Does anyone know what Ivy doesnt like growing on? Metal sheet, plastic? My neighbours ivy is growing under some of my roof and breaking the tiles. I would like to use something that it doesnt like to grow on so much, any ideas?
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We have a melange of grape vine, campsis (Portuguese Trumpet 
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That said, the gardener comes to trim once a month to prevent the tops reaching into the roof tiles, covering the shutters and extending uninvited to the neighbour’s. On balance, well worth the extra trouble!
Doing this as we speak 
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Careful! Composing replies on your phone while climbing and pruning is likely to result in serious injury…
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Plants don’t like copper and I am pretty sure I heard somewhere that ivy won’t grow on copper sheeting so perhaps you could check that out.
Beat me to it. Then spray the cuts with the most powerful weed killer you can lay your hands on.
Hmm, not got any with me this trip but will certainly consider it.
Anyone have an opinion on using bitumen paint on the timber rafters, I dont have to lookat it.
With ivy I try to get to near the ground or where it starts grabbing the wall first and cut there. That snip stops it growing further at the top end. Then I can pull off the growth right above that up to the top right away if the weather holds. But if not then I’ve stopped it in its tracks so that plant won’t get any further. It will start to wither too so easier to pull it off the wall f I have to come back. But to cut its connection to the ground first, or at least cut its feed line between you if it’s the neighbour’s plant, is the most important and quick to do, can be done in the rain etc.
That buys time to go back and pull up all the roots later, can be much later or end of season when most has died down. Or in my case there was still time to pull up the roots early season the following year.
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Ear worming " he flies through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the flying trapese."
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Ivy? That’s nothing! You should try wisteria! Now there’s a real brute.
Honeysuckle and jasmine aren’t much better.
We have all three.
And of course the more you cut them back the more they love it. 
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I read somewhere that ivy hates lemon juice, sounds an expensive remedy never tried it, i just normally try to keep pruning it but it dont work
In our old house we had wisteria that grew up the inside of a 7m long gutter down pipe and flowered af roof level 
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ladder, secateurs, keep it under control, no problem. A propos of all the wild questions on swimming pools, 22 years ago a hole was dug in the garden, small pebbles arrived, bottom of hole MUST be level, a fibreglass pool arrived on a lorry, infill of small pebbles and tile surrounds, filled it up, marvellous. All done in under a week. with advice from Corona on occasion later on, always helpful. So simple, it’s chlorine although you couldnt tell, lots of testing in this heat but water so clear. Small, 7X3, but one can swim or splash about, the choice is there! So much chatter abot concrete and liners etc, these pools are so simple.
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