How do I get rid of Persian ivy?

Question

I live in North Texas.
The ivy is crawling across my yard and up my trees.
I want to take it all out and plant new grass and perrennials.
What is the best way to do that?

No-- I do not mean poison ivy. I mean Persian ivy, which is similar to English ivy. It's a crawling vine that is overtaking my red oak, new fence, and side yard.

Answer 1

Persian Ivy can cause structural damage to houses and wall surfaces with their aerial roots, which they use to climb and cling. They can also damage gutters and paintwork and even attack the foundations of a house. Plants can also smother and kill trees.

To kill over-vigorous ivy, cut through the growing stems and apply ammonium sulphamate to the trunk. Due to the glossy nature of their leaves, herbicides which are applied to the foliage, such as glyphosphate are not usually successful. Remove remaining aerial roots in brick work with a wire brush.
Warning: wear gloves when pruning ivy, as the sap can be an irritant when it comes into contact with the skin.

I used Round-Up on mine ... applying it quickly to the cut areas after cutting through the trunks... and then let it die back for a day or so, before pulling the rest out.

I hope this helps

Answer 2

If the plant has a woody stem, use brush killer, and at a bit more than the strength recommended. But be VERY careful; brush killers are often systemics, which means the plants absorb them, so be sure it doesn't come into contact withplants you want to keep--or in your neighbors' yards.

Spray only in a dead calm; keep the sprayer low, close to the ivy; spray in the very early morning or late evening, when you have just enough light to see what you're doing, and look around first, to be sure you won't spray any bees.

Forget Roundup; it's not a strong as it once was, and can last quite awhile in your soil.

Never apply any herbicide to sloping areas unless runoff from them will run only onto YOUR property; even herbicides that sink into your soil can leach out of your yard onto others' property and damage their vegetation.

Answer 3

I was sitting here reading this question, thinking maybe you meant poison ivy.

You want to remove it from your yard, is what I think you're saying, and let me tell you a few things NOT to do.

DO NOT use a weed wacker or BURN it in order to remove it. All this does is spread the liquid that cause such a bad rash on people.

Using chemicals should be very limited because you also want to plant something else in the soil.

Personally I think the best way is to dig up the plant from the root, which could be as much as the top 6 inches of soil, then replace the soil with a good mix.

No matter what you do, please remember to cover yourself from head to toe and NEVER EVER touch your skin or have any skin exposed.

Answer 4

ointment and its POISIN IVY not persian ivy