Geoff Flegg
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I'm less grumpy today!
Yep - in my case it is a circa 1958 asbestos garage, which really is an eyesore. The Russian vine has covered it on the outside, got under the roof slates and covered it on the inside, plus together with some ivy has almost completely covered a wall of around 15' high by 30' long and is growing over the top and down the roof of the neighbour's outhouse - and has spread from there to the canopy of a nice old tree back in my garden (think it might be a greenguage?) which it is in the process of smothering and killing.
It seems to have self-rooted all over the place, so the black plastic method really isn't possible, much as I'd like to - I really don't want to chuck chemicals about, but I don't think I've got any other choice. Given how far and wide it is rooted keeping it pruned back will not work in the long term. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
The previous people also had a virginia creeper on the back wall of the house - which had covered it so thoroughly that you couldn't tell where the windows were when we moved in!
Back to "things to ban" - how about tradesmen's timescales? My "3 to 4 week" roof took 3 to 4 months ! And started 6 weeks late!
Nemesis said:but it's a pity how many people plant it to hide 'eyesores' such as oil tanks and then leave it to go berserk, not realising how large it can grow.
Yep - in my case it is a circa 1958 asbestos garage, which really is an eyesore. The Russian vine has covered it on the outside, got under the roof slates and covered it on the inside, plus together with some ivy has almost completely covered a wall of around 15' high by 30' long and is growing over the top and down the roof of the neighbour's outhouse - and has spread from there to the canopy of a nice old tree back in my garden (think it might be a greenguage?) which it is in the process of smothering and killing.
It seems to have self-rooted all over the place, so the black plastic method really isn't possible, much as I'd like to - I really don't want to chuck chemicals about, but I don't think I've got any other choice. Given how far and wide it is rooted keeping it pruned back will not work in the long term. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
The previous people also had a virginia creeper on the back wall of the house - which had covered it so thoroughly that you couldn't tell where the windows were when we moved in!
Back to "things to ban" - how about tradesmen's timescales? My "3 to 4 week" roof took 3 to 4 months ! And started 6 weeks late!