- 1). Wear your work gloves because pulling ivy can irritate your skin. Some people develop contact dermatitis from touching ivy
- 2). Pull up the edge of the ivy patch toward you and roll it into a log shape. This process is most effective if you have many helpers. Stand in a line to pull up the edge and start the log. Continue pulling on the vine and rolling it toward you like a log.
- 3). Move some of your helpers to the other side of the log to push while you pull. When the roll becomes unmanageable, cut the vines and start a new log. Cut the really thick vines with your pruning saw and lop off the others with your shears.
- 4). Use a dethatching rake as an alternative to manually pulling out the vines. Use the straight tines of the rake to pull out the ivy in a perpendicular direction to its growth. Then work the rake in different directions to get all of the roots.
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