I have it growing on my foundation wall and have got it cut back. But it’s still there. I am thinking of also getting VINEGAR to keep dumping on it because it did kill weeds in the driveway too. And of course I will have to keep cutting it back. It is messing up the foundation wall. ( just bought the home 1 year ago )
Why not just clear the ground at ground level and cut the vines there? Contemplating about applying blue foam glyco-phosphate to the lower vine cuts. Local muni forest has many trees engulfed
I found this response to another video and thought it was worth sharing. Right, this is going to be long, but please bear with me, I think I have to correct what I see as a couple of errors. And thanks for posting: I love your enthusiasm and commitment! Here we go: Trees are good at carbon capture, but very bad at sequestering it. Carbon sequestration can be said to have occurred where carbon is locked away from cycling in the biosphere - say in a peat bog in deep-buried anaerobic peat deposits or in a maerl bed locked in as calcium carbonate laid down by the maerl (a marine alga). Trees/forests capture carbon in their bodies and root systems but trees, along with their mycorrhizal associates (fungi) are extremely good at nutrient and carbon cycling, transporting oxygen down via their root systems where it diffuses out into the soil. If trunks and branches fall into a deep water body or a bog where they are preserved from rot, you can say that carbon sequestration has occurred, but standing timber in a wood, that's carbon capture. The amount of carbon a forest can capture is finite, limited to a maximum incorporated in the trees and plants at climax canopy; thereafter carbon cycles. The amount a peat bog can capture is far greater as the bog goes on accumulating layers of peat, getting deeper over centuries and millennia. If the bodies of trees are used to build and stay in place for hundreds of years, then I guess that is carbon sequestration by another route. Also, ivy of itself, does not kill trees. On a healthy broadleaved tree with a healthy canopy, it remains suppressed by the shade of the tree canopy in summer, exactly as seen on your lovely specimen. It does the majority of its photosynthesis (and flowering) in winter after leaf-fall when light levels reaching it are higher. It derives no nutrient from the tree, merely using it to get a free ride up off the ground without having to put on the girth that a tree has to. The mass of ivy is excellent nesting cover for birds and the flowers (in autumn and winter) are an excellent nectar source for late-flying insects and honey bees. The fruits which mature at intervals though the winter and into early spring are rich in fats and are exellent for birds and small mammals when other resources are scarce. If the tree is in trouble for some reason and the canopy thins, then the ivy can get away and increase the likelihood of wind-blow. In extreme cases it can girdle a tree with stems, but this usually happens in stressed trees with thinned canopies and very old, strongly-growing ivy. If this is a worry, you can slow it down by cutting some of the stems and keep some of its other wildlife value. Ivy is an introduced species in the US (never a good plan), but this is another story....... Do you have the vine Fallopia baldschuanica in the US? That one can kill trees by growing right over the canopy and shading the tree out... Hope that is useful.
I have to disagree, English ivy does kill trees. I believe it is very beneficial in its native range but here in North Carolina they do a lot of damage. They can get as big as a person's forearm climbing up trees, so they do put on the girth. They weigh down young trees, causing them to topple over and die. This is bad because the canopy just get thinner and thinner when old trees die. It's so sad to see most young trees on the green trail near my place dead or dying because of this vine. On big trees they can completely cover the bark, accumulating excess moisture, adding weight and causing diseases. They also grow and flower very well in the shade in spring and summer, not winter. On the ground they choke out most native species except for the occasional poison ivy. Where English ivy is removed, native vines appear. They also provide good food and habitat for native wildlife (Virginia creeper, smilax, poison ivy, trumpet vine)
I have it growing on my house, it looks magical, fairy tale like and academic, I love it. I keep it 4 feet below my roof line so it's not in my gutters. The problem is it's spread to my giant, 30 ft. tall magnolia tree, but it and the ivy seems to be thriving.
Great Video - Can you please make a video explaining how to get rid of English IVY with chemicals?
I have it growing on my foundation wall and have got it cut back. But it’s still there. I am thinking of also getting VINEGAR to keep dumping on it because it did kill weeds in the driveway too. And of course I will have to keep cutting it back. It is messing up the foundation wall. ( just bought the home 1 year ago )
I can't move! It wrapped around me and won't let go.
I guess this is the end.
Great video. You two work great together 😊
Why not just clear the ground at ground level and cut the vines there? Contemplating about applying blue foam glyco-phosphate to the lower vine cuts.
Local muni forest has many trees engulfed
Amazing work ladies. Hope you have a wonderful day :)
Big Roots ....I've got roots on a big tree that are the size of my forearm ! English Ivy is the scourge of the earth LOL...
Great video. Thanks a lot.
Dear ladies thank you
Wow she is standing like a guard soldier
I found this response to another video and thought it was worth sharing.
Right, this is going to be long, but please bear with me, I think I have to correct what I see as a couple of errors. And thanks for posting: I love your enthusiasm and commitment!
Here we go: Trees are good at carbon capture, but very bad at sequestering it. Carbon sequestration can be said to have occurred where carbon is locked away from cycling in the biosphere - say in a peat bog in deep-buried anaerobic peat deposits or in a maerl bed locked in as calcium carbonate laid down by the maerl (a marine alga). Trees/forests capture carbon in their bodies and root systems but trees, along with their mycorrhizal associates (fungi) are extremely good at nutrient and carbon cycling, transporting oxygen down via their root systems where it diffuses out into the soil. If trunks and branches fall into a deep water body or a bog where they are preserved from rot, you can say that carbon sequestration has occurred, but standing timber in a wood, that's carbon capture. The amount of carbon a forest can capture is finite, limited to a maximum incorporated in the trees and plants at climax canopy; thereafter carbon cycles. The amount a peat bog can capture is far greater as the bog goes on accumulating layers of peat, getting deeper over centuries and millennia. If the bodies of trees are used to build and stay in place for hundreds of years, then I guess that is carbon sequestration by another route.
Also, ivy of itself, does not kill trees. On a healthy broadleaved tree with a healthy canopy, it remains suppressed by the shade of the tree canopy in summer, exactly as seen on your lovely specimen. It does the majority of its photosynthesis (and flowering) in winter after leaf-fall when light levels reaching it are higher. It derives no nutrient from the tree, merely using it to get a free ride up off the ground without having to put on the girth that a tree has to. The mass of ivy is excellent nesting cover for birds and the flowers (in autumn and winter) are an excellent nectar source for late-flying insects and honey bees. The fruits which mature at intervals though the winter and into early spring are rich in fats and are exellent for birds and small mammals when other resources are scarce.
If the tree is in trouble for some reason and the canopy thins, then the ivy can get away and increase the likelihood of wind-blow. In extreme cases it can girdle a tree with stems, but this usually happens in stressed trees with thinned canopies and very old, strongly-growing ivy. If this is a worry, you can slow it down by cutting some of the stems and keep some of its other wildlife value.
Ivy is an introduced species in the US (never a good plan), but this is another story.......
Do you have the vine Fallopia baldschuanica in the US? That one can kill trees by growing right over the canopy and shading the tree out... Hope that is useful.
I have to disagree, English ivy does kill trees. I believe it is very beneficial in its native range but here in North Carolina they do a lot of damage. They can get as big as a person's forearm climbing up trees, so they do put on the girth. They weigh down young trees, causing them to topple over and die. This is bad because the canopy just get thinner and thinner when old trees die. It's so sad to see most young trees on the green trail near my place dead or dying because of this vine.
On big trees they can completely cover the bark, accumulating excess moisture, adding weight and causing diseases. They also grow and flower very well in the shade in spring and summer, not winter. On the ground they choke out most native species except for the occasional poison ivy.
Where English ivy is removed, native vines appear. They also provide good food and habitat for native wildlife (Virginia creeper, smilax, poison ivy, trumpet vine)
I have it growing on my house, it looks magical, fairy tale like and academic, I love it. I keep it 4 feet below my roof line so it's not in my gutters. The problem is it's spread to my giant, 30 ft. tall magnolia tree, but it and the ivy seems to be thriving.
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Don't know what they are doing 😢
Yikes!
It's as bad as Wisteria, grrr!