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ivy trough establised hedge

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  • 25-04-2017 2:05pm
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    mickward
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I have an established hawthorn hedge and I really like it, it is much older than I am so I want to give it every chance.

    Problem is Ivy is now growing rampantly through it.

    the hedge is set in a stone wall surrounding my property, my property is higher that the fields around it. I don't want to damage the stone wall either.

    So how do I control the ivy, I was told to keep the hedge cut which I have done, but so far this has made the ivy problem much worse.

    Help me please!


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    Living Off The Splash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭Living Off The Splash


    You need to cut the ivy at the base and it will die off and rot away. Unfortunately ivy is a curse to get rid off.


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    Hocus Focus
    Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭Hocus Focus


    Follow up with a brushwood killer, such as SBK, painted onto the stumps of the ivy.


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