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Killing ivy
billingtonc
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how can we kill ivy roots? Have tried numerous mixtures but grows back. I have some very deep roots that need to be killed.
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Thank you. Have tried this but would like to know if there is anything stronger that can be used.
That's not available any more is it Tetley?
Last edited: 21 October 2016 18:40:32
In the sticks near Peterborough
Anything stronger than SBK wil linger in the soil, potentially damaging other things for months after. Patience is available in very small packets from one of the larger outlets, but I find it runs out fast!
H-C
As with all things gardening Patience is the name of the game. I removed ivy from both sides of my Bungalow when it decided to invade the roof space. Cut through the main trunk and remove about a foot or so of it. I then drilled the base as deep as I could with several holes poured in old engine oil and covered with heavy black plastic which was nailed in place, then walk away and forget it for a year.
One year later there was no new growth, the ivy on the wall had dried up and just pulled off like a carpet which was rolled up covered in plastic tied and transported to the tip in the car. The root base gradually rotted away, it was against a wall so not in the way and end of ivy. Have since done the same with two tree roots that outlasted their stay and it works, patience is a virtue they say well it certainly is in gardening. "Oh" and I had to clean the bricks where the ivy had been using a power washer, angle it to the bricks and it is easily removed.
Frank.