• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Never understood the problem with English Ivy. It only grows in the shade, you can see the line along my house where the sun never hits.

    Never seen it in the wild, can’t imagine. And if you don’t want it around, rip it up. The root system is extremely shallow, couldn’t be easier to kill.

    Planted bunches of it year before last at camp. It’s all either dead or barely hanging on.

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      16 hours ago

      Well if it grows in the shade, then the invasive potential is gonna be in a forest, isn’t it?

      Growing tree to tree, choking out every other plant as it goes

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        5 hours ago

        Nope. The sun moves around, sunup to sundown, and changes over the seasons. There is one small spot by my house the sun never hits.

        As I said, I’ve planted it in my own forest, light is killing it. And if you don’t want it around? A light tug will completely uproot it.