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How To Remove English Ivy Vines From Trees DIY
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2016
- If you've got stubborn thick English Ivy vines growing high in your trees, here's how to remove them. You'll just need a sturdy rope, gloves and some pruners.
This video is the third in a three-part series on how to remove invasive English ivy. The other two videos cover:
How To Remove A Large Patch Of English Ivy:
• How to Remove English ...
And
How To Kill Large English Ivy Vines With Duct Tape And Table Salt:
• How To Kill English Iv...
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I rent but there was a tree here with HUGE ivy vines covering it & part of it hung over my roof so I didn’t want that part of the tree to croak & fall. I went out with my hatchet one day & cut about a one foot section out of all the ivy vines. The ivy up in the tree slowly died, dropped its leaves, started rotting & finally released from the tree & dropped in sections over a very long period of time. Most of it is finally down. I let it die & drop naturally because I’ve read u can damage the tree by pulling them while the ivy is still alive.
The bottom section below the gap I sprayed with a vinegar & table salt solution. At first it didn’t seem to have worked but later I noticed it was all dead. Ivy problem solved.
Vinegar and table salt? Do you remember how much of each? Did you just spray it that one time?
Thanks for the video series. My backyard looks incredibly similar to yours, and I am trying to save it from invasive ivy and blackberries. This was really helpful!
Keep the brambles round your border, great security and tastey
So excited can't wait to tackle this and watch your other videos!!! Thank you!!!!
Thanks for making a detailed video! That's a lot of vines you got!
Ha! Yes. That was a rental house. The English Ivy was out of control when we got there. It gave me a good opportunity to make some videos though. Thanks for watching.
Excellent video on a widespread issue. I have the same problem. One does not realize the damage until it's too late. Now I have dead vines that are 80-100' up. It's also a fire hazard with dry dead vines still choking the tree. Hiring someone will costs $100s maybe a $1000 but this video is the closest I've seen addressing a solution. At first an unsuspecting ground cover looks beautiful climbing up tree over time. Then it becomes invasive that something is not right. That tree is now covered in thick ground cover that's now unsightly even morbid. Thanks again for the informative video.
Thank you for the feedback, Jade. Thank you for watching.
I’m right there with Linda but a bit larger scale. I really appreciate your videos. I bought 75 wooded acres and it’s my goal to visit every tree and remove the vines. Your video gives me hope that removing the vines, even the thick ones, will allow for the tree to continue living. Thanks again for the hard work you put into these.
Thank you for the encouragement. Blessings on tackling the vines in your land. It will have to be a concerted effort with that much acreage, but the satisfaction will be multiplied as well. Thanks for watching.
GreenShortz DIY thank and you are so right about the satisfaction. Every time I de-vine a tree I think to myself the tree is saying thank you, like the Aesop’s fable, The Lion and the Mouse. It is very satisfying.
Thanks for the tip! Was wondering what I could do for my trees :)
Thanks for watching Seraph. Happy ivy eradication. :-)
Thank you!! We just bought a house in West Virginia and we have 2 huge trees that are COVERED in English Ivy! This will be very helpful when we save ours trees in the spring from this very pretty but obviously nasty and invasive vine. 🙏🏻
Hope it works well for you. Congrats on your new house.
Nice videos. Thanks for making them.
Thanks for the encouragement. Thanks for watching.
I’ve been sawing ivy roots the size of my neck off tall trees that are completely over encumbered to the tops. Forgetting aesthetics, will the trees recover if the dead vines are left on from mid way to the top?
It’s a good 15 years of growth, there are sprawling branches resembling tree more than ivy! In turn the poor trees have little foliage. I’ll treat the 6”+ stumps with your salt trick and see what happens in 4 months! Many thanks for the vids!
That ending was too funny, great video!
Thank you for watching, Mel. I had to leave in the crash. :-)
Wonderful. Thank You for taking the time to make this video. The end was funny !!
Lol. I had to include that. :-)
That is brilliant! Just what I needed to see :D
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching.
very satisfying
amazing amount of ivy roots!
You are wonderful!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🤯🤯🤯
This looks great, now I just gotta wait 1 year, thanks!
You’re already a week into it. :-) Thank you for watching.
Do you have a video on preventing them from crawling up the tree in the first place?
Great video. I've got my work cut out for me at my new place. If I can't get it all down with rope I will tie the rope to my car hitch. ;)
Pro trick : you can watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.
@Casen Franco Yea, I've been using Flixzone for years myself :)
I was just outside cutting English Ivy off my Ornamental Apple tree. That was pretty easy as it hasn't been ob the trunk but at the end of summer. At the back of my property is a Elm that has ivy growing almost to the top. I cut all the vines far as I can reach. Hoping what is high up dies over winter. Wish me luck!
Here’s luck to you Linda. Thanks for the info. Keep me posted on your progress. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Dude! Great video!
Thank you for watching.
@@GreenShortzDIY haha oh boy, I'm currently trying to rescue our dogwood.
Thanks for the video I have a pecan tree I wanna preserve that is overtaken in English ivy the roots are probably 2 1/2 inch to 3 inch diameter if I cut all of the from the base will it kill the ivy ?? Does the ivy get all it's water from the ground or does it pull water from the bark to because this tree is pretty tall and there's no way I pull them down..the vines are pretty solid my neighbor says it won't kill it because the vine is getting water from the bark awell as from the massive vine that goes down along the tree base..any advice would be appreciated thank you
Hi Lucian. The vine does not get water from the tree...only the ground. If you cut the vines at the base, they will die above the cuts. Check out my video on how to kill english ivy with salt and duct tape. That shows an option to take care of the vine still in the ground. Wait for the ivy to get a little crispy up in the tree and it will loosen its hold and can be pulled down. Good luck. Thanks for watching.
I had ivy that grew up most of the length of several trees. One year, I cut and pulled as much as I could from the bottom and just let the rest die. A couple of years later, the ivy just let loose and collapsed to the bottom, one of them right in front of me.
Yes, I was wondering why the video argues for pulling them off. If you try the bark could be damaged. I cut my 40 ft vine, and a year later it was easy to pull off.
thank you even with muscle problems MS type disease I cannot pass a tree without pulling off as much Ivy as I possibly can! thank you for doing the same. people don't realize that the forest that we have is national parks are ruined by this because the birds that are traveling get the spores of it on them and then take it up to the big trees that were trying to keep for future Generations since we killed most of them already. thanks for the good video glad you didn't break anything haha
Gomez l Addams California native I’m guessing? We haven’t wiped away the trees, crazy person.
I like how it sounds when he remove it.
Thanks for watching.
thank you! working on 3 big trees in my backyard and a long walkway...
Awesome, Cat! Keep me posted on your results.
@@GreenShortzDIY I did cut all the ivy at the base...waiting for the vines above to die off. Pulled a few but didn't want to hurt my trees. The walkway will take a long while...but I've discovered other plants that are now growing where I pulled the ivy out. Thank you again....I just didn't know what I didn't know!
clever!
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Hey man. I've been removing several vines from some very large old trees at my home I recently purchased. It's looking so much nicer. Thank you for the video. I'll give some of your ideas a try.
If I have a big tree that has the ivy going all the way up, if I just cut their roots at the bottom of the tree will they whither away from the bottom to the top? Or will I have to cut it all up at the top as well?
Just the bottom. Their only source of nutrition is the soil. They only use the tree to climb. Kill the ivy. :-)
Thanks! Love your videos!
Thank you for watching, Bianca.
GreenShortz DIY This hasn’t been the case with a tree of mine that has an English ivy infestation. I’ve cut all the ivy off around the tree, but it is still alive at the top. I think it has grown a network of roots in its vines somehow.
@@RosieOs101 dont lose hope. I separated the thick ivy as high as i could a couple of months ago wedging w a pry bar. Now im seeing leaves falling !
I tried cutting the stems on a 16" sign post a year ago, and the vines are green and healthy all the way up. I'll try the duct tape/salt on the lower parts, but not sure how to kill the aerial vines?
Hi Andy. Once they are cut at the bottom the vines will die above the cut. They don’t get any nutrients from the tree. They are just holding on.
@@GreenShortzDIY Thanks for the quick response. It's been a year and they haven't died yet. Just to be clear, it's not on a tree,, it's an old sign post (think like a telephone pole). I wonder if the post is composting and acting like soil? It's on the west coast of Vancouver Island, so it doesn't really dry out in the rainforest.
How about first clearing the debris from around the base and pull out the small ones out of the ground?
Enjoyed the video, but the end was the best part. When you walked over to the camera soaking wet and your hat crooked, I almost fell out of my chair.I've got some trees completely covered in ivy, I cut all around the bottom just as you did but for some reason the vines in the tree did not die. Can the ivy continue living off of the tree?
+Mad Max Ha! Thanks Max. I still laugh at the crooked hat too. The vines shouldn't be able to get moisture from the tree...at least that I understand. Maybe there is Vampire English Ivy. Sometimes it can take longer for the leaves to brown. How long has it been since you cut the vines?
+GreenShortz DIY It's been at least 8 months. The vines are huge 4" to 6" thick at the base, had to cut them with a chainsaw. I'm pulling this stuff up with chains and a tractor. Not sure which is worse, the ivy or the bamboo.
Wow! That is a serious vine. Understand the bamboo battle too. Those invasive are brutal. I've done a little more research and have read that the ivy will die when cut. It may be taking longer since they are so massive. You can adapt my rope method to a chain and tractor. Keep me posted on your success.
@@GreenShortzDIY Thanks for posting! Ive got a similarly nasty situation as brian bouis. The ivy has covered the crown of the oak tree. I am separating the thick ivy from the tree. Hopefully it will work
Is it the same for wintercreeper? That stuff is really bad! And what if the vines are thick and high, but it's poison ivy? That's what I have!
I’m. It sure about wintercreeoer. The salt method should work on poison ivy too. I haven’t tried it though. Use caution widen handling the vines, of course. Thanks for watching.
GreenShortz DIY Ok, thank you, I'll try the salt method. I'll sure be careful on the ivy too, I am real sensitive to it! 😰
How do you remove invasive honeysuckle?
If you pull the ivy off and some bark comes with it, should you cover that barkless area with something, and if so, what?
My tree-service-pro uncle would say, “the tree will heal itself.” Thank you for watching.
You can use a string trimmer on ground ivy with good results. Takes it a long time for the leaves to grow back on the ground. I “weed eated” mine once, and then went over the area with Roundup. In the fall, I broadcasted grass seed over the area & it had replaced the ivy by late spring.
Aie! You really don't want or need to pull the dead ivy off of the trees. In fact, pulling off the ivy after you've cut the base can damage the bark thereby exposing the tree to disease. Cut the base and leave the rest to die and fall off on it's own.
Question: Do Ivy kill tree slowly slowly? Actually im trying to solve something can you please tell or explain me with detail please. Thank you
Ivy can kill a tree by covering it and stealing its light. Eventually the tree dies earlier than it would have naturally. This takes a long time. Sometimes the extra weight of the vines on the tree will cause it to break. The vines attached to the tree are not parasitic. They don’t take nutrients from the tree directly. They do take nutrients from the soil that they tree would have used. Hope this helps.
Well done. For those really stubborn ones, tie the rope to the back of your truck, and yank them out. Be leary tho, if you wanna save the tree. Some will not let go, and could possibly damage the tree.
When do you try to pull vines away? Had a guy cut the vines but he was inclined to let vines die on the tree.
I think I waited about 3 months. Can’t remember exactly. Thank you for watching.
At 1:56, isn’t the prickly one poison ivy?
Debbie, that is possible. There is some poison ivy in these woods too. You are likely correct. Thanks for the feedback.
I’m thinking now that it is not poison ivy. I don’t know the name of that vine, but the leaves are telling me no. I thought if it had a prickly vine that it was automatically poison ivy. But I have the same looking vine on my tree and now know it’s not.
i have ivy growing on my tree that is at least 8 inches thick (the ivy). AT LEAST. i am trying the table salt and water method so see how it works. on bucket and like a pound of salt. well see...
Good luck. Let me know if you have success. Thanks for watching.
Yes, about 2 years after base cut, then pulled off 40 ft with a walk away without a rope.
Nice. I’ve used that approach as well. I like that the rope lets me get up a little higher. Thank you for watching.
I will definitely try this on the ancient tree in front of my sister’s house.
Yay!
Did exactly what you're doing (before I saw your video) and was bit by a copperhead. PLEASE wear long pants, gloves and boots.
What do you do to kill ivy vines when you are terribly allergic to ivy? If I did what you did I would puff up and probably have to go to the hospital.
Hi Taylor. I’d recommend hiring some goats. It is actually a thing. :-) if you’ve got vines, a person would need to manage those. Thank you for watching.
It would have been good if he wore long pants, long sleeves and gloves, perhaps a mask for the oils.
@@GreenShortzDIYgoats?? Really? Goats eat ivy? Now I want some goats…
Head covering eye covering hand covering
I can't believe you're not wearing gloves.
English ivy can definitely give you a bad rash on your arms, I found out the hard way. It has been on the trees for so long it was So thick it had to be cut off, it will definitely take over your trees and kill them...
Ouchies!
Ha. Yes. I had to think for a minute to remember the incident your were referring to. Then I remembered. Thanks for watching and for the compassion. :-)
Why remove the Ivy? It is perfect decoration.
It is pretty, but where I live this type of Ivy is an invasive species. Thanks for watching.
Kills trees
No gloves??? But what about thpiders? 😱
A dead tree covered with live ivy looks better than a live tree covered with dead ivy.
That was poetic Todd. :-) Thanks for watching.
Are you Tarzonman Tom?
+Chris Lenart (Disablity Awareness) Yes...yes I am. Almost. lol!
Huge problem
The vines in the beginning look like Virginia Creeper.
I’ll have to back and look. Thank you for watching.
They don’t have tendrils they have modified roots
Thank you for the feedback, Trevor. Thank you for watching.
Sorry guys, this is like a cookery show,,
*here's one I prepared earlier *
That isn't English Ivy. It looks more like Virginia Creeper.
Thanks for the feedback. :-)
Or you could cut the tree down and remove the vines while the tree’s on the ground.