Russian Ivy & Bare Bind removal

I have spent the afternoon removing Russian Ivy & Bare Bind(If thats how it's spelt?) from our pet ornamental Cherry Tree for my Wife who is the real gardner in the family.She is not a computer fan and I have been given the task of seeing what is the best way to keep this intrusion down. I suppose she really wants something to kill it off without damaging the Cherry tree or a Pyracantha bush that I have a painful relationship with when doing this work.

John

 

You could Google up Dichlobenil or Simizine or Picloram, these are some herbicides that will stop weeds from coming back from 1 -5 yrs depending on which product you get. I am sure these are sold all over the world. Not sure if my spelling is all correct for these. Good Luck, Jim.

 

Thanks Jim, I will pass it on to she who must be obeyed.


John

 

Chemicals are perhaps necessary, but not always. While I fully appreciate the undesireability of repeated work near a pyracantha, a full manual removal of the roots of the weeds, if you can get to them, and vigilance to remove any sprouts that emerge from remaining bits over the ensuing seasons, might also do the job.

 

I quite agree that rooting it all out would solve the problem but the adjoining land is a wilderness that would probably provide more creeper and I can not really work near the Cherry tree because of restrictions on locality because of the pyracantha.I am a big bloke and this is better suited to a small fella. I suppose I was hoping there was a way of treating the offending vine/bind without affecting anything else.Perhaps there is a grub or insect that feed on nothing else if chemical methods are frowned on.
Trouble is UK is slightly different to North America I suspect or other Countries around the world.The N/A Grey Squirrel enjoys life in our garden though.