Neighbours planting Ivy on my fence

[NewNeighboursRequest]

So I have these new neighbours just since about February. I own the fence between us as in my boundary to maintain and I put in this fence a few years ago to replace old fencing.

New neighbours have apparently planted Ivy to grow on the fence. It is growing through the slats and pushing them apart plus growing through the trellis at the top. One area has a rather vigorous and large vine pushing about a 5 cm gap between the slats. I don’t want the Ivy or other things growing through the slats. Would I be within my rights to spray the Ivy popping through the slats and in the trellis on top?

If so, what can I use to kill Ivy but not plants/shrubs on the ground below.

What a scary thread.

People will poison the fuck out of everything just to keep their fences bare and orange.

Ivy is good for birds, butterflies, insects and purifies the air. It doesn't ruin the fence unless you start trying to pull it all off. A fence covered with ivy is pettier to look at and much healthier than the fuck tons of weed killer recommended here.

Utter madness.

Well I didn't even get to look at the ivy, just the broken fence and clumps of it poking through! We couldn't cat proof with it like it was so we had no option. We do have a lot of bushes in the garden that the birds like in summer so I'm sure they aren't missing a bit of manky ivy. Mind you, people on here would probably moan at me for trying to kill the black fly on the bushes!

@PinkSparklyPussyCat
You want to control your cat and also your plants and that's kind of a shame no?

[quote SorryWoman]@PinkSparklyPussyCat
You want to control your cat and also your plants and that's kind of a shame no?[/quote]
What are you talking about?

Well if there is a trellis on top surely that begs for something growing up it? I wouldn't dream of minding the neighbours growing something up our fence, but I would ask them to cut it back remove or maintain it if it was encroaching or invasive.

Oh thats awful. Ivy is absolutely hellish to get rid off and I think it's very unfair of people to do that.

Proudboomer Thanks I have now ordered some, will shut cats indoors while spraying, and attempt to kill my brambles (that get bigger each year).
What you learn on mums net!!

I found that Roundup worked but you had to be persistent. Drill holes into the roots/trunks and spray the stuff down there. Repeat regularly.

Roundup which is basically Glyphosate a systematic weed killer. It works but has also been proven to be carcinogenic .
The powers that be banned Ammonium Sulphamate as a weed killer but not a compost Accelerator when it is actually much better as killing woody weeds like ivy, bramble and even horses tail . It not only an excellent weed killer but is better for the environment as when it breaks down it actually turns into something that is good for the soil.

Don’t use vinager. Normal household vinager will kill off small surface weeds but is not strong enough to kill anything other than a bit of top growth on ivy. Vinegar is basically acid and you can get industrial strength vinegar for use as a weed killer but if you use that you might as well use and other chemical weed killer as that is what it is.
Household stuff will just burn the top growth and kill off all the up insects in the soil where you spray it so a waste of time and ilia’s the insects for nothing.

@YellowBellyCat at no time have I said I’d be leaning over the fence and pouring vinegar on their plants. Rather I’ll be spraying vinegar on the Ivy only on my fence (and brick wall). This is to stop the Ivy coming into the fence and going between the slats.

But if I’m sure you’ll not have planted Ivy in your garden to climb on your neighbours fence so likely a mute point for someone to to that to your plants anyway.

I absolutely have got ivy growing on next door's wall, it looks lovely.

Your previous post was very unclear and I still think spraying it with vinegar even if not leaning over the wall/fence is dodgy ground as your intention is to try and kill the plant their side. Why don't you just trim it?

Those of you suggesting ammonium sulphamate, is it sold at a specific strength/do you need a specific strength and what dilution is needed for brambles and ivy? Also how long does it take to act?

[quote NewNeighboursRequest]@YellowBellyCat at no time have I said I’d be leaning over the fence and pouring vinegar on their plants. Rather I’ll be spraying vinegar on the Ivy only on my fence (and brick wall). This is to stop the Ivy coming into the fence and going between the slats.

But if I’m sure you’ll not have planted Ivy in your garden to climb on your neighbours fence so likely a mute point for someone to to that to your plants anyway.[/quote]
If you own the fence and they own the ivy, you can ask THEM to remove it.

A heavy salt mix will kill brambles off enough to hand clear them.
Vinegar kills pollinators, including bees. Bees are very attracted to Ivy, one brush and you've killed them off. So if you are going to spray vinegar then don't plant pollinator plants near by.
I'd speak to them. You can get evergreen honeysuckle and other climbers which would be nice. I've got obelisks Infront of my fence so I can grow heavy, invasive climbers.

@WeAreTheHeroes

Those of you suggesting ammonium sulphamate, is it sold at a specific strength/do you need a specific strength and what dilution is needed for brambles and ivy? Also how long does it take to act?

If you buy the crystals then you want 50gms per litre of water and add in a squirt of washing up liquid to act as a sticking agent. I always use Lancelot and use the above ratio to crystals and it works. Spray it on and it kills whatever it comes into contact with. Takes a couple of weeks to go brown and crispy and then you can just cut way the dead ivy or bramble.

Salt will contaminate the ground and nothing will live there thereafter.
Use something that will break down in the soil so at least after you have killed off what you need to the ground can recover.

[quote NewNeighboursRequest]@YellowBellyCat at no time have I said I’d be leaning over the fence and pouring vinegar on their plants. Rather I’ll be spraying vinegar on the Ivy only on my fence (and brick wall). This is to stop the Ivy coming into the fence and going between the slats.

But if I’m sure you’ll not have planted Ivy in your garden to climb on your neighbours fence so likely a mute point for someone to to that to your plants anyway.[/quote]
Poison on one part of a plant affects the rest of the plant. Like if I injected poison into your finger it would circulate around your body.

How do you think plants transport water to all the leaves? A leaf is not an individual disconnected life, surviving rootlessly by absorbing its own rain water. You introduce poison and that gets transported around the plant too.

Pruning what grows onto your side is legal, poisoning plants growing in their garden is criminal damage irrespective of whether you applied the poison from your side of the boundary or not.

We also want to move in about 2 years when our youngest finishes uni so we like to ensure no neighbourly disputes

Not sure how you figure that poisoning their plants is the formula to avoid disputes.

Ridiculous.

I doubt they planted it. They’re probably just neglectful.