Brush Killer works much better than Roundup on woody plant growth. Depending
on your weather, allow several weeks or more for the leaves and stems to dry
and the oil to decompose or evaporate. Even so, be careful in cleanup and,
of course, don't burn any of it. We have eliminated large patches of it
safely in this way. Be on the look out for seedlings for the next few
seasons. Birds can always bring in more seeds so you may never be free of
it. Tho not as toxic, we have the same problem with mistletoe which can be
treated similiarly if the brush killer is brushed on or applied to cut
surfaces and kept off the tree. Apparently, not enough of the poison gets
through the mistletoe roots into the tree to cause any permanent damage,
although I can see the possibility of damage to small limbs. But what's the
mistletoe going to do but kill the limb too. What's to lose?
Gary

"Kim" wrote in message
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Hi, I am posting for the first time here. I have read many of the
articles and this seems like a great newsgroup!!

I have searched the internet and I cannot figure out how to successfully
get rid of poison ivy from my yard. We live in a wooded area and are
just trying to beat the poison ivy back out of the gardens and out of the
lawn on the edges of the woods. I normally don't like to use chemicals,
but after a few nasty cases of blistering skin, I ran to get some Round
Up. That is very expensive and doesn't seem to work that great. I have
also covered up with latex and pulled out scads of vines, bagged them and
thrown them in the garbage, but that is a hazardous endeavor. Are there
any home remedies that people have used that work?

-kim