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Old 11-01-2013, 07:03 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?

Danny D. wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:25:40 -0700, chaniarts wrote:

i have a weed sprayer container that sucks via an venturi, that
attaches to a regular hose that will easily shoot 20' in a stream,
or can be adjusted to spray in a fan. it only cost a few dollars at
the borg.


Thanks for the picture of that weed sprayer.
It appears to use a garden hose as part of the apparatus?

I mentioned somewhere in this thread that this infestation of poison
oak starts something like 400 or 500 feet from the house (I haven't
meaured it but it's easily a football field away), and goes for a few
hundred feet further in the downhill direction.

It's not impossible to handle 500 feet of garden hose (I probably have
just about that much already) ... it's not the easiest approach.

Personally I'm looking for a more portable solution for the mountain
folks like me who have hilly acreage.


A big tank, water pump, and hose nozzle. You could just pay some gardening
company to spray it for you with their big rig. Or go rent a big sprayer.