Russian vine

[Trishadc]

Any tips on killing it off,it's coming from property at the back and we cannot get rid of it. I don't know where the root is.its strangling a lot of my plants and it's creeping through again. The mile a minute plant should be sold with a warning sign. Eight years we have battled with this vine,the neighbours house where it comes from couldn't care less .

Could they not care less because they don't care about the plant and if thats the case, could you ask them if you can put weedkiller down (although i think it takes industrial strength killer) or do they not care because they like it? in that case, i haven't a clue, sorry.

I just cut back a huge passionflower plant because it was taking over, only to plant more climbers, they look lovely when they are all in flower but then when they die back they look shit and scruffy. I am rubbish at gardening though.

I battled with Russian vine at the last house. Like yours, it was coming over/through the fence from next door. Years of glyphosating it only ever held it back temporarily. In the end we paid for the fence to be replaced so that we could dig the damn thing out (it was unclear from the deeds whose responsibility the fence was, and the old lady next door clearly wasn't in a position to contribute). The roots turned out to be directly under the fence and weren't too horrific to get out (compared to something like bamboo or horsetail).

There is one of these at the back of our house somewhere. It climbs trees, eats fences and the shed roof. We had to replace the fence and felt on the roof.

It's a real pain. We can't get rid of it either. It spreads across several back gardens and no-one will claim it. We rip it back a couple of times a year but it's a losing battle.

If you find out how to kill it, please do post back.