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Posted by mm on March 10, 2007, 3:05 pm
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:42:48 GMT, Puddin' Man
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> ...
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>>>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)
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>>Does it get behind T1-11, also? That's some kind of wood product in
>>4x8' sheets.
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>>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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>I've always heard ivy'll bugger your mortar.
>
>I'd keep it 100% OFF the house.
You can do that but I won't. That's why they call it the Ivy League.
"So you say. I don't know anything about 'em. Ivy
works for most neighbors, oughta work for po' me."
I would not be so blunt, but when I first read this, in this very
thread, I saw that you liked that style.
So I want you to see if you like receiving it as well as sending it.
> P
>
>"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather
> than the victim."
> - Bertrand Russell
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Posted by Dan Espen on March 10, 2007, 2:54 pm
> 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!
I don't think you want it anywhere near anything you want to keep,
brick included.
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Posted by mm on March 10, 2007, 11:24 pm
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:54:05 -0500, Dan Espen
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>> 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!
>
>I don't think you want it anywhere near anything you want to keep,
>brick included.
Thanks. I'll look into it.
We used to have euanymus (sp?) on our house and it looked very nice.
It was there when we bought the house, but we only lived there for 9
years.
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Posted by Dan Espen on March 11, 2007, 9:55 am
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:54:05 -0500, Dan Espen
>
>>
>>> 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!
>>
>>I don't think you want it anywhere near anything you want to keep,
>>brick included.
>
> Thanks. I'll look into it.
>
> We used to have euanymus (sp?) on our house and it looked very nice.
> It was there when we bought the house, but we only lived there for 9
> years.
Here's a trick I use. Not sure about spelling?
Plug it into Google. I got:
Euonymus
It's a genus name so there seems to be a lot of variation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_(shrub)
But it appears to be a shrub, it wouldn't be "on" your house.
Despite the attractive appearance of a vine covered house,
I don't think you want anything growing on a house.
Ivy is particularly destructive but I don't think there is anything
that's good on a house.
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Posted by Michael B on March 11, 2007, 10:39 am
Ivy is a cancer to mortar.
Here's a one-page pdf on it.
http://www.bia.org/pdfs/Ivy%20on%20Brickwork.pdf
It gives advantages as well as disadvantages.
> Ivy is particularly destructive but I don't think there is anything
> that's good on a house.
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