Is this poison ivy?

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping these pictures will help some gardening master's identify what I think is ivy almost everywhere in our garden. On the grass, trees and the roof. Looking for identification and any home-made weed killers I can use to help kill it off as digging it out is proving to be very hard work.

Picture 1 = Soil, after pulling some of it out. Lots of roots still down there.


Picture 2 = An area yet to be dug up


Picture 3 = Climbing up the tree


Picture 4 = Climbing on the roof


thank you

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

Just normal Ivy, Hedera helix.

We don't get Poison Ivy in this country its an American plant

 

(this is from our garden in mid france).

Thank you so much Zigs.

What would you recommend as a natural weed killer for it, something along the lines of vinegar, salt and detergent mixes scattered on the web?

many thanks again

 

By the wall cut the trunk a few centimetres above ground level, bore a hole in it and fill with a root killer (can't remember what I used), and drive lots of copper nails/tacks in for good measure. If any trunk is "rooted" into the wall I would cut it into segments and drive lots of copper nails into the segments too. That is what I did on our dry stone wall a few years ago as I didn't want to damage the wall by pulling these chunks out. I'm talking about if the roots have got INTO the masonry. I killed my Ivy.

 

thanks shiney. this is great.

I would love some home-made weed killer ideas to bypass hours of digging and de-rooting.

 

Lovely advice. Totally fine cutting and hammering the ivy, but would love some weed killer ideas, more natural the better. The plan is to pave this area, so we're not looking to re-grow anything at all.

 

If you have a well with your own ground water, be extremely careful with weed killers as they could poison it.

 

Hi everyone - thanks for the continued replies. So far no ideas on natural home made weed killer, or something to cover it? (as we're going to deck over it anyway).

We do have a well..... but not going to tap from it any way.

 

Problem is, we're not allowed to advise about home made weedkillers, it's illegal in the EU unless they've been approved

 

Hi Zigs - that would explain it then ;-)

no problem. What could I cover the soil with, to prevent it coming all back up through a decking?

 

Silly isn't it, our government has said they're highly unlikely to prosecute anyone for spraying roses with washing up liquid, but we still can't be seen to endorse anything like that.

Good bit of Geotextile should stop it

 

Lovely Zigs - thank you

 

Shiney, I thought it was for his house in the middle of France, where it may be common for people to have their own well.

Where I live, it's normal to have your own well in the garden.