How to Kill Poison Ivy Without Killing Everything Else (Or Yourself)
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2023
- In this video I test four alternatives to Roundup for killing poison ivy that also will not kill surrounding surrounding vegetation if used carefully: Bonide Poison Oak & Ivy Killer, BioAdvanced Brush Killer, Ortho WeedClear, and a homemade solution of salt and soap.
Spoiler alert - all these solutions work for killing poison ivy, but some work better than others, which the video demonstrates. All can be purchased through major retailers or on online (except the homemade one). When in doubt, google it.
There are other methods to kill poison ivy beyond these, so please feel free to comment with your favorites.
Always take precautions when handling chemicals or poisonous substances. This video is not meant to demonstrate safety measures. 
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Chemist/ toxicologist here, I done these same types of ivy killer comparisons on my property. Unfortunately poison ivy has developed as another superweed. This means it is now highly resistant to most herbicides. The bit of die back shown in this video is soon followed by an even more aggressive resurgence of growth that is even harder to treat. I now put on shoulder high impervious gloves made for handling poison ivy, a polyethylene tyvek suit (garbage bags as shown are a good substitute) plus face shield - I am severely reactive to poison ivy) and then I pull the vines. It’s important to get as much root as possible and pull it out in as long sections as possible. Wait until right after a soaking rain. That holds down oil contaminated dust from getting in your lungs and eyes and makes pulling out the vine roots much much easier.
I pulled about 25 lbs of PI vines yesterday in about 1.5 hours and NO RASH. Bag all the vines in doubled plastic trash bags for disposal. Take great care to avoid brushing broken vine ends or the leaves on your protective layer and wash thoroughly with cool water, Dawn soap and a face cloth immediately after pulling vines. This is an annual task on my property now. The birds transfer new seeds from surrounding land after they eat PI berries but I know where it sprouts best now and can usually wipeout new growth fairly quickly. PI is growing more vigorously these days due to a couple of factors. Good luck in your battle with this horrible stuff.
Thanks!!
If worried about oil contaminated dust getting in your lungs and eyes, I recommend a respirator. I bought one recently, mostly for mowing, and it's great. No more coughing & hacking while mowing. It even filters out exhaust fumes. It works great on dust. I will be using it on my annual PI battle.
I need a homemade solution like I can spray on poison ivy and poison oak plants.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I had a poisoned ivy stalk when my property that I cut and it had 45 growth rings in it. I painted 2 4-D on the stalk and it was completely dead in 6 weeks. I am a licensed applicator and poison. Ivy has not become resistant to herbicides. You don't know what you're talking about.
Do you mind my asking for your opinion of how long the product in Roundup to remain in the ground? I moved into a home that my neighbors say won awards for the yard, lawn, flowers etc and based on the large containers and pump sprayer of Round Up in the garage, I assume that played a large part in her success. I like to flower garden, but would like to plant some vegetables this year and wonder if I should use new raised beds or container garden with packaged soil and compost. Thank you!
Poison ivy was one of the reasons I bought goats in the first place. That, and goat milk. Poison ivy is their favorite and as a bonus, after a few years of drinking the milk when they were eliminating the ivy, I’m not allergic to it anymore. It took about 3 years of the goats eating a leaf every time it grew to kill the plants, but it’s been a decade & it still hasn’t come back even though they haven’t been in that area since.
Wish I could get mine to eat it! If we confine them they will eat what is there but ours freerange. They love privit but poison ivy is their least favorite. :(
Bam! A non-toxic solution to a problem. No chemicals, just animals designed to eat these damned things. 😎
I'm sorey I don't buy any of that except giats will eat it.
i drank goats milk from free range goats that ate poison ivy for 10 years as a teen and it never gave anyone in the family immunity to being allergic to the plant.
I don't know what you think is going into the milk to save you but chemically and biologically it's ridiculous.
One word... GOATS!
There are goat herders that you can "rent" their goats and they will stake off your area and let their goats feed on the vines and they eat down to the roots mostly killing the plants.
I was thinking the same. As the video plays I look up the ingredients mentioned..... Go Goats Go
I just came across your video. Poison ivy has made me VERY ill in the past. When we discovered it growing in our backyard--not to the extent as your property--I dug up what I could by the roots and then added a bunch of lime. Poison Ivy loves an acidic soil. In the 25 years since, we have had no poison ivy anywhere around the treated soil.
I also pull it out, but i never limed. I am going to try that next time I attack.
I tried looking up adding lime to soil as a poison ivy treatment and couldn’t find anything, how did you apply the lime as well as could you provide anymore information? I have this annoying bit of PI growing up my back fence butted up against a chain link so any natural solution I can use would be greatly appreciated
@@kmcam2524 For me, this was a two step process. I dug up the poison ivy by as much of the roots as possible. Then I just put the lime on top on top of the soil. Where I had the problem, it was under my deck, so was protected from the elements. If it can get rained on, I suspect you would need to add lime periodically, probably every couple of years..
It depends on the poison ivy type. Eastern poison ivy doesn't tolerate high pH soils, whereas western will tolerate up to 8.5.
@@kmcam2524 if you a heavy coat of lime around the poison ivy and give it time it will die the soil pH will make it impossible to uptake nutrients. A couple of gallons of sodium hydroxide will do the same thing. It will raise the pH so high that nothing lives. So will calcium hydroxide. Or Potassium a hydroxide.
BUT BE CAREFUL THEY WILL BURN YOU.
Ive been itchy ever since i watched this
me too!! I'll probably have it on my wrist tomorrow
I can guarantee that this video will give us that can get it by thinking about it, at least a few bumps.
You have proven to be able to kill poison ivy leaves, but the underground runners are very hardy, I predict the vines will sprout twice as many leaves in a month
In my experience, (30+ years in my present home) areas sprayed with (take your pick) dies back more quickly if it's in direct sunlight. The hotter it is the faster it works. Obviously, shaded areas will take longer. Secondly, in the hot part of summer when the ground has dried out, if you get a rain shower a day or two after spraying, then sun, it'll die back almost as you watch it. One could also shower an area with a garden hose or sprinkler in the morning and when the sun starts doing its thing, the plant will drink up the water on its leaves, bringing in the poison to kill it. I've witnessed this many times when the spray doesn't look like it's going to work then we get a little rain, the sun comes back out, then by the afternoon it's all going brown. Conversely, in spring time when the ground is still moist, it will take longer to kill the weed as it's getting moisture from the ground. I'm no chemist, botanist or scientist, just a guy trying to kill weeds.
Hire goats to come to your property and clean out the underbrush.
What's their hourly rate? Are they unionized?
Also, some people have success with pigs. But for those of us without animals…..
Goats will eat the leaves but leave the vines. They'll grow back eventually. Most effective way I've seen is to wait for rain and then dig it out root and all by hand. Or just completely remove all the brush and plant grass over it
Hire? Buy some goats. Just don't pet them.
Goats.
Boil vinegar and add salt ....1 part salt/3 parts vinegar..once salts has dissolved add 1 part dish soap and put into a sprayer and go!
Remember vinegar will kill anything green and it will travel in the ground to other plants in the area
So, if you have any plants that you want to keep, beware that vinegar travels
Thanks
Why would you boil the vinegar?
@@kimrocksthetreesProbably the increase the concentration.
@@garion333 is this better than purchasing 30% vinegar and adding salt / soap ??
Regardless of your choice of spray, add some dye. It won't do anything by itself, but it will show you where you have and haven't sprayed. Farm and feed stores have it economically. A little goes a long way.
also, he might have started near the rear of the patch n worked his way backwards out of the patch. less chance to get in contact with the plants
Great idea
Get some gosts they eat to the roots
@@yvonnemoretti7646 spoooooky
@@yvonnemoretti7646 No they don't they just eat leaves but that eventually repeated defoliation kills the root.
I realize this won't apply to everyone, but this is what I've found works incredibly well. My father in law tried it as well halfway across the country in a completely different area with 100% success.
If you have access to hardwood ashes, simply spread them over the poison ivy areas in a thin (but not sparse) layer before a rain.
They can't tolerate the alkalinity pH change and it does kill the roots. Other plants will continue to grow.
I've cleared over an acre over time with just this, and it has not returned.
It takes a couple of months to start, but it works year after year, and you don't need to pull the runners or roots.
Re-treat each area several times over a spring or summer, and you'll see a marked improvement in a few weeks and by the end of a season, it'll be truly dead.
Eager to hear how it's doing this year! I've only had success with smothering with black plastic for over a year! Spraying has never had a long-term improvement.
As you said, DO NOT BURN poison ivy. I had a friend who ended up in the hospital when a neighbor burned poison ivy and the smoke drifted onto her property. As she was elderly, it was kind of touch and go for her survival. Fortunately she pulled through.
TRUE. This bit of knowledge needs to be spread everywhere. Poison ivy in the lungs is no joke. Most people would never think to NOT burn it.
you also don't want it in your eyes I was thinking that I heard somewhere you could go blind if you get that smoker in your eyes!
if you can find the main vine/base of the plant and cut out about a 6inch section in it…everything above the cut out section will die very quickly and will not grow back. I had a huge growth of poison ivy growing up my chimney of my house and another bunch growing up into a dogwood tree…this method was the easiest way to permanently get rid of it.
That’s our issue and it’s mixed with nasty English ivy I need gone too. We managed to get the ivy roots but the poison ivy is coming back this year…
That's what I did then soaked it down with the vinegar and salt method. Works pretty good on mulberry trees.
I admire your humor , gives me hope for my ivy farm ,best of luck
I used the BioAdvanced last summer; I got the concentrate you mix in a pump sprayer. You have to give it almost a week before it shows any really noticeable signs. It does work, it completely annihilated everything that was in there. After a week, it looks like it's dying. After 3 weeks, it looks pretty dead. After 6 weeks, it looks like scorched earth. I definitely recommend BioAdvanced.
What does it look like this year? Normally unless all the roots are killed, it starts up again next year.
Does it kill other plants in the area?
Since that was a year ago, did it stay dead or come back this summer.
@christopherhoffman2515 Everyone wants to know if the Poison Ivy returned the next year…
So what's the verdict this year (2024)? Did it come back?
I really enjoyed the production value of this video. Thanks for the info!
Immediate upvote at 4:45 for the fashion pants.
I have to use a solvent (mechanics orange soap) within about an hour of exposure. I scrub the area (without breaking the skin) rinse carefully with a cloth to contain the rinsed oil then rub with a dry clean towel. Sometimes repeat. Every single time I have done this I have not gotten a breakout. It's been over 5 years not that this has worked.
I have a wooden fence that had a spot covered in Poison Ivy the vines were pretty big. What I didn't was cut them all off at the ground and sprayed the freshly cut "stumps" with what I had at the time which was RoundUp that was 3 years ago and it hasn't comeback. I have another area that has some and plan do to the same thing with the BioAdvance brush killer.
Other Notes: 1) If you think you have the Poison Ivy oil on your skin treat it like grease as if you've been working on a car but you just can't see it. lately I've been using automotive hand cleaner and no rashes. 2) Look into a plant called Jewelweed impatiens Capensis Touch Me Not. it's the ying to Poison Ivy's yang it's also good for bug bits and other rashes.
It's often growing right next to the p.i. as well.
I had (some) on my property. 10-12 areas along the fence. I used Red Devil concrete cleaner in an aluminum can, cut the stem 12 inches from the ground and stuck it in the can. left it there 2 weeks. it absorbed it into its vascular system killing itself down to the roots including all their offshoots. the rest of the plant was pulled off the fence and discarded. this was 17 years ago and has not returned. I suppose Roundup could be used like this too in limited infestations.
regarding "cut the stem 12 inches from the ground and stuck it in the can", would you please explain this? Are you saying you cut the stem, bent it over into the can... and that did the trick?! If that works... I'm gonna try it.
Roots found at dig sites that were over 200 y/o still have oils that can cause a reaction. So roots must be dug out to be safe.
I concur. This plant is evil.
Salt and soap will not kill the vines and the roots, so next year, if the vines aren't killed, it will just sprout again. Don't be deceived.
FYI when you spray your poison ivy make sure it's going to be sunny for a couple of days for the ivy to absorb the poison into its system otherwise the rain will probably wash it off.😁
Will salt kill it?
No gloves? Suppose to cover arms. Hands. Pants taped down so doesn't get poison on you or from plant.
You can brush against it and get poison sumac? Poison ivy,
The sprayer looks strange. I have this on my fence, all three? Didn't know what poison sumac was. It is growing in front yard real close to Century plant as a tree and as spreading in another bush plant coming up. I have never had this before. Neighbor has a tree line which is next to my fence and it is spread over a lot of my fence and Englisf Dogwoods.
You can get oil off your animals that brush up against it. I have done a lot of research on it.
Super helpful. Thanks!
Triclopyr 4 I found worked the best on my mountain property. Worked on all the poison plants, wild honeysuckle, forsythia, any woody vibe WITHOUT killing grass. You can buy the concentrate fairly cheap.
Unfortunately, poison ivy and other noxious weeds develop resistance to herbicides and they work less and less well the more you rely on them. It takes very careful herbicide selection and rotation to avoid this problem. Even if you do that perfectly, birds and other furies can bring resistant seeds onto your property after they eat the berries on properties with careless herbicide use.
Monsanto knew back in the 1990’s (revealed in court depositions and testimony- see the Dicamba Papers) that Roundup would cause target weeds to become resistant to it. They sold (and still sell) the Roundup Ready engineered seed tailored to it anyway and many billions of dollars of it and the Roundup. Same with the 2016 introduced Dicamba Ready seed and matching herbicides that is the follow-up to RoundUp.
Now property owners and farmers around the world are in a hopeless battle with increasingly resistant super weeds that are taking over their farms, homes, parks, etc. Other herbicides have the same resistance problem. That is why manufacture’s pesticide formulations have had to become progressively more toxic and consequently more damaging to non target plants, organisms and the environment as a whole in the pesticide arms race with these weeds that these companies created. Ask a farmer. The weeds are winning. Yet the chemical companies, many of which have been my clients, make more and more money. Mechanical means of dealing with weeds worked for generations of farmers. Smart ones are going back to that.
I've been dealing with poison ivy and poison oak for several years with no success so last fall I marked where it was so I could find it this spring before the grass and weeds started growing. With long sleeves and gloves I pulled the poison ivy vines, growing on the surface and about 1/4" or less below the surface, straight out of the ground. I did this last month and I haven't found any growing yet so I think I got it all. If I missed any I will mark it and pull it up next spring.
One vine did accidently come in contact with my skin and I suffered with blisters for two weeks but I am determined to win the war against this poison.
Get Zanfel. This stuff absolutely works and itching is gone in minutes, blisters dry up in a day.
How much vinegar do you add to the 1 gallon salt/ dish soap/ water solution?
Thank you for the comparisons!
you are serious and willing to do what it takes when you put the trash bags on went to war on the poison ivy! you are very thorough and concise. Very good presentation.
Like that you compared the commercial products and the homemade natural one--good show.
Just for people to know, if you consistently mow poison ivy starting the mowing season, it will die out by the end of summer. How we dealt with it when the yard got expanded a bit onto a place with poison ivy. Mow it each week and poof, gone.
Thank you for this. I have some rather large growths of poison ivy in my yard and didn't know how to deal with it. I'll be picking up Brush Killer today.
A trick i found that works on small areas, mainly full sun - buy some clear chair floor mats if you can, and lay them over top of weeds for at least a day or 2. It causes the sun to cook everything underneath the mat.
I have 42 acres of forest and clearings. Much of it is covered with poison ivy and kudzu. It doesn't bother me and I pick it by hand but it makes the power utility people go crazy when they see it. I decided this year to start spraying. My first treatment was a month ago with Roundup (3x the suggested concentration) and this weekend I am following that up with 2-4-D amine. I have had good dieback with the Roundup but some of the ivy is very resistant (the stuff covering my house).
Odd, I am mostly immune to poison ivy and oak but lawn grass sap will make me break out in hives.
some ppl say it will grow back unless you pull the roots out. I dont know personally,I havent done it yet. But nothing else Ive tried has worked.
I wonder if a surfactant like baby shampoo would have helped the salt mixture?
If you touch poison Ivy, it is important to remove the oil ASAP.
With dish detergent and a wet warm wash cloth use mechanical elbow grease.
If you do a good job scrubbing off all the ivy oil you should avoid an outbreak.
Pay special attention to between fingers and toes.
Many do not know this, not knowing that the poison ivy oil is still on their skin, boots, socks, pants etc. and to remove it right away.
Hope I saved some of you the pain.
There are videos on you tube on this.
Cleared a bunch with gloves and such, a week later I made the mistake of putting the same shirt on and there was a little on it somewhere and next thing I know a week after clearing poison ivy I got some rash
Cats can bring in ivy oil on their fur.
Thank you for showing me what Poison Ivy looks like.
A sprayer connected to a green hose is the way to cover alarge area, you cn dilute it through settings on the sprayer.
With so much poison ivy, goats might be an easier treatment and no poisons are needed. They’re very thorough! CAS NC
My husband gets it everytime he mows or weed eats. I literally went out there with regular garden gloves
And pulled the vines out by hand, dug up the deep ones with a shovel. I can honestly say they definitely touched my arms and legs.
But no rash. I learned years ago some people are more suseptible than others. My husband is a PI magnet. I've never ever gotten it.
And he uses a riding mower...how he gets it I don't understand.
Years ago, I worked with a guy who said that one day he was with his girlfriend. She noticed poison ivy growing and told him to avoid it. He had never gotten a rash from it, and so he told her it doesn't affect him. To show off, he even rolled in it. He told me that from that, he got rashes bad, and said that apparently after enough exposure immunity wears off.
I get poison ivy rashes myself. The best advice I've heard is from a video that said (to wear protection that can be disposed or washed and) if any gets on you, within 20 to 30 minutes wash it thoroughly as if it were used motor oil or dirty grease, because poison ivy oil bonds to the skin in 20 to 30 minutes. He washes 3 times with dish detergent and a brush. I wash with regular soap, then a gritty pumice soap (like a bar of Lava soap), then regular soap. I've pulled poison ivy vines and roots several times since learning this routine, and even though it's touched my wrists (between my gloves and long sleeves), I have avoided rashes so far.
I have found that Crossbow (@ >/= 4% ? Would have to check product leaflet to be sure) + dish soap works on our poison ivy in typically only one application and good weather.
Thanks for doing this experiment. The information is very useful. I am allergic to this hateful plant, but I also work IN it most days outta the year, cutting grass and clearing land. This ain't NOTHING! Please mow that shit down! Even with a weed whacker! You'll be just fine. That entrance there, you could whack down in 5 minutes. BUT here's the trick to not getting poison ivy, oak, sumac whatever... Surgeon was your hands, THEN shower, and wash 3 to 5 times. Good luck to you.
The poison ivy on my property is a couple hundred years old. The vines extend above ground and underground. It takes years to spot spray enough to clear a small section. The plant vine might die in a spot but because the vine extends for hundreds of yards, it does very little. The plant just shuts down that area and the poison spray many times kills other plants around the poison ivy. When the ivy rebounds, it now has less competition and comes back stronger than ever. It takes a ton of work every year to slowly kill the ivy and birds eat the white seeds and replant the it everywhere. Nothing works well against it. Good luck.
Thanks for this. I have fences with vines separating my yard with my neighbors. It looks nice but is full of poise ivy which I get every time I brush against it mowing. Hoping to kill the poison ivy and not everything else. May try the salt first. Really like your videos
Thanks! I hope it works.
How do these products affect pollinators and the microbiome?
I find pulling it out by the roots to be the fastest and most permanent option. I am allergic for sure but I wash any area I think PI has touched within 30 minutes with alcohol and a rag making sure to not use the same surface of the cloth more than once. Also, if using salt, won't that make the ground fertile? I guess if you just get it on the plant, the ground will still be ok.
I tried the salt/vinegar/soap mix years ago. It clogged in my spray applicator, so I ended up just pouring it on the weeds.
They loved it. I think they looked healthier afterwards.
I am extremely sensitive to poison ivy. Last Year l had a severe case that lasted three weeks. It didn't start to get better until l went to the doctor and got cortisone. My right arm and hand were covered with huge blisters. I looked like l had a plague. I have three neighbors that adjoin my yard and the do nothing to eliminate it from their yards and it keeps invading mine.
FYI vinegar at these rates is not going to change your soil pH.
Do any of them talk about Johnson Grass? I need something to spray inbetween the rows of food or paint on
Even if it dies on top of the ground, the oil will still be in the roots and will be just as dangerous. Just an FYI.
Steve Busch again: Incidentally, I finally figured out why I was always getting a rash on the inside of my arms after weed whacking areas with poison oak. When I was putting on or taking off my shoes...MY ARMS WERE BRUSHING AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF MY PANT LEGS (in the calf area)...which of course was covered in poison oak residue!!!
the triclopyr in the brush killer will definitely damage trees, although its probably got a pretty low rate in it. I have heard salt stays in the soil forever and can eventually prevent anything from growing, I don't know how true that is.
It depends on the drainage and the amount of salt, but yes, concentrated salt in the soil can kill all plants not salt-tolerant, and few in the garden are. It is never the choice for use around lawns or plants you are wanting to keep. So, in those situations, work on selectively spraying just the poison ivy with a systemic herbicide and/or pulling it up by the root.
@@borderlineiqAh thanks for the info. Ive been hitting our poison ivy with glyphosate and surfactant in a little spray bottle. I've also been using a handsaw to get the vines going up the trees and fence. I know people like in this video reference other herbicides to avoid glyphosate, but I couldn't imagine 24d, diquat, or some of the others in these alternative formulations could be that much safer -Especially with limited use and gloves. That's just my opinion. My friend has an area in his lawn he has had salt blocks for deer in the past, and nothing has grown in it for years. Thats obviously a lot of salt though.
Still, I wish you tried, water, soap, salt and vinegar for comparison.
Would throwing tarps over them, or mulch, kill them off? I have seen my neighbors do that on their laws before they laid sod down on top.
Using fine Epsom salt and 45% vinegar is supposed do better job as a salt treatment.
The best I've found in Milwaukee is 30%, but my search was not exhaustive. Hmmm. (yet!) Thanks.
Amazon has 45% vinegar. I mix it 1:1 with water. Kills everything it touches. Best to spray on a sunny day. Be careful with the 45% vinegar. Don't breathe it in.
You have a wonderful sense of humor and a good voice! "Dish Soap"? Don't you mean "Dish Detergent"? Big difference. I use soap on my face but would never use detergent as it is formulated to break down grease into smaller particles, one of the reasons "detergent" is better than "soap" for cleaning. Regarding the banning of an effective poison: Isn't there a difference between crop dusting and home poison ivy control? why do they make "one law for every possible situation"?? I wonder if Bleach would work? I've tried salt and vinegar with no good result. Some plants die if you put Flour on it because it clogs up their pores. WOW! Cool outfit! Probably scared the neighbor's cat. I get poison ivy every year, but don't have a face mask. (Bought an expensive one but I couldn't wear it because the smell of plastic made me ill.) At our local park, the poison ivy is on the ground, a bush, or a vine---gets you coming and going. Thanks for an interest video. Some of the comments below are valuable, too.
Thanks, Blake.
Thanks ... might I suggest a Pressurized Back-Pack SPRAYER after you CHOSE your WINNER ?
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What if you laid a thick layer of cardboard or tarps/landscape fabric over it?
I would try several layers of cardboard if I could get it.
Then spot spray if necessary.
It would be hard to grow thru 2-3 layers of cardboard, and then the cardboard decomposes into compost.😃
Cardboard has never succeeded for me with PI. I have used black plastic (for over 1 year) with some success.
One thing to consider with the cardboard is to make sure you cover an area significantly larger than the area covered by the target plant so that it doesn't just grow around the cardboard.
CARDBOARD IS THE OLD PACKAGING FOR APPLIANCES.
I have poison ivy like you do! I discovered berry bushes and it is entrenched around them. I'm wondering if any of these solutions would kill the PI without destroying the berry bushes. I went to pick berries once and my dr said I had poison ivy and poison sumac. I ended up in a really bad scenario with loads of meds. I've been trying to identify the sumac to no avail but I need to get rid of all this! I wear protective everything but still manage to get it on me - probably from touching something that has come in contact with it - and it is miserable! I even take all protective clothes & shoes off with gloves still on and wash everything (except shoes) plus shower. Husband doesn't react to it. I want to be like that!
WASH ANYTHING YOU WILL OR COULD TOUCH......PETS!
You are Mark Mansons doppelganger!!!!! (Motivational speaker/author on YT) That's crazy! Same hair, sense of humor, facial features. It's crazy!
That’s curious.
You watch you phraseologly there young lady....... Going , and callin him some sort of Dopple somepin' or other.
He doesnt give a F 😂
@@GottaSayIt 🤣😂
The salt residue out last the effects of vinegar. We use horticultural vinegar. And there are no lasting effects after a couple rains.
I have it growing all up my chimney. Anyone have any suggestions
Luckily I'm not allergic to poison ivy, so I just yard it out of the ground when the ground is soft (usually after a rain, so I get plenty muddy) and then I pile it up on a piece of sheet metal to dry out in the sun. Once it's crispy dry I compost it. Only 1 in 10 people is allergic to poison ivy, and one of them is my husband, so I have to shower and wash my constant companion Beagle, Frank, so we don't get poison ivy on the hubby.
Nice video! Appreciate your comparison tactics….tho using a product stored for 12 years in a shed subjected to hot/cold is questionable. 🤣. Gosh, they all looked pretty ineffective….or….disappointing. Please, when you spray chemicals - wear gloves on that spray hand. Best of luck getting ahead of these monsters. 👍🏻
Dang! Poison ivy has taken over my backyard and more, and I was hoping for an easy fix. Thanks for the video, just the same, it was fun!
Maybe a little pricey ($80-90 gallon), but CROSSBOW is the best I've found so far.
Nothing beats pulling it up by the roots whenever you see it.
Do any of these kill the root?
I love the garbage bag pants! What a great idea.
I will try your solution. But I do know vinegar alone does not work. I tried.
And I have cats. Don't want anything to make them sick.
Triclopyr is awesome. Crossbow with 16.5% triclopyr absolutely nuked my creeping charlie, which is an ivy. It hurt several other weeds as well which is a bonus. Newly seeded grass was not harmed and sprouted through. Is been about 4 days since I applied and the ivy is all ashed and getting blown away by the wind. Just get a 2 gallon sprayer and dump 4 oz of crossbow in it and some dawn dish soap to help it stick. This will produce a 1% triclopyr solution and should cover 5000ish square feet. Should turn milky white and you need to shake it to keep it mixed. I use 45% vinegar and salt with dish soap to spray in areas where growth is not desired. Never salt an area unless you are darn sure you want nothing growing there.
I ended up in the ER due to poison ivy. I went to the doctor for a second visit bc it wasn’t getting any better. When I walked in the receptionist immediately brought the doctor out. They administered an epi pen and then called an ambulance to take me to the ER for observation. 🤦🏻♀️ it improved quickly after that.
Bonide has worked well for me - kills the root - I do use it for spot killing (if I don't feel like trying to pull it out...). Goats (if you have any in the neighborhood...) are the best to do an initial clearing, but will still need to spot attack for a couple seasons. I use a vinegar and dish soap mix to remove general weeds from pavers, gutters, etc. - works like a champ!
I've found the triclopyr as the most useful to kill poison ivy, briars and sweet gum trees. Glyphosate may need to be sprayed twice on poison ivy if it resprouts from below, so... Also, the triclopyr is not so hard on the grasses if you want to avoid killing them. Don't get it near Privet bush roots though. Great chemical.
When say use something safe, I'm not sure if you are meaning safe for humans to use without risk of health problems or also safe for wildlife/bugs. Just a tip on the Bonide, the products with the purple corner are synthetically derived. The products with the beige corner are organically derived. If anyone is trying to grow organically, avoid the labels with the purple corner. But Bonide generally has a good product that is safe to use when you use skin and eye/nose protection.
Yes because somehow "organic" chemistry is different from "synthetic" chemistry.
Becareful of the hairy vines, that is poison ivy.
No, not always.
@@pamelah6431 If the hairy vines are in an area that's full of poison ivy, it's very likely it's a poison ivy vine, and an old one at that which would produce berries in the fall that birds love to eat and then spread the seed to other areas. Often in the spring you can see poison ivy leaves growing on the hairy vine further up the tree that it's wrapped around. The vine can be kill by cutting it off about 6 inches above the ground and dabbing the cut surface of the vine's stump with undiluted CONCENTRATED glysophate or triclophyr to kill off the root below ground. The cut vine above with the leaves don't need to have anything done to it after cutting it off at the bottom, it will shrivel and die in days .
The problem with poison ivy is the stems and roots hold the oils, even when the foliage dies.
Oh no, 7 months ago and since then no new video :-(
Are you ok? Will there be new content coming? Excited to see what you are doing in that area
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Common cooking vinegar has 5% acidity, but some of the big-box hardware-store replacements might carry 30% vinegar, which works much better sprayed on some cursed-leaves. But if PI loves an acidic soil, this might mot be helpful, on second thought. Back to the beakers and test tubes. (Harumph.)
1 cup salt + 1 tbsp of soap. How much water?
Deer work about as well as goats. Our neighborhood deer herd has removed all the poison ivy, English ivy, and most of the other ground growing plants. The only problem is how to get them to not eat the plants that you really want to keep.
I get some poison ivy in my yard every year. It seems the only way to combat it is to pull up all the roots and runners that run a little below ground. I’ve seen it run under my sidewalk to start growing on the other side.
I'm in Michigan. I use the brush killer on the poison ivy. It works well for me. I do two sprays in a 24 hour span. Really big vines gets 3 to 4 days. Kills it
I bet you got poison ivy on your hands after this video. You put those flags in the ground with your hand less that an inch from that stuff. Even after you kill it, the roots and dried up plant can still give you blisters. That's how to get poison ivy blisters in the winter, cut a tree that has a poison ivy vine growing up it, can be a 2 in wood vine, the saw dust chips will do it.
Love the bag pants … I gotta try this🤣🤣🤣🤣
OK the "dimethylamine salt" is not the active ingredient it just defines the ligand that is reacted to the organic acid part of the active ingredient. It can tell you how soon it can be rained on without loosing effectivness.
For example for 2-4D the sodium salt can be washed of for up to 12 hours the dimethylamine salt can be washed off in about 5-6 hours where the ethyl ester can take rain as soon as an hour after application and still be effective.
2-4D (or other chemical listed before the amine or ester) is the active ingredient not what ever amine or ester used as a ligand.
Also if only it were as simple as spraying a little vinegar to lower soil pH blue berries would grow everywhere.
Home heating oil or diesel works wonderful.
Did you know that poison oak (sister species, pretty much identical, west coast) is on the MANDATORY restoration list for Caltrans (Highway dept.) Why? Poison Ivy & Oak are sisters of Cashew. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for native birds diet. Poison Ivy Honey is silvery, absolutely delicious and gets a premium price. Why? because it confers immunity.
More likely because they are important ground covers that prevent erosion.
Recommend you gently (with gloves!) pull along the ivy to find the major root (if you rip it up you will break it) .. the root keeps spreading right at ground level. Yeah, i bought a paper type hazmat suit pretty cheap on Amazon because I am really sensitive to that mess. I sprayed with some stuff last year that came highly recommended and it all seemed to die off .. back this year 😢
There is actually a stronger vinegar for that, I have seen at Walmart on occasion.
I've tried cleaning vinegar, salt and soap. It wasn't effective. The only solution I've found is to carefully and thoroughly dig it out and bag it in heavy contractor bags. We also have tools and ppe designated for the job.
How much water to add to the salt and dish soap ??
He said one gallon.
Cross Bow is what I am experimenting with
Mid manitoba..if it's not grass, then it's definitely poisen ivy! Ridiculous how it grows.. urisherol the oil from poisen ivy can stay on boots mower parts rakes ect for up to 5 years. I for one an severely affected by it..lol
Does anyone know what to use to kill the Virginia creeper vine ?
Are cats negatively affected by poison ivy? And if they walk through it and you pet them or they walk around in your house rubbing against everything inside does that expose you to the poison ivy? I have an indoor only cat but I see several neighborhood cats in my backyard and my next door neighbor has poison ivy growing up the side of a tree in his backyard. I told him about it so hopefully he’ll take care of it.
Update: My neighbor had the entire tree removed yesterday. I don’t think it was because of the poison ivy but that’s all gone now.
Yes, a cat or dog can be a carrier, so if they have the oil on them and you pet them, you can get it. Also, your gardening tools can carry it for a year or more, so clean them with alcohol.
doubledrats235,
Think of poison ivy/oak sap as being like clear honey that is like car grease to clean off.
First off, it's clear and nearly impossible to see.
Next it gets on everything the same way honey does. You know how honey seems to end up places where it never was; the sap gets everywhere just like honey.
If you've ever tried cleaning car grease off your skin then you know how hard it is to get the sap off your skin. This is made even harder by the fact that you can't see it.
So yes, animals can get it on their fur and transfer it to you, your furniture, your bedding and anything else they rub against. You can get the sap on your clothes, shoes and skin and transfer it to others, your furniture, bedding and so on.
I am non-reactive to urushiol (the active ingredient in poison ivy/oak) and don't break out, but I can still transfer it to someone else, furniture... etc.
Use extreme caution around it.
@tarnishedknight730 I have never been react to the oil either....until now. After cleaning it off my fence for 20 years with no issues, I now have a severe breakout. It has covered my entire body, excluding my face. It is very painful with many many blisters and so much itching that it feels like a million tiny needles. So please protect yourself as if you are reactive so you don't end up where I am.
janetta5827,
My best wishes go out to you. If Calamine isn't working for you, you can ask your doctor about a shot. I don't know exactly what it is, but I've had a few people tell me that "the shot" worked wonders.
I am an amateur herbalist and gardener. And I am very aware that my immunity could go away at any time so I don't push my luck.
Thank you for bringing up my omission. It is very true that a person can not be bothered once, twice or for years; only to be reactive the next season.
I discovered my immunity as a pre-teen while camping. I had to answer the call of nature. My (supposed friend) pointed to some leaves that I could wipe with.
He acted a little odd the rest of the day and the next morning. (Waiting for me to start itching) Then it was his turn. He used the same leaves that he showed to me, thinking they were safe as I wasn't reacting at all.
The day after we got back home, he was HATING life.
I also learned that Karma can suck... A LOT!
Speedy recovery to you.
I kept a case of poison ivy for 6 months. Couldn’t figure out why until one morning I watched the cat come in for breakfast from out of the woods. He had been sleeping in a pile of it, then coming and laying in my lap. I fixed that problem immediately!
Vinegar only changes the pH for a few hours. I use it as a temporary pH down in hydroponics.
It depends on how much is used. I used vinegar on my lawn once and it prevented anything from growing for several weeks. But that was too much.
@@BuildingWithBlakebecause it’s acts just like roundup. It kills everything. Just took a while for it to grow back. Not because of ph. I use it at places my customers don’t want roundup sprayed at. Does the same as roundup by killing everything it touches. It will also depend on how much rain you get afterwards. The more rain you get the quicker stuff will grow back. If hot and dry it will last longer.
It's not so much about the PH of the soil. Vinegar (Acetic Acid) at 20 % or higher will destroy the leaf, Hence killing the plant..... for now anyway. It'll be back.
Very helpful video, thank you!! I put 30% vinegar into the homemade solution. I see wilting the same day. Stay upwind as the high potency vinegar is pretty acidic, so don't inhale the vapor.