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Poison Ivy
Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This
in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? |
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On May 11, 7:41 am, Bluebee wrote:
Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? I have had good luck with Roundup or most any non-selective weed killer. The problem is how to prevent the re-growth/sprouting of new plants. |
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"Bluebee" wrote in message ... Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? The only long term success I have had is to get in there well covered with gloves, a shovel and a root puller and rip it out by the roots. Be very careful if you burn it, because the smoke can spread the resin, even into your lungs and eyes. |
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On 2007-05-11, Bluebee wrote:
Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? That is like peeing on a forest fire. Roundup. Read the label for dilution, then add a squirt of dishwashing liquid in the water as a surfactant. Roundup comes in 2 strengths. "lawn and garden" 18% Professional 41% You can get 2.5 gallons of generic roundup from Agrisupply for $45. Weedbegon will work also, but I prefer roundup if I don't have to worry about killing grass. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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Roundup comes in 2 strengths. "lawn and garden" 18% Professional 41% You can get 2.5 gallons of generic roundup from Agrisupply for $45. Agri also sells 1 gallon of Gly Star 41% (generic Roundup) for $22.49. I bought a gallon a few days ago. This is enough to last me three or four lifetimes. Therefore I am willing to sell half the gallon at half my cost. Buyer must provide a container. Daniel B. Martin Apex (The 8s are spam blockers. Delete them.) |
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On Fri, 11 May 2007 11:16:53 -0400 in Philip Semanchuk wrote:
In article .com, wrote: On May 11, 7:41 am, Bluebee wrote: Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? I have had good luck with Roundup or most any non-selective weed killer. The problem is how to prevent the re-growth/sprouting of new plants. I'm an organic gardner and I attack poison ivy on my property with mechanical means only. But a friend of mine recently alerted me to the practice of cutting the stem of a plant and painting the cut with Roundup. That minimizes the amount of Roundup that goes where you don't want it. I was surprised that it was still effective this way but she said it was. Bluebee, it is certainly possible to remove by mechanical means, you just have to get yourself into a biohazard mindset. Once you start yanking up the ivy, be careful not to scratch an itch on your bare skin, rub your eyes, or wipe sweat off your brow. That's the thing I find most difficult to avoid. I just limit all removal activities to the hand I don't use to wipe my brow and limit work time to 45 minutes to an hour to be followed immediately by a shower and sending all clothing through the washer. I'm currently engaged in a mixed approach to removing the crap. 24D/Weedbegone to do initial knockdown on a large patch that was trying to invade the yard, and an infestation snaked up several cedar trees. Roundup for the other patches. Lopping shears and muscle to remove it, and trupet creeper, and virginia creeper, from a few trees. Mowing a barrier on the edge of a neighbor's field that seems to be infested with poison ivy. Just pulling the small sprouts that show up along the flower beds. The eldest step kid has also been offered a bounty of $2 for each new infestation she finds. She doesn't seem to care about money tho' as I've since pulled 3 new infestations on the route from her bus stop to the door... Good luck -- Chris Dukes elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat |
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Here's a key thing to do in order to slow it down. You'll never wipe
poison ivy out completely but, after you have killed the plants growing in your immediate area, go scouting for a 'mother vine'. This will be a large thick vine winding up a tree. This is the plant that is putting out all the seed berries that birds then carry all over the area. Knock one of those out, and you've actually dealt it a setback. All other killing methods are fine, you'll just have to do it every year. On May 11, 7:41 am, Bluebee wrote: Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? |
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On 2007-06-17, ncstockguy wrote:
Here's a key thing to do in order to slow it down. You'll never wipe poison ivy out completely but, after you have killed the plants growing in your immediate area, go scouting for a 'mother vine'. This will be a large thick vine winding up a tree. This is the plant that is putting out all the seed berries that birds then carry all over the area. Knock one of those out, and you've actually dealt it a setback. All other killing methods are fine, you'll just have to do it every year. Unfortunately we back up to a greenway/floodplain we have acres of areas for "mother vines". I did decimate one behind me though. It was a combo of english ivy and poison ivy. Roundup with squirt of dishwashing liquid as a surfactant wiped out 95% on the first application. On May 11, 7:41 am, Bluebee wrote: Just discovered that my backyard has plenty of poison Ivy growing. This in the woods that belong to me. What is the best way to kill them? Googling it, I found its not easy to kill, but there is hope. Has anyone tried the salt+detergent+vinegar combination with any good results? -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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