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Grow ivy, very limited sun Puddin' Man 03-10-2007
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Posted by Puddin' Man on March 10, 2007, 12:02 pm



Hi,

Densely populated urban residential area. Between my little brick
bungalow and the next house. There's some hasta and surprise lilies
out there, but I need ivy. Couldn't figger how to water the hasta
last season (without watering the house walls) with sprinkler, so
I spent way, way too much time standing out there with the garden
hose. Need ivy, willing to sacrifice hasta, etc to get it (if
necessary).

Around the corner is a little wooded easement with lots of ivy.
Can I just snip, say, 10" lengths from there and plant them
by my house? Would potting soil and/or fertilizer be a good idea?
Really need to get this off the ground. I am not knowledgable
re gardening.

Also timing. I am in midwest: avg. hi/lo is now 53/29 F.

I know all about invasive nature of ivy, no warnings necessary.
Maybe half the houses on the block have some ivy and apparently
aren't having difficulty controlling it.

Thx,
Puddin'

"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather
than the victim."
- Bertrand Russell


Posted by Dan Espen on March 10, 2007, 12:20 pm



> Hi,
>
> Densely populated urban residential area. Between my little brick
> bungalow and the next house. There's some hasta and surprise lilies
> out there, but I need ivy. Couldn't figger how to water the hasta
> last season (without watering the house walls) with sprinkler, so
> I spent way, way too much time standing out there with the garden
> hose. Need ivy, willing to sacrifice hasta, etc to get it (if
> necessary).
>
> Around the corner is a little wooded easement with lots of ivy.
> Can I just snip, say, 10" lengths from there and plant them
> by my house? Would potting soil and/or fertilizer be a good idea?
> Really need to get this off the ground. I am not knowledgable
> re gardening.
>
> Also timing. I am in midwest: avg. hi/lo is now 53/29 F.
>
> I know all about invasive nature of ivy, no warnings necessary.
> Maybe half the houses on the block have some ivy and apparently
> aren't having difficulty controlling it.

Hasta
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The word Hasta may refer to one of the following:

* A Latin word meaning spear.
* A Sanskrit word meaning hand.
* A Nakshatra of Hindu Astrology.
* An Italian city currently known as Asti.

You probably mean Hosta.

Cut off any amount of ivy and stick it in the ground
and it will take off.

I just had a little plant start by itself near my
garage so I thought I'd watch it for a while.
After a few months, I noticed a bit of it
on the inside of my garage, I thought it
worked it's way thru the doorway.
Nope, it went right under the sill plate
into the garage.
It's gone now.

What you really want is pachysandra or vinca.

Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on March 10, 2007, 12:41 pm



> What you really want is pachysandra or vinca.

Yep. Two bulletproof plants, and pretty, too. At my previous house, I had
pachysandra in a spot where it got almost no moisture in the summer. In
winter, it was subjected an endless barrage of falling ice chunks. The
plants just laughed at this treatment, and looked better with every passing
year. I did nothing to them except a little fertilizer ever 2 or 5 years.



Posted by Dan Espen on March 10, 2007, 2:22 pm



>
>> What you really want is pachysandra or vinca.
>
> Yep. Two bulletproof plants, and pretty, too. At my previous house, I had
> pachysandra in a spot where it got almost no moisture in the summer. In
> winter, it was subjected an endless barrage of falling ice chunks. The
> plants just laughed at this treatment, and looked better with every passing
> year. I did nothing to them except a little fertilizer ever 2 or 5 years.

I've had pachysandra die back in only extreme drought conditions.
I never water or feed it.

The back half of my yard I purposely leave to nature.
It's a large area about one third pachysandra and one fifth
vinca.

If the pachysandra near the house dies, I just move some more
from the wild area of the yard.

Posted by Puddin' Man on March 10, 2007, 12:59 pm


wrote:

>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Densely populated urban residential area. Between my little brick
>> bungalow and the next house. There's some hasta and surprise lilies
>> out there, but I need ivy. Couldn't figger how to water the hasta
>> last season (without watering the house walls) with sprinkler, so
>> I spent way, way too much time standing out there with the garden
>> hose. Need ivy, willing to sacrifice hasta, etc to get it (if
>> necessary).
>>
>> Around the corner is a little wooded easement with lots of ivy.
>> Can I just snip, say, 10" lengths from there and plant them
>> by my house? Would potting soil and/or fertilizer be a good idea?
>> Really need to get this off the ground. I am not knowledgable
>> re gardening.
>>
>> Also timing. I am in midwest: avg. hi/lo is now 53/29 F.
>>
>> I know all about invasive nature of ivy, no warnings necessary.
>> Maybe half the houses on the block have some ivy and apparently
>> aren't having difficulty controlling it.
>
>Hasta
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>
>The word Hasta may refer to one of the following:
>
> * A Latin word meaning spear.
> * A Sanskrit word meaning hand.
> * A Nakshatra of Hindu Astrology.
> * An Italian city currently known as Asti.
>
>You probably mean Hosta.

Yup. Forgot the spelling.

>Cut off any amount of ivy and stick it in the ground
>and it will take off.

Reason I queried, young couple 2 doors down went to a
lot of trouble to start maybe 30 ivy snips last spring
under a shade tree. Didn't take off. Maybe 10 left.

>I just had a little plant start by itself near my
>garage so I thought I'd watch it for a while.
>After a few months, I noticed a bit of it
>on the inside of my garage, I thought it
>worked it's way thru the doorway.
>Nope, it went right under the sill plate
>into the garage.
>It's gone now.

I've had weeds do that.

>What you really want is pachysandra or vinca.

So you say. I don't know anything about 'em. Ivy
works for most neighbors, oughta work for po' me.

P

"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather
than the victim."
- Bertrand Russell


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