I've gone and done it...

Russian Vine/Mile a minute hell....help!

Some entertaining extracts from forum postings on Russian Vines ...



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We have a 6ft tall 40ft long trellis type fence betweeen us an our neighbour and no chance of us being able to replace it for about 150 years.

Our neighbour's lovely but I do worry about him spying on my builder's bum when I am weeding etc and I'm wary of letting the kids out in the nude etc.

I know russian vines are a ****** to get rid of but I cant think of anything else which would do the job quickly.

Would you do it?

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What do i need to get rid of a russian vine that is destroying my garden fencing.

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Been asked by a good client to KILL Russian vine. It's spread over flat ground about the size of a badminton court.

I was going to use SBK/Parrafin Mix to kill it. But it doesn't always give great results.......what would you do?

I have explained to the client it is likely to need more than one treatment.
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Help with Russian Vine?
Can anybody suggest how to stop my neighbours Russian Vine from making my garden a complete eyesore. It grows (a mile a minute) off their trellis straight into our garden and we are the ones that have to take time to cut it down twice a week. We have thought about putting something over it, but what?as it will just grow through normal fencing. PLEASE HELP

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Japanese Knotweed x Russian Vine
Someone was expressing fear of Russian Vine hybridising with Japanese
Knotweed.

It does.

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