First Spraying

[DrCase]

Thanks Mary

The pink blooms are coral bells , the dark red are sm red maples I need to find a home for

 

[Beth_B]

@Kansas Terri, I'm stealing your term Midwest Casual!

Dr Case, question: I have a mess of grape ivy, nightshade and other stuff along one side of my house. Decided to eliminate it all to make room for perennials; digging it up would be ridiculously labor intensive. So Saturday morning I bought a gallon on RoundUp and sprayed it liberally. Sunday morning it was still looking quite perky, so I sprayed it again. Now it's Wednesday and while looking less-perky, many of the lower stems are still pliable and alive. Spray again, or wait some more, or start digging?

I just took this photo.

 

[DrCase]

@Kansas Terri, I'm stealing your term Midwest Casual!

Dr Case, question: I have a mess of grape ivy, nightshade and other stuff along one side of my house. Decided to eliminate it all to make room for perennials; digging it up would be ridiculously labor intensive. So Saturday morning I bought a gallon on RoundUp and sprayed it liberally. Sunday morning it was still looking quite perky, so I sprayed it again. Now it's Wednesday and while looking less-perky, many of the lower stems are still pliable and alive. Spray again, or wait some more, or start digging?

I just took this photo.

round up won't work over night Beth , give it a few days
you might have to get something stronger to kill the ivy if it is still alive in a week

 

[Beth_B]

round up won't work over night Beth , give it a few days
you might have to get something stronger to kill the ivy if it is still alive in a week

OK thanks. I'll be patient.
A friend suggested dumping gasoline along the side of the house but I'd rather not go there, plus it's illegal. (Here it is anyway, I don't know about other states.)

I know farm stores have more toxic herbicides. I'll give it till the weekend and maybe see how much of a chore it will be to dig up. I suspect those grape ivy leaves go many, many feet underground.

 

[DrCase]

I'm sure tractor supply would have some thing for a woody vine

 

[Beth_B]

I'm sure tractor supply would have some thing for a woody vine

I have a Tractor Supply store a few miles away. If all else fails, I'll be checking in there on Saturday.

 

[DrCase]

I'm going to have to get some thing to kill poison ivy and briars , along my fishing hole banks