Is there any way to murder ivy on the other side of my fence?

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I am an end terrace, so next door to me is an alley and then one or two largely disused yards that back on to shops (i.e. no-one's treasured garden or anything). There is a lot of ivy growing up one side and then down my fence.

This wouldn't be such a problem if I didn't need to replace most of the fence - the ivy has destroyed it, but is also pretty much the only thing holding it up in places, and I strongly suspect it'll be a bitch of a job to remove the fence panels while the ivy's still hanging on.

Is there anything I can pour over the fence that'll kill the ivy without spreading to everything in my garden?

glyphosate

If the other side I the fence is the alley, then I'd go round with some secetures (?!) or strong scissors and cut the ivy off near the ground. Then cut the stalks again so that there is a long drop between them and the floor, as the stalks can grow down and re-root!

Then you can pull the ivy off the fence and replace your panels.

In a week or so, the stalks that you left in the ground will start to grow leaves again. At this point, spray/paint the leaves with glyphosphate (and wrap them in plastic bags if there are other plats around that you don't want to kill). You may need to do several goes of glyphosphate leaving a week between each application, as ivy is very strong and won't give up easily.

Good luck!

Good tip on the glyphosphate, thank you. As for cutting off the ivy - the alley is gated and locked (shop access) so I don't think I'd be able to do that, so will mostly have to tip the stuff over and hope for the best.

I had the same problem, except the ivy was in my garden. To eradicate it I had to cut a V notch near the bottom of the main stalk and soak it in glyphosate. It then took months for the bastard stuff to die. Months and months. Meanwhile, we pulled a pile of it off one fence panel and gave up as it was such a pain in the arse to do.

We lived with the (now, at very long last) dead ivy over winter and replaced the fence panels in January. No ivy will darken my garden ever, ever again. Great for the birds. Fucking awful in every other aspect. I know my neighbours were very grateful we'd got rid.

no good pouring glyphosate over the fence, it has to be sprayed on the leaves. You can dab it onto the cut stumps, though.

Round here there is some kind of ivy mite that kills it. Almost the entire wall was killed, except a patch under my apple tree which I often sprayed for aphids and moth.

So I left it unsprayed for two years and now the ivy is gone.