Poision ivy growIn in New England ?

14 years ago

Hi all

I am stuyding about poison Ivy, poison oak. Here in Georgia, some of older poison Ivy vines are 5~7 inch diameter , climb up to 100 feet high or more.

last weekend,I removed hairly roots,expose bark and removed some bark if any urushi oil flow/sap. leaf is not out yet so that sap is not flowing much. Next 30 day or so leaves are fully developed, poison ivy produce more of Urushi oil/sap.

How big is your poison ivy in your property?

Do you know any one or any buiness remove poision ivy for you ?...............yama

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sedum37
14 years ago
You may be interested in this discussion we had last year on poison ivy. I myself haven't seen large vines of poison ivy but other posters in that thread have reported those type of vines. One poster recommended Brush B Gone at full strength painted on the poison ivy stumps.

See link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Poison Ivy Discussion Link...
stoloniferous
14 years ago
Are you looking for information on killing poison ivy? Right now nothing is growing yet in New England.

WeÂve got a few 4-6 inch diameter poison ivy vines in my yard that will have to be cut with a saw at some point. We also have many smaller vines. Anything small enough to cut with garden snippers, I cut the vine at the base of the tree, and then pulled up the roots. If you want to do the removal yourself, I suggest that you wear long plastic bags up your arms, held on with rubber bands. On top of that wear latex gloves over top of gardening gloves. Do not let any of the poison ivy touch your clothing, because the oils will soak through. Have a second person wheel a large trash can around behind you. That person will also be necessary to help you get into the shower afterwards without touching doorknobs or other surfaces around your house. Scrub your skin thoroughly afterward, and donÂt be surprised if you still manage to get a rash.

The roots/runners of poison ivy do come up from the ground easily, at least. I suggest that you wait until the Autumn to do your pulling, though, because poison ivy is at its most potent in the Spring. Safer still, wait until it has lost its leaves.
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Happy2BeeME
14 years ago
Here in NH we have several types. The big thick vines running 100' or so up trees, the runners that run along the stone walls and the bushy tree type.

stoloniferous has the same method I use as well as cover myself with an ointment from the pharmacy to block the oil from your skin. Also when you do take your clothes off, gloves and all I toss into a plastic bag and put them into the garbage. Take my word for it if the oil gets on your clothes the next time and every time you touch them you will get a rash again.

DON'T BURN IT! :) Also the brush killer spray does work good but that you have to spray on the growing leaves.

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yama
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you
I appreciate your time and informations.
I have been in Landscape trade for 37 years. more than half century, poision ivy, sumac did not bothered me much. Last week I shave off hairly roots of poison ivy,removed 1/4 of bark and let's urushi oil/sap to flow. I touch Urushi oil,put on my hand then put on my face if anything happen. I porked my nose with urushi oiled finger but nothing happened. Many peoples warned me that one day your body will chenge, and you get poision ivy rash. I test my self time to time, over and over if my body chenged or not.

My girl friend don't like an idea that I touch poision ivy, go into poison removal business. or anything to do with poision ivy. I have to decide, girl friend or Poision ivy ^^................ Thanks again
yama
stoloniferous
14 years ago
Oh Jesus! That's not a wise way to test yourself. People can develop a sensitivity to urushiol at any time in their life, depending on exposure level and chance. Bombing yourself with so much urushiol was risky.

It can take a week or longer for a rash to appear. But in general, the sooner you staret seeing a rash, the worse the outbreak will be. If you start getting a rash today or tomorrow, I suggest you call your doctor at once.

A urushiol rash can take a month or longer to run its course. This isn't anything like hives, or other instant allergic reactions.

Also, even if you have no reaction to urushiol, if you get the oil on your clothes, your car seat, your house, etc., your girlfriend or anyone else touching those surfaces can be exposed. So don't treat these plants casually even if you seem to be immune.
stoloniferous
14 years ago
FYI, for anyone who does want to tangle with poison ivy, I do suggest testing yourself first, but carefully! Apply a tiny, tiny amount of sap to some inconspicuous part of your body. For example, I rubbed a leaf of poison sumac lightly on my leg. After two weeks of no reaction from that test, I put a pinhead of poison sumac sap on my ankle. The resulting rash from the sap was the size of a silver dollar. If I had jumped to smearing a silver dollarÂs worth of sap on myself, the rash quite likely would have sent me to the doctor.
evonnestoryteller
14 years ago
I was always told the less exposure the better. The more a person is exposed, the more opportunity for an allergy to develop.
yama
Original Author
14 years ago
More peoples sentive to posion ivy, that will give more business oppunity to remove poision ivy for then ^^.

Thank you for your replay. I am going back to Japan for awhie , I test with sumac. We don't have poision ivy in Japan. Let's you to know if I get rash over there. Thanks. yama

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