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russian vine, mine started to get leaves on earlier in the year know ive noticed they have died as they are opening im wondering could that last bout of frost have killed it off as it was coming back to life, ive tried bending one of the windy thingies and it dosent snap as if it were dead wood , any ideas x

i am wondering if my posts show lol x

Never grown one, but my book/bible says it needs support, and in spring to cut back stems to keep growth in check, don't know if that's any help :)

Cut it back slightly - I used to chop ours back as it went mad and unfortunately each time it had a haircut it went twice as fast.

thanks for your replies , i would say its a year old mayby 2 , will go and give it a good scratch lol thanks xx

My very friendly neighbour, before they moved out about 8 years ago,
planted russian vine along their back fence.........AND bamboo.........

which comes up in MY garden as if it belonged there.........any suggestions on how to kill it? at present I cut the shoot about 3 inches above ground level and using a hyperdermic needle( an ink replacement kit one) inject either vinegar( acetic acid) or battery acid into the shoot....

Bob

Hi Bob,

We too have neighbours Bamboo. I bought something from the Garden centre to 'deal' with the Bamboo. Only trouble is Bamboo is still growing while my beautiful flowering Cherry tree up and died. It obviously took up via the roots whatever it was I put on the Bamboo.

I wish I new a fail safe 'killer' for my Bamboo.

Susan

I GROW MY BAMBOO IN A HUGE POT

THE VINE WHEN IT STARTS TO GROW WILL SPREAD LIKE MAD DONT HAVE IT NEAR ANY OTHER PLANTS
IT WILL SMOTHER THEM

My russian Vine is taking over our neighbour's gardens aswell, but I love it, it covers everything you want it to.

ive had a good scratch and thje twig things are ghreen guess that means its alive xx

thanks joan did it get frost bite then do you think xx