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Killing some Conifer trees to let Ivy grow up them


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2 minutes ago, DTaylor said:

Hi I have a small row of Conifer trees. I want to kill them and grow ivy up them. I cant afford to trim them regularly to preserve my view.

 

How would you recommend killing them?

 

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Cut all the green off . 

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52 minutes ago, DTaylor said:

I would like to preserve the branches for extra privacy from the neighbors 

If you leave any green on it may survive , if you cut back all the green but leave the branch that remains would that do ?  Failing that you could try " Eco plugs " . Or pull the lot out and put up 6 foot panel fencing .  

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54 minutes ago, Stubby said:

If you leave any green on it may survive , if you cut back all the green but leave the branch that remains would that do ?  Failing that you could try " Eco plugs " . Or pull the lot out and put up 6 foot panel fencing .  

Will eco plugs kill off living trees stubby never used them but have a couple i want to get rid of.

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44 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Will eco plugs kill off living trees stubby never used them but have a couple i want to get rid of.

I Dunnow Les  to be honest . 

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Pretty much anything oil based will do it. Not that I’d recommend pouring oil into the ground from an environmental perspective of course.

 

aside from that, what you’re hoping to achieve will look nothing short of horrendous and that’s best case scenario.

 

a pair of shears are cheap if you can’t afford to have a pro trim the hedges

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