[Guest]

My dad has asked me to help with killing English ivy. It's spreading from the neighbors into their yards and trees. I've tried 41% glyphosphate and it doesn't do much to slow it down. Anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[Movingshrub]

When we bought our house, English ivy had grown into the HVAC units, up multiple trees, up the entire side of the house and into the attic. I had very limited success with herbicide. Glyphosate didn't touch it. The best bet is to manually remove it. For the trees, cut a band of the ivy away around the trunk maybe a foot or two so you can new growth, and let everything else up in the tree wither and die.

I didn't know about this chemical when I was removing the ivy but I would look at giving Crossbow (2,4-D and Triclopyr) a try.

 

[Guest]

Thanks I will check out crossbow. You're right it pretty much laughs at glyphosphate. I would remove it manually but it's to much for just me and him. He has almost 3/4 of an acre covered but he stuff all over the trees and other bushes etc.

 

[Guest]

When we bought our house, English ivy had grown into the HVAC units, up multiple trees, up the entire side of the house and into the attic. I had very limited success with herbicide. Glyphosate didn't touch it. The best bet is to manually remove it. For the trees, cut a band of the ivy away around the trunk maybe a foot or two so you can new growth, and let everything else up in the tree wither and die.

I didn't know about this chemical when I was removing the ivy but I would look at giving Crossbow (2,4-D and Triclopyr) a try.

The fellow at Site One today on the phone told me to remove manually and respray the regrowth with roundup. I politely reminded him that we were talking over .75 of an acre that's thick with this ivy.
It pretty much came down to he wouldn't sell me anything because I didn't have a license. Still going to give some crossbow a try I believe.

 

[Movingshrub]

What a tool. You don't need a license for site one, and glyphosate doesn't exactly absorb through the roof so what good is that approach going to do? Order online or find a different supplier. Crossbow is available at the orange big box store, for around $20-25.

 

[HoosierHound]

I would recommend straight Triclopyr rather than the Crossbow, and it's going to require multiple applications. It is also extremely important to use a surfactant to get the weed killer to stick to the ivy's waxy leaves. Did you use a surfactant with the glysophate?

 

[Guest]

@HoosierHound Yes I did use a surfactant. Still didn't do much in the way of even stunting it.

@Movingshrub I'm going to try and find something from an online store. Locally the next closest places is about 45 min away that would carry it I believe.

 

[HoosierLawnGnome]

Yeah, glyphosate kills it too fast.

Triclopyr would be my recommendation - multiple apps 10-14 days apart with surfactant. Kill it slowly.

 

[Movingshrub]

Whichever works for you. Hopefully you kill it! Removing it manually is exhausting and can be a reoccurring task, but was the most fruitful approach in my opinion.