Growing up the side garden (brick) wall of my place is ivy - tons of the chuffing stuff :mad:.
Its now crawling up onto the house / ground floor extension roof etc...
How do I get rid - permanently?
I've bought weed killer (normal B&Q stuff) and even the leaves laughed it off :eek:...Any ideas? Thanks :) P

Same as the dock leaves thread, Glyphosphate:thumb:

The only thing to do is to pull it all off by hand.(ooh-err). It will ruin your brickwork if your not careful, its incredibly strong. Get it all off, but leave a few inches to start re-growing, then zap it with neat roundup. Thats what i would do anyway HTH

I found the most efficient way was to find the main stems and cut them through-this eventually killed the cilmbers, which could be then pulled off the wall. Then I dug as much of the roots out as possible and kept the area continually hoed to sort any new shoots out. It worked !

Good luck

JBL

Ivy ruining brickwork is a myth, brought about by people who've discovered that the sh!t mortar used to build their houses has fallen out when they pulled ivy down.

I'm not esp keen on handling the ivy until its dead dead dead due to a staggering phobia of wasps and a disliking of large spiders... Is Glyphosphate something I can spray onto the plant which will kill it dead dead dead?
Otherwise I might have to phone Charlie Dimmock who will attack the ivy with her bussoms...

Yes you can spray Glyphosphate (round up) onto the ivy, yes it will kill it stone dead, but it ain't Paul Daniels, the ivy on your wall isn't going to disappear;) You are still going to have to get up close & personal with the deceased remains in order to dispose of it:)

And depending on the size of the ivy, may take more than 1 or 2 doses. Buy concentrated Glyphosate from a nursery and dilute it to your own strength (normal strength is 50ml to 4 litres :eek: ), round up is already diluted, so you can't make it a stronger mix ;) .

Nate.

Cheers Nate :) I will be purchasing some Glyphosate today and its time for war :mad: - Just me and the ivy.... Did I fire 6 squirts or did I fire 5.... You feeling lucky plant? :)

This may be a dumb statement too late, but cut a foot-long section out of the stem of the ivy near the base, so there is absolutely no way that water can get from the roots to the plant. Barely seconds after you've made the sawcut, spray glysophate on the wound, copiously.

Even though mine was dead eight months after I'd severed any link between root and branch (and I'd severed several links between branches, too), the ******* stuff still ripped the mortar off when I pulled it.

As above really with regards to cutting a section out of the stem,but also cut into the heart of the stem so the round-up or equivalent doesn't just run off.A local farmer would be your best bet to get hold of some undilluted round-up etc.
Regards
Dean

As said above, 'Round-Up' is a diluted form of Glyphosate. Get concentrated glyphosate from a local nursery, ask for it if you can't see the difference, but it is usaually £5-£6 for 250ml .

Nate.

I'm not asking for something I can't even say right........;)

I'm not asking for something I can't even say right........;)

LOL :D Just do what I did and ask for round up then :D

Well - 2 coats of roundup are now on and another to go on the weekend - so hopefully it wont be long before the game is won...