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Posted by mm on March 10, 2007, 2:24 pm
wrote:
>Puddin' Man 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.
>>
>> Thx,
>> Puddin'
>>
>> "Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather
>> than the victim."
>> - Bertrand Russell
>>
>You can water with a soaker hose or with microsprinklers. Put "Y"
>adapter on spigot, so's you can still use the faucet. Attach soaker
>hose, or attach adapter for microtubing to one side. Put down your
>microtubing with sprikler or drip heads where you want them.
>
>If you take ivy cuttings, they will start more reliably if you put them
>in water until good sized roots develop. Strip off leaves on the bottom
>part of the stem that will be under water. Ivy is really nasty when it
>gets behind aluminum siding, but you know that :o)
Does it get behind T1-11, also? That's some kind of wood product in
4x8' sheets.
My first story is brick, but after that it's t1-11, so I need to know
before it grows another 8 feet!
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