[googles]

I have a client that wants me to remove a good amount of ground ivy. I was thinking if i rent a tiller and turn all the ivy and ground over i can then put down top soil and grass sod to smother it and get instant grass. would that work? can you guys please give me some help on what i should do? thanks

 

[Luscious Lawns]

I think I'd spray with glyphosphate before I tilled it under, or most of the vine pieces with nodes will resprout. Also be aware the vines will wrap around the tines of the tiller requreing constatnt clearing. I would be sure to price accordingly. And be ready to spray the remanining resprouts.

 

[Premo Services]

I had an area where I wanted to get rid of english ivy, and I took a rake with small thick tines and raked out most of it, then pulled the rest out. I planted and mulched the area and the ivy never came back. I have another section to do and was thinking about spraying roundup on it first, and see how that works. A tiller would be a real PITA, the ivy would wrap around the tines too much.

 

[impactlandscaping]

The only effective way I have found to remove ivy is to hand pull it. After you finish hand pulling, turn the soil over at least 5-6", and remove any more roots you see,then rake it over,level,re plant, and still be ready to remove / spray new shoots for a little while this summer....

 

[DJL]

Don't know what you mean by "a good amount" but I would say rent a small front end loader and rip em out roots and all.

 

[youngdude]

Gasoline and a match.

 

[work_it]

Spray it with Brush-be-gone, and it will be gone. Then rake it out of there.

 

[Tharrell]

I swore the next time I did that, I would use a skid steer. It's a real pita.

 

[GrassFearsMe]

man i prefer the skid steer with a tooth bar on the bucket. its the easiest way to do it, but otherwise hand pull it.

 

[locutus]

I sprayed a customer of mines with a selective herbicide that would kill ground ivy, It killed the ivy, without harming the lawn.

 

[Dodgemania]

Did a job just like that a week ago and used a trimmer to scalp down to the ground and then ran over it with a tiller and set tiller on it's deepest setting and that worked well. Still pain in the ass job.

 

[kels]

Did one last year and one this year, both times we scalped with trimmers, cut up in squares like sod with stick edger, then used a sod cutter/lifter to remove
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it is hard work no matter how you do it.

 

[googles]

After i rip it out the ivy if i put Sod down will that smother the remaining stuff i missed? i dont know if i want to use chemicals becuase the Sod may not want to grow. what do you think?

 

[Runner]

It will come back. If it is sprayed with glyphosate, it will also come back. This stuff needs to be hit 2 or 3 times before it dies completely. It spreads by tillers.

 

[naturescape]

If you do use a veg. killer, remember that if there is any ivy in the beds or in the adjoining yard and you don't kill that area also, in a year or 2 it will be back into your customer's lawn.

 

[GrassFearsMe]

i wouldn't use chems if you gonna grow grass.

 

[googles]

Thanks for all your help. From what all you guys are saying is that i must use chemicals. what is the best chemicals i can use? and how much does it cost. the client has about 20 long and 20 wide of Ivy so about 400 sq ft. And thanks again

 

[work_it]

Before you even decide to make that move I hope you have a pesticide license. They're really comming down on unlicensed LCO's spraying chemicals, and all it would take is someone reporting you. My best advice is to sub it out if that is the case.

 

[AL Inc]

Along those lines, I can get you the info for the landscape gardeners association, they can help you get licensed. Mike