My poison ivy is getting a wart-like growth on the leaves, and they are curling
up. Is this a disease that will kill the ivy??
"Geez, I hope not," he sez tongue in cheek.

On 30 Jul 2003 12:00:44 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

My poison ivy is getting a wart-like growth on the leaves, and they are curling
up. Is this a disease that will kill the ivy??
"Geez, I hope not," he sez tongue in cheek.


No. If you want to eliminate the ivy use 2,4D or RoundUp, and reapply
after 3 weeks if needed. Fortunately, I have a friend who is
non-allergic to pull out the poison ivy and dispose of it.

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c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

My poison ivy is getting a wart-like growth on the leaves, and they are
curling up. Is this a disease that will kill the ivy??

No. Most poison-ivy spray is roundup applied at twice the normal
strength. If the poison ivy is climbing up trees, cut off the top so
that you can spray all the leaves on the part that is left. Be sure to
get it before the berries form and the birds eat them and plant many
more plants.

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c (TOM KAN PA) wrote in message ...
My poison ivy is getting a wart-like growth on the leaves, and they are curling
up. Is this a disease that will kill the ivy??
"Geez, I hope not," he sez tongue in cheek.

No. My PI gets that stuff occasionally, specially those that are
vining in full sun, and always recovers. A small paintbrush dipped in
straight Roundup, touching one leaf, that is the way to deal with it.

On 30 Jul 2003 12:00:44 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

My poison ivy is getting a wart-like growth on the leaves, and they are curling
up. Is this a disease that will kill the ivy??
"Geez, I hope not," he sez tongue in cheek.

What are you doing sitting around watching it instead of trying to
eradicate it? Even if you're not sensitive to it, the corossive (and I
speak from experience) oil in the leaves can be transfered on animal
fur and clothing. Not to mention the plant spreading and seeding to
bring misery to others. It isn't 'cute' to have a pet poison ivy
plant.

It isn't 'cute' to have a pet poison ivy plant.
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Where did I say I'm not trying to get rid of it?? I thought there was the
possibility that it is eliminating itself! Re-read my post.......... "Is this a
disease that will kill the ivy?? "Geez, I hope not," he sez tongue in cheek."
Tongue in cheek.........Look it up.

Now that I've established that I don't want the damn ivy, I'd still like to
know what the growth on the leaves is.

Wear disposable gloves, clip it at ground level, paint the
stems with full-strength RoundUp
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I prefer Brush-B-Gon.

lighten up. It is easy to miss read postings (anyone here able to claim
that "THEY" have never done so!?).

Viruses cause this type of bumping. The plants have their own type of
immune system and manage it quite well. It is not going to eliminate your
problem (though if I were not highly allergic to poison ivy I could be
tempted - mind you tempted to not consider it a problem.... It is one of the
most beautiful fall plants in coloring)...

I know you didn't ask but I want to put in my 2 cents for others who are
reading this thread and who may not know about it that TECNU is a great
product that you can use to remove the tar like substance that poison ivy
puts on your skin and which most people are allergic to. DON'T use it as a
soap! It can be very expensive if you use it that way and potentially just
spread the tar to other parts of your body. Instead use it as the solvent
it is and how you would use something to take off tar from your skin. Take
a small amount, rub it on the area that you believe to have touch poison ivy
(or if you are beginning to show the rash, where the rash is). Rub for at
least a couple of minutes or for as long as you can tolerate it. Then take
a paper towel or a rag you can throw away and wipe off the Tecnu and
hopefully most of the poison ivy tar. You will have to do this any time you
feel any itching or signs of the effects of the poison ivy. I am HIGHLY
allergic to poison ivy and react very badly to it. This treatment will take
what was 3 weeks of pure hell for me down to a couple of days of annoyance.
And I know that I'm not just adapting out to the poison ivy because every
once in awhile I become complacent and let it go thinking poison ivy is no
big deal now and I really pay for it.

DK

P.S. I imagine that any solvent that works on road/roofing/etc. tar would
work on the poison ivy tar. Tecnu is the only commercial product that I
know of for this purpose though and I buy it to support them since they have
made living on the east coast livable for me.


"TOM KAN PA" wrote in message
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It isn't 'cute' to have a pet poison ivy plant.
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Where did I say I'm not trying to get rid of it?? I thought there was the
possibility that it is eliminating itself! Re-read my post.......... "Is
this a
disease that will kill the ivy?? "Geez, I hope not," he sez tongue in
cheek."
Tongue in cheek.........Look it up.

Now that I've established that I don't want the damn ivy, I'd still like
to
know what the growth on the leaves is.