Re: ground ivy was: worms /soil building
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: ground ivy was: worms /soil building
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:17:17 EDT
Ground ivy: Yes, as Marge said, this is a real nuisance plant and ppulling
it seems the only solution. I had a yard that had several areas with ground
covers, euonymous, English ivy, and vinca. I worked for days every year
hand-ppulling every strand of this stuff I found in these areas and after 15
years I had it almost eradicated. Of course I couldn't use Round-Up (Finale
is my new herbicide of choice) because of the ground covers.
And Marge is also absolutely correct that it will travel under mulches, even
newspapers and cardboard. It's also now in the grasses on nearly all sides
of my beds. I trench around each bed every year which keeps it out of the
beds for the most part, and what does creep in I pull. I think that may be
the only solution until someone either finds a very specific herbicide for
this beast, or a genetic solution. Too bad the deer don't seem to like it
either.
Bill Lee
Zone 6a Cincinnati
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