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Joined: 30 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 12 11:47 am Post subject:

if he's cooperative about removing it, it may be worth while talking about allowing him to put up trellis to support climbers that won't damage the wall. that will encourage him to make sure the ivy does not grow back.

and M-J, the ivy i was talking about was the standard stuff that grows everywhere, it had been growing for 30+ years though. the bases that were cut through were at least 2 inches diameter.

I'd be tempted to apply a shitload of weedkiller and then physically remove it once it's obvious the weedkiller is in the process of working, then you know you've killed the roots as well.

lottie

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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 12 11:57 am Post subject:

onemanband wrote:

If you leave it to die it may be harder to remove once it is brittle rather than when it is live and can be yanked off in large pieces.

That's what we did wrong, we cut it at the bottom and left it to die but when we came to pull it off it left dried on bits and shreds on the wall that were welded there for years.

shadiya

Joined: 02 Feb 2008
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 12 12:20 pm Post subject:
What's wrong with Ivy? Looks nice, provides habitat, nectar for bees and a degree of protection from the weather. Give it a trim when it gets out of hand seems perfectly reasonable but nuking it? Your wall but I can't see what there is to be so cross about

Cathryn

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 12 12:41 pm Post subject:
It pulls out mortar and pulls off slates. It is a great plant in it's place though.

mochyn

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 12 1:41 pm Post subject:
Biggest problem with ivy on walls is that it gets under gutters and into the roof space.

jema
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 12 2:06 pm Post subject:
I liked the idea of Ivy, but have come to view it as a menace.

frewen

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 12 6:58 pm Post subject:

I would rather not have a plant that damages the mortar and disrupts the roofing tiles on the whole gable end of my home. I wouldn't dream of planting anything up someone else's property either - not without asking them first!

Two years ago we had to have the first two layers of roofing tiles off and repaired (not due to ivy damage I should add). Health and Safety demanded scaffolding and it was an expensive business. It's not a process I want (or can afford) to repeat.

Fortunately neither does my neighbor and he has cut the ivy and scraped it from the wall. We haven't fallen out and we understand each other far better.

So with a bit of luck that will be the end of it.

chez

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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 12 7:02 pm Post subject:
Isn't Virginia Creeper supposed to be okay, though? ie, it's not destructive in the same way? ETA: good it's sorted, frewen.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 9:28 am Post subject:
No, its actually faster.... It can do 6 ft easy in a season and again ggoes for gutters and eaves...so do montana clematis... had both on my house in Burnley - nightmare to stop getting into the loft.

Nicky cigreen

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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 10:15 am Post subject:
well done for getting it sorted. you could allow him to fix trellis to your wall and plant something less invasive maybe?

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 10:19 am Post subject:
It does grow quicker, but its roots don't dig into the mortar and brickwork in the way that ivy does.

NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 11:27 am Post subject:

colour it green wrote:

well done for getting it sorted. you could allow him to fix trellis to your wall and plant something less invasive maybe?

That sounds nice

What about a clematis? Or a grapevine... *hic*

gil
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 2:27 pm Post subject:
Climbing hydrangea is slower and supposedly non-invasive.

alice

Joined: 18 Feb 2006
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 4:33 pm Post subject:
Ditch the green stuff, how about a nice muriel......

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 12 4:53 pm Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

No, its actually faster....
It can do 6 ft easy in a season and again ggoes for gutters and eaves...so do montana clematis...
had both on my house in Burnley - nightmare to stop getting into the loft.

Yes when it reaches the top, cut it back and pull it down and replant. It's ok up the brick work but a bugger in the eaves.

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