Re: [SG]

Thanks for the ideas.  Do you think it might speed along the death of
this over zealous vine to cover it, e.g. with a tarp or a black cover
for an extended period of time?  It sounds kind of extreme, but if I
cover it with something ??? non-permeable, permeable?  couldn't I put
good soil on top of the cover and plant annuals there until the ivy is
strangled out?

Denise Holder

-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Holder <DENISEHOLDER@PRODIGY.NET>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
<shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 5:07 PM
Subject: [SG]


I recently moved into a home where the prior owners were vine happy.
It's a small lot, but there are several very nice mature trees, so of
course, shady in many places.  Problem is, under one of the oak trees
and underneath 4 forsythia bushes there is a mass of english ivy.
When I moved in, I mowed much of it down, intending to continue
fighting it until one of us won.  I've pulled it, tilled it, mowed it
and weed whacked it.  I've done everything I can think of except douse
it with chemicals, which I hate to do.  I've heard that the only way
to get rid of it is to pour gasoline or spectricide on it, but then
nothing will grow for a year.  Seems like this would likely harm the
forsythia too, and maybe even the oak.

I want this stuff out of here and am willing to fight the good fight,
but I don't want to hurt the other vegetation it's around in order to
do it.

Any recommendations?  I live in the suburbs, so burning it is not an
option.

Denise Holder
Zone 6
St. Louis, MO
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