I would like to roto-till it up and plant sod, but I'm afraid the ivy will just come back. Do I need to use chemicals to get rid of the ivy?
2006-10-30 04:42:00 · 5 answers · asked by njyogibear 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If you dont want use things like roundup, wait until they are dormant, go around the yard, house, etc and pull up by the roots. Then either bag them in the garbage or preferably burn them so the seeds or roots dont spread. To find the root of the plant just follow the growth from the top to the bottom. Dig dip and try not to leave any pieces in the ground. This may take you a few seasons but this is the natural way to get rid of it. In the spring, look up the upcoming buds at ground level and dig those up and burn. You can get rid of it. I did and no poisons. If you are trying to keep from alot of holes in your grass, use a long narrow weed digger. Rototilling and covering with sod will do alot of the ivy in the rototilling can also grind up the roots and spread the ivy.
2006-10-30 05:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by juncogirl3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use round-up but I would use the Round-up Brush Formula or you can use a Brush Killer if it's in your lawn and you don't want to kill your grass. The trick is to use a Spreader/Sticker in your mixed chemical. The reason: English Ivy has thick waxy coating on the leaves and most water based chemicals bead up and run off and do nothing. The spreader/sticker effects the water surface tension so the chemical spreads out over the leaves and dries there instead of rolling off. Then it is effectively absorbed by the ivy and does it's work. You can get spreader/stickers at most good L&G centers. Several companies make them. The tech will help you.
Don't rototill it while it's alive. You'll just make many more plants.
2006-10-30 19:24:19 · answer #2 · answered by college kid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything from getting out there and pulling it up to using chemical will do the job. As expected though, it will have different degrees of success. If you pull it up or rototill there is a high probability that you will continue to pull it up for many years. My personal way would be to use chemicals to kill it completely and wait at least 4 to 6 weeks before you laydown your sod. This would be a good time to do that. Kill everything now and by spring your subgrade will be ready for you to go. I'd mix in some organics and regrade your area before you lay sod.
2006-10-30 13:05:16 · answer #3 · answered by Ron B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to dig up all the plants and the roots if poss.u may have to spray,u can ask ur local greenhouse shop on the chemical to kill it if needed to be
2006-10-30 12:46:22 · answer #4 · answered by ollie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would not hurt, kill it first with Roundup. Roundup goes to the root and kills it there.
2006-10-30 12:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋