Vine/Climber ID (Poison Ivy?)
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Comments (2)What people do is cut the vine at the base and leave a couple leaves. Then they paint the leaves and the cut stem of the vine with roundup. Roundup is then transported by the vine to its roots where it kills the roots of the vine. It does not kill neighboring roots, so it is safe to use this way. The roundup must not touch any green parts of the azalea or other desirable plants, since it enters the green tissue and will kill that plant also. With vines, it is just about impossible to spray without hitting neighboring plants. Another alternative to brushing is to put on a cotton glove over a rubber glove and moistening the cotton glove with roundup and wiping the roundup onto the stub of vine under the desirable plants, avoiding any contact or dripping on the desirable plants. With nasty vines, they use strong concentrations of roundup or even the straight concentrate. That is quite risky since it will kill anything green it touches. If you haven't used roundup before, it takes about a week to 10 days to kill a plant. However if you get some on a desirable plant, you only have a couple minutes to wash it off. Roundup is an interesting material. I have some large trees next to my driveway. The lower branches obscure my view of coming cars. To defoliate these branches, I spray these branches with roundup. It doesn't kill the tree. Since these branches are such a small part of the tree, it just kills the portion of the roots that are feeding these branches and these branches die and the tree remains healthy. Many ivies and poison ivy have waxy leaves are are harder to kill with roundup. It takes a stronger concentration....See MoreReminder To Self: Dead Poison Ivy Is Still Poisonous
Comments (4)Oooh so sorry!!!!! Awful stuff. To ID later... Spray paint pink after the herbicide dries? Take pics? Put a little sign for yourself back there, to remind? Have someone else do it? Pull sprouts more often? Not everything in nature makes sense, but this cruel trick of still poisonous dead leaves and vines is especially perplexing to me. The only acceptable disposal for me, this yard, is plastic bag sent to landfill. We recycle and compost, but that's not an option for something that has the potential to make me so sick for an unknown amount of time past its' death. Do not burn, urishiol can become airborne this way....See MoreIs this poison ivy on my fence? Poison oak? Something else?
Comments (4)Those are all poison ivy. And big healthy established vines by the look of those blooms! What a job! If it were me, i'd don heavy duty protective gear in 2-3 layers(preferably an outer layer you can toss afterwards), and start cutting away as much as i could while it's dormant and fairly easy to work around. That won't kill it- but when it reprouts at the ground where you cut it off you can hit that with roundup and not damage other stuff. If someone in your family is more resistant to the oils, let them tackle the job. When you're cutting big vines especially, do it slowly so it doesn't splash/squirt sap around. Probably a good idea to wipe down your pruners as they get wet, too. Not sure how 'juicy' it'll be this time of year- i know at other times, the big vines are pretty sappy. It's going to be awfully hard to spray it thoroughly and not get anything else if you don't trim some of it down. You're taking some of the plant's system and weakening it some by trimming. Plus, it takes more spray if you leave it as it is than if you trim. Best of luck! As others have said- be very careful, and wash with technu really well afterwards. If you do end up with a rash, zanafel works pretty well at reducing the time you have it (it's expensive, though). There are a couple of prescription creams that will help tremendously in drying it up as well, and they aren't commonly known. The steroids and shots do work, but i don't like dealing with either one. The dormant vines can still give you a whopper of a rash, and the sap is the worst. If it were me, and this rental had it before you moved in, i'd ask the landlord if they'd knock off a little rent or pay for the weed killers for you. It's a nasty job, and you should get some compensation....See MoreA vine. Not poison ivy?
Comments (10)Ken... lol... I don't even mow my yard. Generally speaking, I care not a wit about what grows where unless, like this vine, it can take over. Therefore, as long as it is in the yard, and has little practical purpose for being there, instead of giving it space to do its thing, I'll cut it back with the swing blade. Then I'll add it to the garden beds or the compost pile...just as I do with all the grass and weeds already in the yard. Since it does have the practical purpose of being an interesting type of beauty and, as my research has shown, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, it will continue to be allowed free reign in the treeline. My conception of beauty and desirability is much different than many... especially lawn-obsessed Americans. :-) For example... last time I cut the yard back, I found a few wild blackberries and a few sassafras trees encroaching from the treeline. I let both of them stay right in the front yard. I make my own wine, beer, and soda. Sarsaparilla is now on the drawing board! Woohoo!...See MoreSabji garden (7b), Raleigh NC
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