Yes, depends on the vine. I live in a house built in 1890 and in the yard we have english ivy up several trees, some quite thick. I cut a one foot section out of the vine stem to kill the vine but it grows back up the tree from the ground. This does not worry me as I will cut it again every few years. Sometimes I will spray the vine on the ground for a whole summer to kill it if I don't want it to grow up the tree again.
I do believe large vines are bad for trees. We have wild muskadines sixty ft. up trees back in the woods. Stems are over one inch in diameter. I've cut hundreds of them off at the ground. I figure it sets them back a bit. The will regrow but it takes a long time and in heavy shade they usually just die.
We have kudzu in a few places too. Now that is a vine from hell!
I hate to think of the tropical vines you guys must deal with. Our low temp was 22F last night. |