Getting rid of Ivy
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Comments (7)Round Up is glyphosate. Their patent on glyphosate expired some years ago so now there are quite a few other brands that are much cheaper. What you're looking for is 41% glyphosate. Tractor Supply and Walmart both carry house brands that are at least half the price of Round Up. The way it works is the glyphosate is absorbed by the leaves and from there is pulled into the roots where it kills the entire plant. If your orginal application beaded up and rolled off then that explains why it didn't work. The soap combined with a fine mist should fix that problem. As far as the bees go, I don't think it will bother them as they most likely won't get in it anyway but I'm not a bee expert. You might spray late in the evening while the bees aren't active so the herbicide will be dry by morning. I would consult with a bee expert just to make sure....See MoreBattle to get rid of Ivy and Vinca -what to do so I can plant?
Comments (6)We had/have a similar problem with St. John's Wort. It's dig, pull, repeat. The ground is likely good right now for doing this -- it looks like a total weekend project. We did this to our bed, but now I have planted grass in it so that I can mow any straglers. By the way, I have used the newspaper covered with a thick layer of mulch, etc. to smother nasty weeds in my veggie garden and it seems to have worked. This is just the second year so I'll see if my nasties return....See Morehow do I get rid of ivy?
Comments (5)Same as kayjones with me. I had boston Ivy on my house for 21 years, re-stained my house and realized I didn't like the vine. I then spent a week digging it up, and the root system is way too long. in the 21 years it was there, believe it or not, the same summer it grew through my foundation and in the groove of the step in my living room, there was the vine. IT WAS GROWING IN MY HOUSE. So then I just dug up more of it, and realized that it was the same vine that was growing across my lawn and into the woods more than 50 feet away. I guess the best way is to dig up and cut. Maybe use round up or some other form of total vegitation killer, but it may not be gone from the ground my the time growing season starts for you....See MoreGetting RID of Poison Ivy
Comments (160)Hello, I live along a creek in No.Cal. that runs into the county reservoir. We are in severe drought conditions. The creek dries as soon as rain stops. I have a long narrow 4 acres that completely parallel the creek 1 side & road the other. I have huge thickets of wild blackberry & massive amts. of poison oak & stinging nettle. 10 yrs. ago I had goats; otherwise I have left it all alone so wildlife has refuse. Now medically unemployable & have become more interested in hurgenkulture. I want to cut the dead oaks, over grown 50'Xmas trees and place them along the creek bed. I will being cutting the willow trees & bringing up to dry. If I spray brush be gone numerous times, when poison oak is dried & dead I lay the logs in piles over where p.o. was, cover with dried willow sticks & other dead sticks, compost, leaves, manure, dirt a few inches of top soil; will the poison oak grow through into my hugelkultur gardens. Ultimately my goal is to plant almost 1/10 mile of creekbed with these beds. They are drought resistant gardens for as the trees stumps hold water & release it they eliminate almost all watering. I plan to plant gardens most distant from the house with blueberry, currants, gooseberry and grapes. Then potatoes, onion, garlic, melons, squash and finally nearest gardens with tomato, peas,beans, and other daily veggies. Would it be best to use product that sterilizes creek bank soil killing poison oak, nettle & blackberry first? My husband is a firefighter & on the big wildland fires has gotten systemic poison oak. I always pray he doesn't get it in his lungs. Many of the firefighters have become highly sensitized. Thank you, Moni...See Moredoc_dot
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