Poison Ivy

[Daddy_O]

If anyone knows of a safe way to get rid of large amounts of poison ivy, please share.
Reason, I have a fence line along the house that needs clearing, and I have discovered that it is COVERED on the stuff. Sadly, I did not realize this until after i had started clearing a portion out. (deedeedee award of the week)

Please let me know if you know of any means that could rid myself of this stuff, as I have to get the fence line cleared before the fence is destroyed even more.

 

[ememdee19]

If anyone knows of a safe way to get rid of large amounts of poison ivy, please share.
Reason, I have a fence line along the house that needs clearing, and I have discovered that it is COVERED on the stuff. Sadly, I did not realize this until after i had started clearing a portion out. (deedeedee award of the week)

Please let me know if you know of any means that could rid myself of this stuff, as I have to get the fence line cleared before the fence is destroyed even more.

If you pee on it, it'll keep the deer away. :shrug:

 

[Jameo]

Round up makes something that will kill it

 

[kom526]

Go to Southern States and get some of the concentrated Roundup and a pump sprayer. Follow the directions on both and spray away! You could cut all the vines let it all die down and then clear it all out. After you finish at your place I could put to work on my crop of poison ivy.

HEY! Let's ask Larry.

 

[BuddyLee]

Let me do it, I can't get it.

 

[Jameo]

Let me do it, I can't get it.

I don't either, but I'm not volunteering my services

 

[Vince]

A one gallon sprayer and vegatation killer (ortho makes it or you can get the Roundup brand). It kills everything. Be careful where you spray it. It will kill everything and when it's all dryed up, pull it out wearing gloves.

 

[BuddyLee]

I don't either, but I'm not volunteering my services

My great uncle Lynn tried burning it in his younger days. He told us a story of a real bad case of that stuff in his throat and lungs.

 

[Jameo]

My great uncle Lynn tried burning it in his younger days. He told us a story of a real bad case of that stuff in his throat and lungs.

I know a few people highly allergic like that :sux2bthem:

 

[Daddy_O]

I happen to be allergic to it..sad part is that it's my own fault. I went at the main greenery of the wild kingdom (as I call it) with a weed wacker and went crazy hitting everything that wouldn't kill my string, then went at the vines underneath with wire cutters...I am lucky I don't have poison ivy worse than I do.
thanks to all for replying. I will be getting me some spray this weekend.

 

[Agee]

Round up makes something that will kill it

"Brush-Be-Gone", it takes a while for the ivy to die back, and the ivy retains its volitile oils for a while, use gloves, and by all means don't burn it. The brush killer works faster in the hot weather, and you need to give the herbicide time to be sucked into the roots of the ivy.

Good Luck, nasty vine

 

[kwillia]

"Brush-Be-Gone", it takes a while....

Chasey... I hope you applied it this morning since it takes a while...

 

[LexiGirl75]

I happen to be allergic to it..sad part is that it's my own fault. I went at the main greenery of the wild kingdom (as I call it) with a weed wacker and went crazy hitting everything that wouldn't kill my string, then went at the vines underneath with wire cutters...I am lucky I don't have poison ivy worse than I do.
thanks to all for replying. I will be getting me some spray this weekend.

Daddy_O I so love that name!!!

I just got over poison ivy, Took me about three weeks had it from May 20th until about June 8th this year. There was a vine of it growing along the side of my house and I thought it looked extremely tacky. I got the scissors and cut the vine at my height level and then snatched the vine down. I didn't realize it was poison ivy (sumac or oak). I had on garden gloves but they didn't go further than my wrist. I learned my lesson as well.

What I was told that by clipping the vine the oils from the poisioned plant had a chance to make contact with my skin directly vs. my brushing up against a leaf. Even more so, not washing my skin immediately with the poison ivy washes/soaps increased the chances of me having a massive outbreak.

I tried the CVS poison ivy soap, the tecnu wash and calagel, caladryl, all types of hydrocortisone (sensitive skin, 1% and 1/2%) I even tried dabbing bleach (shockingly it didn't hurt) and pine sol too. I had Aveeno colloidal oatmeal cream. None of that actually worked.

What ended up working for me was taking allergy pills like benadryl at night or nondrowsy ones during the day. The medicine stops the itching and without itching you will not scratch and transfer oils to new places or deeper into the skin. In addition the PINK calamine lotion really stopped the weeping and dried out the rash.

So hopefully I can save you a lot of money. The tried and true of allergy meds and pink calamine are still the best for poison ivy in my book.

Also, they tell you not to take really hot showers because the pores open up and oils can get into new areas on the body. I felt so much relief when the hot water hit my skin that I long stopped caring about that.

 

[Agee]

I forgot to mention, before you go the chemical route, trying pouring boiling water on the ivy. This works on weeds and grasses, and might on the ivy, maybe saving you some cash.

...and Kwillia,

 

[greyhound]

My great uncle Lynn tried burning it in his younger days. He told us a story of a real bad case of that stuff in his throat and lungs.

My Dad had this happen to him.He was not the one burning it but he was close enough to breath in the smoke. He was not feeling very well at all.

 

[Daddy_O]

Daddy_O I so love that name!!!

I just got over poison ivy, Took me about three weeks had it from May 20th until about June 8th this year. There was a vine of it growing along the side of my house and I thought it looked extremely tacky. I got the scissors and cut the vine at my height level and then snatched the vine down. I didn't realize it was poison ivy (sumac or oak). I had on garden gloves but they didn't go further than my wrist. I learned my lesson as well.

What I was told that by clipping the vine the oils from the poisioned plant had a chance to make contact with my skin directly vs. my brushing up against a leaf. Even more so, not washing my skin immediately with the poison ivy washes/soaps increased the chances of me having a massive outbreak.

I tried the CVS poison ivy soap, the tecnu wash and calagel, caladryl, all types of hydrocortisone (sensitive skin, 1% and 1/2%) I even tried dabbing bleach (shockingly it didn't hurt) and pine sol too. I had Aveeno colloidal oatmeal cream. None of that actually worked.

What ended up working for me was taking allergy pills like benadryl at night or nondrowsy ones during the day. The medicine stops the itching and without itching you will not scratch and transfer oils to new places or deeper into the skin. In addition the PINK calamine lotion really stopped the weeping and dried out the rash.

So hopefully I can save you a lot of money. The tried and true of allergy meds and pink calamine are still the best for poison ivy in my book.

Also, they tell you not to take really hot showers because the pores open up and oils can get into new areas on the body. I felt so much relief when the hot water hit my skin that I long stopped caring about that.

hot showers are the best! also, I spent 6 bucks on a can of spray on calamine and $0.49 on my prescription that the dr gave me.
The new spray on calamine is the greatest!!!!

 

[LexiGirl75]

hot showers are the best! also, I spent 6 bucks on a can of spray on calamine and $0.49 on my prescription that the dr gave me.
The new spray on calamine is the greatest!!!!

That does not surprise me. Everyone tries to be the latest and best in remaking the old, but no cigar. Calamine rocks!

 

[Ken King]

Here is a link that says either the Roundup or Ortho products work and best ways to do it. http://landscaping.about.com/cs/weedsdiseases/a/poison_ivy_3.htm

I have had several dealings with it and I stay away from it. I've had it in my sinuses, mouth and throat from burnings and once had it so bad on my hands that they looked like they were webbed from the blisters. After the growth is killed you still have to get rid of the roots and they are just as, if not more, toxic. Have fun.

 

[jwwb2000]

Let me do it, I can't get it.

If I get it, I have to go to the doc and get a shot :reallysux2bme:

 

[saddlemount]

Also, they tell you not to take really hot showers because the pores open up and oils can get into new areas on the body. I felt so much relief when the hot water hit my skin that I long stopped caring about that.

I get it at least twice a year. One of my favorite pastimes is cauterizing the hell out of it w/ super hot showers, then treating it w/ rubbing alcohol.

BTW.. they're saying now that scratching it does NOT cause it to spread - the liquid in the pores is not the same stuff that makes it happen. See this:
http://www.healthtouch.com/bin/ECon....asp?fname=01404&title=POISON+IVY+&cid=HTHLTH