Best to pull it off.
Get dead vine off of siding.
Vinyl siding requires care to keep it looking its best.
At that point they ll be impossible to remove without damaging the siding.
There is not even a trace of the gripers from the vine and no paint missing.
4 sand the siding with orbital sander to remove stubborn ivy stains and residue.
You really don t want the insects getting into your roof sheaves and other structure from that ivy.
If you ve let the vine wilt most of it should come off as you pull but there will inevitably be sap discoloration on the siding left after the vine is gone.
Remove a chunk of the stem so there s a gap between the stem and stump of the vine.
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If you think pulling the vines off your structure will do more harm than good first kill them by cutting them to 4 to 6 inches above the ground.
Don t leave the dead suckers on the siding for more than two or three weeks.
Remember if you don t kill the roots the ivy suckers will sprout back up and around the siding.
Pulling live suckers can damage the siding and leave remnants of the vine on the wall so wait until the plant has died back.
You may be able to clean most of this off by scrubbing with a solution of tsp and water.
I ve had ivy growing on stucco and steel siding.
Be sure to wear gloves if you do this because tsp is caustic.
3 scrape siding to remove dead branches and dried leaves.
Pamela your husband s right.
A power washer took off some from the steel siding and didn t hurt the siding but i used a knife to remove it.
7 in spring brush herbicide onto leaves of ivy stem to kill plant.
Sorry to say i found no easy way.
The only side effect was a very clean section of siding as you can see in the last comparison photo the top section was not cleaned and the bottom was clean as a whistle.
Don t tug at the ivy suckers until they have turned brown and withered an indication the ivy plant is dead.
6 collect ivy and stuff into plastic trash bags.
Now if you are still bent on having some ivy just do what i do and go to dollar tree and get lots of those 1 00 strands of ivy and push pin them wherever you want.
5 cut the ivy stems close to ground with loppers.
If you leave the suckers too long they ll rot oxidize and harden.
They can creep between masonry and stone joints under vinyl siding and into the mortar between bricks.
Use shears to clip the main vines level to the ground or as close as you can get.
It needs to be properly cleaned and stains removed to keep it from looking dirty and dingy.
Pressure washing is appropriate only for wood siding when you don t care whether any paint or stain comes off.
Step back from the wall and examine the growth of the vine at the base of the wall.
