Ivy

 


My Ivy has ran wild, while I wans't looking over th last 5 years :)
Now that I notice it it has spread right up the side of the house and
across the
roof tiles, is it safe or will it destroy the roof?




--
Outdoor

 

Outdoor wrote:

I doubt it will do any damage.  Trying to pull it off will do a lot more
damage than leaving it.  It may be keeping loose tiles in place and stopping
them falling off!

If you really want to get rid of it, cut it away without pulling.  If that's
not a real option, the only way would be to spray it with glyphosate or some
other powerful weedkiller and let it die off.  It would leave a mess for
quite some time...

--
Jeff
(cut "thetape" to reply)

 

On 19/11/07 18:34, in article Outdoor.1b7aa16@gardenbanter.co.uk, "Outdoor"


As the ivy matures and stems thicken I would have thought it would do a lot
of damage to tiles, guttering and drain pipes.  Don't pull it off, or not
yet.  Cut it at the desired height and leave to die back, then get it off.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

 

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:49:22 +0000, Sacha


We pulled living ivy off our red brick house, and it left a terrible
mess behind. I wish now that we had cut it and let it dry out first. A
lesson learned!    

 

wrote:

What I hear is that if the walls etc are in good condition then it
will actually protect the wall to some extent but if it gets under
tiles etc then it will lift them.