Gardening: How to remove ivy from brickwork and trees
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English ivy can often be found climbing up trees, buildings, fences, walls and anywhere it can creep and climb. While weed killers can work to oust the “problem” plant, this can have a negative impact on the surrounding environment and the habitats of animals and wildlife. Luckily, fans of cleaning and lifestyle sensation Mrs Hinch have shared their natural methods for getting rid of ivy.
The cleaning and lifestyle influencer has more than 4.5 million followers on Instagram and often shares her garden and home tips online.
Fans of hers have taken to social media in recent years to share their own hacks for solving common gardening problems.
On one such group, Facebook user Matthew Price asked: “Ivy problem. My wife and I have spent the last couple of weeks removing next doors ivy from our side of the fence panel.
“We thought we’d got it all but now it’s growing back. The fence is paper thin and I’m concerned it’s going to collapse.
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“I’ve considered shoring up the panel with some planks but how do we stop the ivy continuing to grow through?”
The post received almost 250 comments from Mrs Hinch fans with the most common suggestion being to use either white vinegar or lemon juice.
Jean Quinn said: “Spray the ivy with white vinegar which is more acidic.
“Be careful not to get it on areas that you want to grow plants or already have plants growing.”
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Maria Allen agreed and wrote: “Spray it with vinegar.” Meanwhile, Yvonne Docherty suggested using a combination of “vinegar, salt and washing up liquid”.
Margie Arkwright replied: “Throw vinegar all over the ground where it’s growing from.”
Marian James wrote: “Kinder to use lemon juice. It works!”
Tabitha Webb suggested: “We also use lemon juice on our ivy. I use the pancake lemon juice that comes in the squirt-y lemon.
“I do tend to keep the last one so I can water it down a bit and then I just squirt it on.
“I was told it wasn’t harmful to wildlife so we have always used it.”
Annie Leay commented: “Neat bleach Domestos (if no animals) but natural lemon juice (if there are).”
White vinegar and lemon juice can be found in most homes, but for those who don’t have them, they can be found in most local supermarkets.
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Tesco Lemon Juice costs £1.10 for 500ml while Jif Lemon Juice costs £1 for 250ml in Sainsbury’s.
ASDA Lemon Juice from Concentrate costs just 60p.
Sainsbury’s Distilled Vinegar costs 40p and Tesco Distilled Vinegar costs 29p.
Others suggestions for ousting ivy included using bleach, boiling water, weed killers, removing the fence and digging it out.
Carol Nutt replied: ‘My son killed his with bleach.”
Claire Weveritt commented: “Spray your side with Resolva weed killer. Will soon sort the whole thing out!”
Zara Everard said: “Boiling water over the ivy. Not the neighbours.”
Margaret Perry wrote: “The ivy and the fence need removing I’m afraid. Then the roots poisoned.
“You really have to talk nicely to your neighbour and maybe go halves on a new fence?”
Miriam Vanessa Hurley said: “I feel your pain, we back onto a graveyard and our whole fence was like that. We had to cut it all down and then kill the roots.
“Only way we could manage that was to take the panels out and replace them with new after the main stem had been found and sorted.”
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