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| Chris Meech 2006-04-23, 5:21 pm |
| Hi,
First post and am as green as ....
Revonovating very neglected garden. Basically digging practically everything
up and starting again. Lots of ivy with vicious roots. Do ivy roots work
like weeds? i.e. if I leave a bit will the ivy grow again? If as I suspect
they will how do I kill the stumps that are left under the soil and which I
can't pull up? Same question applies to various shrubs whose roots seem to
go to Australia, can I just leave them a foot or so below the surface?
Thanks
Chris
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| Bob Hobden 2006-04-24, 12:21 pm |
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"Chris Meech"wrote
> First post and am as green as ....
> Revonovating very neglected garden. Basically digging practically
> everything up and starting again. Lots of ivy with vicious roots. Do ivy
> roots work like weeds? i.e. if I leave a bit will the ivy grow again? If
> as I suspect they will how do I kill the stumps that are left under the
> soil and which I can't pull up? Same question applies to various shrubs
> whose roots seem to go to Australia, can I just leave them a foot or so
> below the surface?
Ivy and most shrubs will die once you dig out the main central clump of
roots, it's not like couch grass or bindweed where one little bit left in
the ground will re-sprout.
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Regards
Bob
"Never get so busy making a living
that you forget to make a life"
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| Brian Watson 2006-04-25, 3:21 am |
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"Chris Meech" <chrisshopping@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:J7R2g.3017$m4.680@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> Hi,
> First post and am as green as ....
> Revonovating very neglected garden. Basically digging practically
> everything up and starting again. Lots of ivy with vicious roots. Do ivy
> roots work like weeds? i.e. if I leave a bit will the ivy grow again? If
> as I suspect they will how do I kill the stumps that are left under the
> soil and which I can't pull up? Same question applies to various shrubs
> whose roots seem to go to Australia, can I just leave them a foot or so
> below the surface?
Dig out more than you think you can!
What you can't get out is best treated with a root killer product as it will
then eventually turn into useful compost where it stands ... er ... lies ...
er ... you get the idea.
:-)
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Brian
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| Chris Meech 2006-04-25, 8:21 pm |
| Thanks Brian and Bob
"Brian Watson" <WACCI_inf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4b5rd9Fv5ke0U1@individual.net...
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> "Chris Meech" <chrisshopping@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:J7R2g.3017$m4.680@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
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> Dig out more than you think you can!
>
> What you can't get out is best treated with a root killer product as it
> will then eventually turn into useful compost where it stands ... er ...
> lies ... er ... you get the idea.
>
> :-)
> --
> Brian
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