Removed Ivy from tree

Hi,

I removed Ivy from my garden tree but after googling, I think I did it wrong and shouldnt have removed all the vines, and should just have cut the stems off to let the ivy die on the tree. What can I do to help the tree? is there some protection solution I can "paint" on it that is sold?

Or do you think it will be ok? It wasnt a huge amount of ivy but it took a couple hours to remove.

Thanks

 

It should he fine Carliennon

Yes, if you simply severed the ivy from ground level the "vines" would die on the tree and fall off. No, just let the tree recover now

 

Thanks Verdun

 

Maybe have a look at the thread I posted a few weeks ago @Carllennon "No good deed goes unpunished". The massive tree in question now has huge amounts of dead ivy in it. Hopefully over the next winter or 2 all of it will fall out of the tree. Certainly the tree is in all its glory atm and showing zero signs of objecting to what I have donw to "help" it.

 

Removing the ivy will cause no harm to the tree unless the bark/cambium layer was damaged in the process, if not you have done the tree a favor.
Hope i can be of help.

 

You'll probably find the ivy starts to grow again at the base. If it does, spray it with glyphosate and if a thick 'branch' bore a hole and inject glyphosate.

 

Hi Carllennon

Do you mind me asking why you thought you did it wrong? I posted a thread about ivy in trees a long time ago, but I can't seem to find it now sadly. As others have said, removing ivy from trees can either be done by pulling it all out or by severing the base of it and letting it die off over time. Personally I hate ivy in trees for a number of reasons, but I know others like it for wildlife purposes. Ivy is a prolific grower, so every so often just pull off the vines again as you see fit.