Poison ivy
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Poison ivy
- From: J* N* Y*
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:58:08 -0400
The privet hedge has been invaded by poison ivy. Never had any
before this year. Some is sprouting a few inches away from the shrubs,
up through the mulch. The previous year, it was invaded by
Parthenocissus vine; again, I had never seen any before.
Each fall the neighbors dump a lot of wood chips to mulch their side
of the hedge. He's a building contractor so he probably gets the chips
from a customer who's had some trees cut down. The chips are fresh, not
at all composted.
Is it possible that these unwelcome vines came from this mulch?
I.e., suppose the original tree had been covered with poison ivy or
parthenocissus, then the tree was cut down and ground into chips. Could
the plants survive that, and sprout up again? I'm getting rid of them
regardless of how it got there, but I do wonder.
Janet
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