yesterday and the tops have all died off and that's the start. It will kill the plant from the top downwards until it reaches the roots. So in all, about 1-2 weeks. It will kill the whole plant. If it rains tomorrow, wait until it's really dry and sunny and go out and give it a real drenching, and cover it with black plastic bin bags as far as is possible.
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I did indeed pay for the entire fence, and it wasn't cheap. Sounds like a route to go down if the glysophate doesn't work, thank you Bruce.
Are you sure it's Virginia Creeper Bekkie, it doesn't ever seem to have changed colour, and I would love to chop it all back but I would need to go into their garden to do it effectively, as it's just grown too big now.
I'm sure it's Parthenocissus quinquefolia, aka Virginia creeper to some.
What used to be called virginia creeper when I was a kid had 5 pointed leaves but not separate leaflets and turned red in autumn
In the sticks near Peterborough
The pictures of Parthenocissus quinquefolia when green do look very similar, but it's never changed colour in all the years its been there, which confuses me. Is there a strain of Viginia creeper that doesn't change colour?
Ah ok, it might be then, although fingers crossed I'll never get a chance to see the colour change after i'm done blitzing it this weekend.
Good luck IT. If it doesn't work first time a good hit on the young growth around May should finish it
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks for the advice
I really do appreciate it.
If Round Up Xtreme doesn't work ( it's a concentrated form of Roundup except it's in a black container and is 3L not 5L) at eg B&Q - costs about £16 but it's particularly useful for destroying brushwood, brambles, etc. If that doesn't work, wait a month and try Deep Rooter crystals for killing trees - you get an axe and gently chop away the bark around the stem , then fill it with the crystals and put duck tape over it and a black bag then leave it to seep down into the roots and kills the entire plant. I have a customer who works for the council treating hegdes, etc. - they use really strong weedkillers not available to the general public. Soduim Chlorate would be the final attack - don't know if you can get that now.
Good luck!
Right all the bits I can have been treated. I also spoke to them again, and they promised they'd be out at some point today to clear it back. Although i've heard this before and it led to absolutely no action, so i'm not hopeful.
Will keep you all updated.
Also any idea how long it will take to see some signs of the plant dying?
Providing it doesn't rain in the next 24 hours, about 4 days. I sprayed a wild laurel tree on the perimeter fence at the plot last week , really drenched it with the spray, and looked at it yesterday and the tops have all died off and that's the start. It will kill the plant from the top downwards until it reaches the roots. So in all, about 1-2 weeks. It will kill the whole plant. If it rains tomorrow, wait until it's really dry and sunny and go out and give it a real drenching, and cover it with black plastic bin bags as far as is possible.