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[Terbs]

Hi all,

I am trying to remove ivy from the garden. Its inherited from the garden behind, but has run down the ajoining fence between me and my neighbour.
I have cleared all the ivy, and am digging as much root out as I can. Can't get it all as some goes through to next door, and there is a 6ft fence between us..
Question is, if I dig out as much as possible, then spray with Glysulphate, will any open root stumps/ends absorb the stuff and die.....or
Secondly, if I leave it to see if new shoots appear, should I then spray the new growth to kill the roots

Or is there another way !!!

[cleggy]

Keep spraying eventually it will die.

[Terbs]

Thanks mate....
What with the other problems, this knackering me. Geez its flippin' hot here.

[bertie1.8vectra]

Tell me about it ive cutting bushes and ivy back all day at work.... still got pins n needles 5 hrs after switching the bloody powers tools off!! Lol 

[maracus]

Glyphosate can be very effective but its capabilities vary a lot from one product to another. There's many glyphosate products available and the diversity between them is unreal!
Look on this link at how many glyphosate products alone are listed!!

http://rhs.org.uk/advice/pdfs/weedkiller-for-home-gardeners

You'll probably find that you're best getting one you need to mix... They may show on the label their effectiveness at killing ivy and at what concentration to use it. Definitely would have thought repeat treatments would nail it before long 

[maracus]

After re reading your post, there are (glyphosate) products that are label approved for use as stump killer so they may work on ivy "stumps" the same. So could probably achieve results either way. Just remover reading the label is the Key 

[Andy H]

Tell me about it ive cutting bushes and ivy back all day at work.... still got pins n needles 5 hrs after switching the bloody powers tools off!! Lol 

Classic white finger symptoms. 

They are not paying you enough to justify running the risk of becoming disabled. It might seem insignificant now but the damage can quickly become permanent and leave you in constant pain.

[Terbs]

Thanks for info, and link. Wading through the info now. 

[cleggy]

You could always use a solution of Sodium Chlorate, trouble is it kills everything and the ground is useless for a few months. You could mix the Chlorate with sugar, bung it in a copper tube add a fuse, run like freak and blow the sucker to kingdom come.

[Terbs]

Now you're talking, Dave 

Thats my sort of solution. Why p**s about, straight to it

[maracus]

What is sodium chlorate? And where can I get some?

Sounds fun haha!

[cleggy]

A weedkiller chemical (I won't go into the chemistry) available at any garden centre. Nowadays it contains a fire retardant to counteract it's explosive nature, so you can't have the fun I had as a kid with pipe bombs. Stupid really, a friend lost three fingers using a steel pipe which caused a spark when he hammered  the ends sealed.
I warned him only to use copper or aluminium, and the results were horrific , never did it  again . Although a broom handle pushed six inches into the ground and the resulting hole filled with Chlorate and sugar produced a great fountain when ignited. If you added iron filings or other chemicals you got crackles, sparks and different colours.