[APWG] sheet mulching to control English Ivy

[Pamela Zevit]

I have a colleague here in southwest BC who is studying here at a local college. She is looking for any information or experience in
using biodegradable cover to control species such as English ivy and reed canary grass. She has done some online searches and I have
provided some info for her to contact some local experts here, but wanted to see what the experience has been using this technique
for these and other similar species in other locations and environments.
 
Please see below - you can contact her direct at: marganderson_2000 at yahoo.ca if you do not want to post to the list.
 
Thanks very much for any assistance you can provide her.
 
Pamela
 

Pamela Zevit, R.P. Bio 
Adamah Consultants 

Coquitlam BC Canada
604-939-0523 

 <mailto:adamah at telus.net> adamah at telus.net 

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From: marg anderson [mailto:marganderson_2000 at yahoo.ca] 
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 2:52 PM
To: Pamela Zevit
Cc: marganderson_2000 at yahoo.ca
Subject: sheet mulching to control English Ivy 
 
Hi Pamela
 
I am looking f or research papers on methods of sheet mulching to control English Ivy as part of Landscape Environment course in the
Horticulture Program I am taking at Kwantlen Polytech on the Langley Campus.  Through Burnaby Lake Park Assoc. and Wildlife Rescue I
have been manually controlling Ivy and experimenting with cardboard sheet mulching to  control creeping buttercup.  I am wondering
if you have come across any reseach that has compared different methods of sheet mulching other than landscape cloth which is not
biodergradable.
 
I am wanting to run some trials on various biodegradable sheet mulchs such as newspaper, cardboard, cocofiber, burlap and if
possible a biodegradable landscape cloth (if there is such a thing).  At the Langley campass we have an area of English Ivy approx.
25 ft X 4ft that we have been given the go-ahead on to run the trials.  I would love to find some background material of other
trials or comparisons I could look at if you know of any.
 
Thanks very much f or looking into it for me. Give me a shout if you have run across anything.
 
Cheers
 
Marg Anderson
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