Remove English Ivy from trees, 3 easy steps for arborists.
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2021
- Step one: cut upper and lower sections of the stalk exposing one foot of cleared area, Step 2: wait for Ivy to completely die and lose its footing within the canopy. Step 3: remove large sections of dead Ivy by pulling down at an outward angle from the tree.
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Thank you! That was Super helpful! Amazing how you covered a good deal in a really economic span. One of the best zero bs vids. I recall.
Feels so rewarding after you free a tree from all the ivy pulling it down.
Good advice. Thank yoj
The least amount of effort for the maximum amount of result. I love that, it's a scientific term known as elegance. Thanks for the tips!
Good for you for not resorting to chemicals to get rid of the ivy!
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Great video. Clear and concise - thank you!
Genius, you just saved me so much time, thank you!!
Thank you! Exactly the info I needed for my property
I really appreciate your very helpful informative video thankyou so much. I have a woods at back of my house Ive been dealing with it as council wont. I hadnt noticed one tree had ivy climbing it and its now cutting out light to house tomorrow gonna give your method a good try 😊
Great advice. I need to do this with about 40 conifer trees.
Me and my dad just trimmed some large ivy bushes and the ivy growing up the tree. Had to take the chainsaw to the roots growing around the tree, tore out some of the ground level roots by hand, etc. Best to use a hedge trimmer for the the green parts of the ivy. The branches will get stuck in your chainsaw. After that, take out the chainsaw for the roots and don't be afraid to dig in the dirt for any hidden roots.
I'm trying to fix this exact issue on a tree in our backyard. There's a few huge roots with smaller ones tangled on top and I had no idea how to get them off without damaging the trunk. I'll pick up a handsaw!
good ole' elbow grease and hardwork my man! i don't believe in using herbicide either
Thank you and greetings from Algeria :-)
Blessings to you and your family!
Great video. Thank you.
Great content! Thanks
Thanks Dude! Great video!
Had it growing up a maple and all around the base for a large circumference and I painstakingly tore out the Ivy when it was not thriving. Basically in late winter early spring and after being suffocated a bit but my leaf mold piles I put over it In the fall I then used all the pine needles and small pine clippings to make a 6" mat of pine needles from where the ivy grew. My hope is this pine will suffocate or acidify the area enough over the next year to make this a viable place to grow other stuff
I've tied a rope on them and pulled them out with my truck before. You can pull more of it out when its still green.
When it dries it breaks off too easy and leaves big pieces in the tree.
That's sure one approach, but that can also cause collateral damage to a trees canopy and branch structure - some species like evergreens and trees with lots of branchings can suffer badly from that treatment while other species of trees with smoother bark and that have fewer branchings can tolerate the rough handling well). With smaller vines in the right tree it's sometimes fun to yank them out by hand (from the ground) and you get to understand which trees pulling works on (those where it's easy to get long strands falling from up high) and those which don't stand it well (those where pulling is hard to do and where the vines break rather than pulling out).
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Great video! I just done this on a silver birch that would have bben killed by ivy.
Grear video. Thank you. Know i know what to do. 👍🇮🇪💪
Very interesting
I just noticed in Maryland where I live most of the trees on the sides of the road are covered in English ivy feel bad for the trees I did save a oak tree on my property I uncovered it under of bunch of honeysuckle vines only noticed it because its red fall leaves I guess its a red oak
Thank you for saving your tree! I dry throughout Maryland quiet often (I live in NOVA) and it always concerns me the amount of invasive vines growing over the trees, I’ve written some associations but it feels like it needs to be addressed by some authority, I just don’t know which one 😳 Any ideas?
I have a couple of 140 foot Duglas fir treas and I cut the Ivy and stripped it for about 4 feet on one and just cut the other. It took a year but the tree I did not cut the 5 foot gap the Ivy is still there but the one with the gap had all of the 80 feet of Ivy crashed to the ground.
thanks chief
Thank for sharing this. The last owner 20 years never did and thing and we have poison ivy everywhere. So no I can do this probably.
I've seen some IV nest of the Columbia River the stem is a stick as an arm
Using herbicides feeds the corporate beast, good on ya. Over an inch? I 've worked with Ivy 3 inches + in diameter. I say cut the ivy low, walk away and come back in a month or two and pull it free of the whole tree in one piece in 2 minutes. Japanese hatchet and maybe a small pry bar. It is possible to end up with some interesting trellis, but it doesn't last longer than a couple years max.
Just hard work is the only way
Great video. Thank you. In a worse case like you have here, how long will it take that ivy to die and release it's hold to where it's easiest to pull off?
3 months normally
Also, presumably if you do that severing of the vine at the trunk base and where it might be bridging over from a neighbor tree (think cedar hedge) say in spring time and then wait until autumn, you could call in an Arborist then to do the full aesthetic clean up for a lower cost when it's easier to manage - would that be right?
I have a number of evergreens along the property line that have ivy growing up into them from the neighbors yard. My plan of attack is to weed eat the ivy that’s covering the ground so I can get to the trees. It’s April in Georgia so I want to make sure there’s no snakes (copperheads) hiding out in the ivy. I plan on pulling up as many vines as I can and removing a section as you did on the trees.
Want the stuff gone but really don’t want to use herbicides to do do it. Going to do one tree at a time over the next few months.
Sounds like a good plan👍😎
How long before ivy dies? And maybe you can post a before, during and after picture. Good information thanks
Did we find out how long?
@@briansickles8597He replied 3 months on another comment
Did mine like this last summer. Hasn’t come back since.
Great video, thank you. Now where did you get that amazing helmet? I need something like that.
It’s a “protos” by pfanner it’s been a good helmet that also offers side impact and hearing protection that hides inside the helmet instead of outside getting stuck on all the brush we encounter.
If you pull the ivy off and some bark comes with it, should you cover that barkless area with something, and if so, what?
Can it be said that while nicks/cuts of the tree bark with chainsaw or handsaw should be avoided, hasn't the tree been wounded far more having the vine weight, bark anchors, and smothering foliage on it?
Can the roots travel above ground? Are they bare?
How should ivy be disposed off? I've noticed a single stem start to grow on it's own.
Thanks for the neat lesson. How long must we wait after severing off the branches before ripping off the dead vines? six months or more?
As long as they are all severed it’s pretty quick within a few months they are completely dead and easy to remove.
As long as they are all severed it’s pretty quick within a few months they are completely dead and easy to remove.
As long as they are all severed it’s pretty quick within a few months they are completely dead and easy to remove.
As long as they are all severed it’s pretty quick within a few months they are completely dead and easy to remove.
My local arborist also said that just cutting it out is enough but then he adds that they sell a "paint it on" type of herbicide that would kill the vine roots.
What's your opinion on doing that, if you please. Thanks!
I can see why someone would use it but we are against the use of any herbicide that is not natural or kills aquatic life.
@@oneministries4878 I understand --Thanks!
The use of concentrated glyphosphate as a stump treatment is the standard for the us forest service for killing invasive shrubs and vines. For it to work on English Ivy, the vines need to be large enough. Using it this way uses a very small amount of chemical which is absorbed into the vine and then degrades as the vine does. It doesn’t harm aquatic life as long as you apply well before rain and follow all guidelines. Many purists will scoff at the idea, but it’s the only practical way to restore ecosystems and exterminate many invasive species which are displacing native plants. I recommend this method fully
@@tylerk.7947 I cut and applied the concentrate to 6 vines that were indeed large - 4 to 6 inches around! They'd had there way for long enough. After only a month, I can look up and see mostly pecan leaves now. Practical indeed!
Thanks for the confirmation.
Nice video. Are they itchy?
A little, mainly they harbor a lot of dust and block your view as you work.
I am told on the lower cut part of the ivy you are supposed to duck tap table salt to the open end and it will kill the ivy root even in the ground.
I haven’t heard that one, but it sounds like it might work
How long until the ivy dies?
In NY where ivy seems rampant the county govt says that no vines with hair should be touched or removed as poison ivy has a hairy attribute. For a of lot of trees here the the ivy leaves are only in the canopy,not in the lower 40 ft. My feeling is that poison ivy vines do not get so thick and tend to be reddish. Is that a valid way to tell the bare vines apart?
Under close scrutiny they don’t look the same. Ivy is evergreen and poison ivy is deciduous.
What is that type of a hand saw called? Is it a standard one that can be bought in any tool place?
This one is a Silky brand made in Japan
@@oneministries4878 Just googled the brand Silky as I never heard of them. Easy enough to get their products. Good to know what the professionals use! Thank you
Great video, but my arms are stinging watching this..haha
How do you actually kill the ivy off? You've removed it from tree but I'd like to take out root
It’s not deeply rooted, the best most natural way is to dig up the roots. Touching the cut ends with copper sulfate can also work. We do not advise the use of any chemical herbicides.
This does not work when you have mature ivy on the tree . The ivy will continue to grow higher up in the tree . You have to go all the way up the tree and cut the vines at regular intervals . Cutting the vines at the base WILL NOT kill the ivy .
I’m sorry, your wrong. Cutting the ivy completely will definitely kill it, you must have missed some. Check again
@@oneministries4878 Yes it will kill it if the ivy growth is not well established . But if the ivy has been growing on a tree or wall for a long time it will kill the ivy above the cut but higher in the tree or walk the ivy will continue to grow normally . I have cut the vines all around the base of a tree but the ivy is still growing high up in the tree . This
@@eamonhannon1103 it’s only possible in a tree with a rotten space to facilitate roots. Otherwise, (and this happens a lot) you missed a stem or didn’t completely separate it.
@@oneministries4878 Ok , I will check it again to check I did not miss any of the vines but I am sure I got them all . I have seen cases where I have cut the vine and it has has a shoot with leaves still growing some distance above the cut months /years later . The vine is still alive some how . Is the plant able to feed the vines from the leaves higher up or get nutrients to keep it alive by feeding on the the bark of the tree ? I would love to see a video or description describing the biology of this fascinating plant . I want to understand how it works . I am in Ireland so there may be some differences with the ivy variety we have here. In my experience ivy is a MOST RESILIANT plant when it is mature and established . It is easy to kill if the ivy has been growing for a relatively short time on a wall or a tree but if it is mature - that is another story . As I say I will check again to make sure that I cut all of the vines and post on here when I have done this .
@@eamonhannon1103 the other reply was right. As long as you cut all the vines at the base of the trunk, the Ivy WILL die. The aerial portions of the vine do not have “true roots”. Those hairs along the vine are modified tendrils and are only used for attaching to surfaces. The Ivy needs a rooting medium I.e. soil contact in order to grow. As said, it’s possible for Ivy to find rotting cavities or crotches in trees to root into, however I doubt that it could extract the necessary water and nutrient requirements from that to continue growing indefinitely. Keep in mind that after cutting the Ivy vines at the base of a trunk it can sometimes take months for the aerial portions to die back and drop leaves.
This told me nothing about actually removing the vines.
Everyone should already know you can cut them
What about yanking them off the tree?
Are you personally immun to poison ivy? You grabbing and leaning into it I would be so worried. Poison ivy is my biggest fear, I am from a country where we don’t have poison ivy
English ivy not poison ivy
English ivy here not poison ivy.
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.
easy way to kill ivy is to take a cordless drill 10mm drill bit and a 901 torch drill a hole in the the stem of the offender over half way and again 20mm to the right trying to meet each other forming a v just beyond center 901 cheap as chips on amazon butane gas flame throwing little beast hit the hole and watch iit ivy steam of dismay as you kill anything above level you drilled then you sit and wait till you see the leaves drop 5 months depending on weather and wind then you wait to see the tips off the stems peel back from the branches about ten years but by then you will be able to pull the stem you drilled of the tree easy well saves chipping it all off in a week breaking your back
I have to ask, other than the satisfaction of drilling hole and using fire, why is this different or better than just cutting with a handsaw like the video showed?
well if your saws somewhere in the shed and you cannot find it this way works to with less effort
Puts ear protection on, turns out to be a electrical chain saw, lol
Keeps the sawdust out of your ears