Re: think we should try to keep the avocado tree?

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > we could redirect the ivy to the privets by the fence....they are 
 > heading that way

Sounds good.  Creative destruction.

 > On Sun, 28 Apr 2019, Robert wrote:
 >  >  > From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 >  >  > Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:41:15 -0700
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > From: Noelle <noelle>
 >  >  >  > Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:18:25 -0700 (PDT)
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > save the tree
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > OK.  If you get some time, clip back the ivy.
 >  > 
 >  > BTW, it says that Round-Up is the surest way to keep English ivy in check,
 >  > but you cannot get rid of it and controlling it requires repeated
 >  > applications every few months.
 >  > 
 >  > There is also the boiling water and salt and vinegar method, which would
 >  > be more work but probably won't kill nearby plants.
 >  > 
 >  > It may be that just clipping it back every few weeks is good enough.  Hard
 >  > to say.