Disposing of poison ivy--how?
sujiwan_gw 6b MD/PA
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Is this poison ivy?
Comments (9)Good luck. I've been battling ours since we moved here in '93... some years I break out, some years I don't - most of the time I think it's the dogs sharing it with me. Just yesterday found a lush patch of it behind the roses so today bought a honkin' big jug of concentrate PI killer, mixed up a batch, and emptied it on everything that even looked suspicious. I noted it was in flower already... good grief. Here's hoping I set it back a season or two. Between that stuff and the grapevine, some years we don't see either the roses or the burning bush in that section of the yard. One day I'm just going to cement over it all. ;-]...See MorePoison ivy vs virginia creeper
Comments (3)Virginia creeper does not look like poison ivy ever, in my experience (5 leaf clusters), but I have had more than one yard maintenance person think even the full grown plant was. Really made me question their competence. Even young, poison ivy leaves look like poison ivy. If it is small, you can just yank it out of your pot. If the roots are well established, though, you may have to start over. I really don't know if any of the oil might linger on the surface of the soil, if not the new growth of chives (having discarded the growth present with the poison ivy) should be ok. I am lucky in that I am not sensitive to the plant since the birds plan it regularly in my yard. Good luck controlling the creeper. It is native here and really tried very hard to take over the whole yard--I would find that it had travelled under mulch and grass up to 30 feet to pop up in a new spot!! I had to eradicate it finally just to reduce the constant chasing after it--and that took the whole summer and lots of brush be gone (which also works on poison ivy)...See Morepoison ivy all throughout the yard
Comments (4)I always wear gloves, breathing mask, and optionally long pants and sleeves when working with questionable vines or plants. Sometimes I even do it with disposable gloves. The herbicide should give you a general time frame in which it would be rain-safe, but you should also be prepared that there might be some unexpected plant casualties even if you are very careful. Some people did stick the vine end into a small cup or container with Roundup. I think poison ivy would absorb it in a similar way if you did that. That way, you can reduce the amount of plants that will get exposed to the herbicide....See MoreI think I have poison ivy IN my turf lawn! Help!!
Comments (1)This is what I have done in the past. I get paper plates and make a cut from the edge to the centerpoint. Then I slip the leaf or part of the vine through the slit up to the centerpoint. It gives me a backstop when i apply the roundup....See Morenywoodsman
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