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Ivy in hedge

  • 20-06-2007 9:16am
    #1
    glebe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭


    Looking to try to do tidy up an existing boundary hedge.
    Problem is that ivy has grown throughy most of the hedge.
    To get rid of this ivy would it need to be removed by hand
    or is there a weed killer / spray that could be used with out
    damaging the hedge.

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    No easy answer to this. Personally I would dig it out, it's very therapeutic. You could cut the stems off and paint the stump with brushwood killer or pull the vines out of the hedge, crush the leaves (ivy leaves don't readily absorb herbicides) and paint with Round-up. I would leave this until September, when the sap is returning, for best effect. Whichever way you choose don't expect instant results and treatment may have to be repeated several times.


  • #3
    glebe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭glebe


    Thks for advice Bmaxi,

    Want to leave the hedge but the ivy has made it very
    unsightly. Also hedge is not triving as it should be.
    Someone told me it may be that ivy is taking from
    the hedge.


  • #4
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    All the more reason, I would say, to physically remove the ivy as it is probably competing for light and water. Underneath a hedge can be a very dry place. I would get the ivy out then water the hedge well for a week or so, even if it's been raining, then a liquid feed. Of course there are other reasons why the hedge is not thriving and ivy could be the result rather than the cause of this.


  • #5
    pjq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭pjq


    I think that the easiest method is to smother the ivy on the ground firstly by covering it with grass clippings (no light). Step 2 is to break the ivy stems climing up the hedge plants , prise the ivy away from the hedge stem and break/cut a 5cm ring around the plant . It will take time and plenty of grass to do the ground cover and the vertical stems might be easier after leaf fall .


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