Stopping ivy growing on wall
Hi folks,I have a large wall that ivy has been left to it's own
devices for too long I severed most of the roots feeding it from a
fllowerbed years ago but I think a lot of it was still growing over and
being fed from roots on my neighbours side as thats where it originated
from until it made it's way over our whole wall(And I found one root hidden by a bush on my side that I have cut this week),I am intending to cut
the branches growing from my neighbours garden where they cross on to my
boundary spreading on to my wall at the bottom of my garden could anyone advise a good tool to do this they are awkward as
they are thick and flush to the wall and some are about 3 to 4 inches
thick,the aim is just to cut off it's water source by carefully finding
all of its entry points on to my wall and then just leave it in situ,I'm
not going to start trying to rip it off,I'm going to make a gap of 12" so I know there are no connecting shoots and I can see any new
growth coming across and attack it as and when,I cant use poison as It
would kill my neighbours ivy and she likes it on her wall.
I'm
even thinking of buying a reciprocating saw but have no idea if that
would even be able to be used with the branches touching the wall as I
don't suppose the blade would travel enough,any help greatly
appreciated,I would like to stop it in it's tracks before it does more
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if you want to remove it, leave it for several months until there isn't a hint of green about it and start at the bottom and pull the stems away. If you start at the top, you'll end up pulling off only tiny bits at a time.
I don't know why it works that way, maybe it's just the way I've done it.