Fertiliser feeds the plants so it is immediately available to any plant. However if the conifers have been in for some time and it looks that way, then they will have taken out an awful lot of the goodness in the soil. The only way to put that back is to add humus, that is compost, well rotted animal manure, leaf mould or any of the proprietary soil conditioners sold by the bag load in Garden centres.
Without this kind of material the fertliser will just wash out of the soil as there will be little in there to hold on to it.
Sorry, but in gardening there are very few quick fits, despite the Make over programmes on TV promising instant results.
I would say it is ivy also, I grew russian vine to cover the car-port, russian vine flowers are white.
If it is ivy then it re-shoots very easily. mind you though its a great plant for wildlife especially birds.
Conifers when hacked back to bare wood don't regrow anyway so I would suggest that the death of these is because of over-pruning rather than the ivy. My parents have ivy growing in their garden for the past 30+ years and it hasn't killed a mature tree yet.
Personally Id dig it out if it comes back then spray, if their plant dies you can say you were killing weeds in your own garden and didn't know it came through from them. Anway, you said it was rife in their garden so they probably wont noice anyway should their plant die.
thankyou every one, i am not as concerned now if its ivy andwont kill things then that is fine as it can look quite nice was just concerned about planting a new hedge once the conifers were gone. Thankyou for all your help really appreciate it
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Fertiliser feeds the plants so it is immediately available to any plant. However if the conifers have been in for some time and it looks that way, then they will have taken out an awful lot of the goodness in the soil. The only way to put that back is to add humus, that is compost, well rotted animal manure, leaf mould or any of the proprietary soil conditioners sold by the bag load in Garden centres.
Without this kind of material the fertliser will just wash out of the soil as there will be little in there to hold on to it.
Sorry, but in gardening there are very few quick fits, despite the Make over programmes on TV promising instant results.
I would say it is ivy also, I grew russian vine to cover the car-port, russian vine flowers are white.
If it is ivy then it re-shoots very easily. mind you though its a great plant for wildlife especially birds.
Conifers when hacked back to bare wood don't regrow anyway so I would suggest that the death of these is because of over-pruning rather than the ivy. My parents have ivy growing in their garden for the past 30+ years and it hasn't killed a mature tree yet.
Personally Id dig it out if it comes back then spray, if their plant dies you can say you were killing weeds in your own garden and didn't know it came through from them. Anway, you said it was rife in their garden so they probably wont noice anyway should their plant die.
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thankyou every one, i am not as concerned now if its ivy andwont kill things then that is fine as it can look quite nice was just concerned about planting a new hedge once the conifers were gone. Thankyou for all your help really appreciate it
I think mile a minute - easy to cut back and contain if you are persistent! Doesn't kill trees, just grows around them