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Old 08-01-2013, 11:00 PM posted to alt.home.repair,rec.gardens,ba.gardens
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Default Is there a better way to remove a poison oak plant than with a chainsaw?

On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:35:56 -0500, Frank
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On 1/8/2013 3:24 PM, Danny D. wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:46:24 -0800, TimR wrote:

Roundup has worked fine for me. The plants take about a week to die,
but that gives time to get the poison through the system


Hi Tim,

Yes. The Roundup weed killer works.

I buy this concentrate for about $100
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The problem with Roundup isn't that it doesn't work.

The problem is getting to the plant, which fortresses itself with 10 to
20 feet of vines, such that I can't get the roundup to the leaves.

The fact the poison oak, out here, is always on a steep hill, makes it
doubly hard to get the roundup to the leaves.

I'm thinking whether a pressure washer could work to throw the roundup
the necessary 20 feet, but I've only hooked my pressure washer to a
garden hose and never to a 25-gallon bucket of weed killer.


Have you tried 2,4D? It works on my poison ivy.


Agent Orange, there you go! ;-)

Poison Ivy is better killed with a "wooded plant" herbicide. 2,4D
probably qualifies, though there are several sold these days.