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Gardening

LWolf

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13. The ivy.

Reply to kurtzapril4 (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 08:47 AM

Apr 2012

Ivy has always given me hives, since I was a kid in the 70s.

I've never used round-up. I don't touch Monsanto.

I DO use industrial-strength vinegar, but it's not as effective in my area, because by the time it warms up enough to make it effective, the weeds are already too high.

If I could find a more natural, less damaging herbicide that didn't enrich evil mega-corporations like Monsanto, I'd use it, at least for some areas.

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No matter what I do, the ivy just KEEPS coming back and killing everything else in my garden [View all] LaydeeBug Mar 2012 OP

Personally, I love ivy... why is it supposedly bad for the house? hlthe2b Mar 2012 #1

It likes to pull the shingles off Retrograde Apr 2012 #12

You sound like me with creeping myrtle, Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #2

lol.... I'd be in heaven with a yard covered in ivy, honeysuckle, with edible mint & myrtle.... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #3

LOL, You can have it! Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #4

We did battle with that as well. It looks like morning glory but chokes out everything. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #5

That is the bindweed curlyred Apr 2012 #10

It only takes 1/4" of stem left in the ground to survive. Nasty shit. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #11

I'd use Roundup kurtzapril4 Mar 2012 #6

I'm allergic to it. LWolf Mar 2012 #7

The Ivy gives you hives? kurtzapril4 Mar 2012 #8

The ivy. LWolf Apr 2012 #13

Vinegar only top kills kurtzapril4 Apr 2012 #14

Acidifying is okay, LWolf Apr 2012 #15

personally, i think the idea that it is bad for houses is based on misperception. mopinko Apr 2012 #9