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Pruning Ivy Overgrowth

black_thumb_gardener

19 years ago

Greetings ~

I have a terraced stone wall (three levels). Ivy was planted here many years ago. It hasn't been pruned in over 10 years. The depth of the ivy cascading over the front of the wall is at least 10 inches. Using the hand clippers has been exhausting and time consuming. Do you have suggestions of how to cut this ivy back more easily? (I was thinking of using a brush cutter ... am afraid of hitting the stone with the blade.)

Thank you for your help.

Annette

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aka_peggy
19 years ago
I guess a weed eater wouldn't do it huh?

You don't say where you are??

I don't know what to tell you but I recommend that you pose this Q on the native plant forum. It's much more active than this one...and those guys reallllly hate ivy. And so do I...which is why I don't have it~

Here is a link that might be useful: Native plants
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