How to Kill Poison Ivy in One Day- Without Poisonous Chemicals
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Poison Ivy can be a real problem in your garden, in you lawn or in the woods where the plants or your animals could get it's oils on you.
Here is a cheap and simple way to get rid of poison ivy without using dangerous chemicals or herbicides that could harm you or your animals.
And it works in just one day.
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Use a blue dye to highlight your coverage. It's just a blue spray marker. Works very well so you can see what you sprayed and missed.
EXCELLENT IDEA!!✌️
Thank you!! I was literally JUST thinking about this issue!
some hair dyes are sulfonated azo dyes, that can act as pH indicators and change from blue to red as the pH lowers, and since vinegar is 5% acetic acid don't be freaked out if the blue dye in neutral pH water turns to reddish purple as you add the vinegar to the water.
Damn it! I touched the screen while the ivy was on it! I'm screwed.
I was screwed the minute I saw the thumbnail!
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That’s what you get for having a hi-res citified screen!
cut off your hand! Quick! It's too late for me two minutes into the video
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Add a dash on Dawn dish soap to that, keeps the mixture stuck to the plant. So when the water hits the pland it won't run off the oily plant.
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Duke Of Prunes baby shampoo is full of chemicals
S F you can find generic baby shampoo without perfume or chemicals. Don’t buy name brands.
@@DROID.MICHAELS Whoa! People with severe poison ivy sensitivity can get it internally by inhaling the smoke, even when the smoke is dissipated too thin to see. Please don't burn poison ivy.
@@DROID.MICHAELS If you burn poison ivy, the oils become airborne and go in your lungs, causing systemic poison ivy. This is terrible and requires hospitalization.
You need a surfactant as well so that this will stick to the plant; dish soap works well as a good organic option. This doesn’t actually kill the roots of the plant rather it burns the foliage. The root system will eventually grow back.
Best surfactant is vegetable oil
Depending on the size of the plant (how much area it covers) and how close to a stove you are (and how far you are able to carry buckets of water, I would suggest you use a bunch of boiling water...that SHOULD do the roots, too, depending on how good a job you do. I'll bet soft water would be the best to use...I know soft water will kill grass, even without it being boiling hot.
@@michaelwillcutt2619 vegetable oil is not a surfactant. sorry, not trying ot start fights.
@@michaelwillcutt2619
A surfactant's purpose is to eliminate water's surface tension so it spreads out instead of beading up. Surfactants also enable oils to mix with water. Vegetable oil does not mix with water.
Vegetable oil will create an oily coating on a plant's leaves and suffocate the leaves but it will also repel water and any herbicide you may be using.
The beaded up water in my sink, runs down the drain when I spray it with Lysol. Maybe add some of that to the mixture...??
Bentonite clay made into a thick paste spread on infected area seems to be the best way to treat it. Wrap it up and reapply after bathing. Oatmeal bath to stop extreme itching. I have heard pigs also kill the poison ivy plant but I have no first hand experience. A farmer friend shared this with me. Good luck everyone. Poison ivy is no joke.
A lot of good advice out there. One very important thing.....DON'T try to burn it!!!
My approach is to locate the plants and digging the roots. The poison ivy vine can be 2 in. in thickness when growing up a tree. I begin following the beast below ground. It can go 20 ft. or more but not very deep. This type of killing I enjoy. Arms, hands legs need to be covered.
My cats go out and get the oils on their fur and bring it back to me. I’ve had it badly. You could even see the paw prints of it on my chest. Great information. Thank you.
You are probably Vitamin C deficient. Many blood type Os have this problem. I took vitamin C for 3 months and became immune to P.I.. After a year at 3000 mgs a day I was able to wean down to 1000 a day. I'm now on a lifelong maintenance dose of 500 a day. I can even rub Poison ivy on my face and it doesn't bother me.
One's allergy level to P.I. Is directly related to diet. Now that i've stopped eating junk food and soda and only healthy meat and vegetables, my allergies have been almost eliminated.
If one is a smoker, God forbid, you'll have to start with 6000 a day. It's better to quit smoking and stop eating sugar and just not have these immune. problems.
Don't let your cats run loose. That's even more criminal during baby season.
Even when the plant looks dead, dead leaves, vine and rootes are still poisonous and should be handled as if it were still alive. Also, the vinegar/dishsoap/salt solution does not kill the roots, only the leaves. It will grow back in a week or so.
"Even when the plant looks dead, dead leaves, vine and rootes are still poisonous and should be handled as if it were still alive." There is no poison in Poison Ivy, the rash is caused by an allergic reaction to oils in and on the plant.
Even if it grows back, if you keep at it eventually it will die. You have to exhaust the energy stored in the roots by forcing it to grow new leaves.
I was traumatized by my first and only poison ivy rash a few years ago- the pain and discomfort were right up there with child birth, a gallbladder attack and quitting smoking. I recently learned that friction is critical for getting the oils off your skin- Rubbing the area with a wash cloth, if only with water, will remove the oil where just your hands with soap and water will not.
What most people don’t understand is that the oil is not an allergen, it is a chemical irritant, and yes, ya have to scrub it off. Some people will put dish lotion on before heading to the woods, but first it would feel gross, and second it can reduce how efficiently your body cools itself.
@@lilolmecj soap like dishwashing only makes the poison absorb into your skin faster . Like chemicals soaps and oil’s are surfactants holding the poison to your skin longer
@@michaelwillcutt2619 makes sense, I could never try it, I am very sensitive to things on my skin. I am lucky in that I am not very sensitive to these plants, and I live in the Pacific Northwest, and it is not super common here. Blackberries, that’s another thing! I grew up in the south, and my sister was/is super sensitive, all four of us kids would do a woods walk and she would be affected when the rest of us were not.
@@michaelwillcutt2619 I was told the opposite, that you need something like Dawn to break up the oils and remove it from your skin. The source I read agreed that scrubbing with a cloth (which is the discarded) was critical, too.
I had to go to the urgent care for a shot! Ouch! I keep Tecnu poison ivy scrub on hand and it works wonders for all itchy stuff!
For those of u who aren't allergic - neither was I. Couldn't care less what everyone was b*tchin about. Woods, backyard, campgrounds, everyone's screaming "Look out!" I'm feeling sooo superior. LOL OK, so now I'm a lot older, a lotta years gone by just fine. Now I'm in the garden, doing the weeding, cutting, etc. When I'm done, I'm burning like I'm on fire my whole body turns into bleeding sores, my eyes won't stay open...need I go on? Went to the hospital - they don't really do much. Took me SIX weeks to even start to be normal. Still have SCARS from it. YOU CAN DEVELOP AN ALLERGY AT ANY AGE, that's the moral of this story. Poison oak is even worse. So, just be cautious, even if ur not allergic - now. :-)
I too didn't become allergic until I was in my 40's. The only thing that helps my reaction is Prednisone. It's the only thing that will stop the itch and skin melting.
@@markraihl4249 Thx Mark, always good to hear from another "late bloomer." Take care, stay outta that 3-leaf curse!
me too!! I was smug because as a child i ran through a patch with some friends and they all got it and i didn't. then... a couple of years ago BAM... didn't even know it was in my yard... cats brought the oil to me and the sores rose up. IT WAS AWFUL.
Last week I found some more and (from another video) mixed vinegar and salt to spray on it... didn't really work. I'm going to try one more time (with a few drops of Dawn dish detergent). I don't want to "sort of" kill it. I want it DEAD.
@@coolerpetoix As with many things, repeated exposure makes you more allergic, not less. Also as we age our immunity decreases.
yep the same foe me.late 40's and whammo.
As farmers with a hundred acres of forest land we would run into poison ivy. We would take a clean rag with a small amount of gas on it to wipe away the oils from the poison ivy. It stops the itch instantly. When your a mile or more on foot in the forest you are glad for the relief.
So you're a farmer, your land is filled with forest, and you have poison ivy plants that cause instant itching?
@@BuffaloBilliam Yeah, that made no sense. Maybe she has poison ivy mixed up with stinging nettle. That grows in damp forest understory habitats.
@@donnievance1942 your right it was nettles not poison ivy.
@@BuffaloBilliam my husband corrected me. It was nettles not poison ivy.
I'm glad it worked for you. I'm not call bs but here's the deal. I've tried your mix and I've tried vinegar and salt and vinegar salt dawn. I got no effect at all. Maybe a little discoloration of leaves after a few days of repeated treatment. what I found works is digging the vine out completely including roots. I'm not allergic to the stuff but the rest of the family is so I was the lucky one to do the digging lol. No more poison ivy patch. now for the next dozen patches. I refuse to use chemicals on my farm.
Try is with straight vinegar (no water this time) and some dawn...I am finding that I am having to use a heavier concentration of vinegar to turn them brown this year.
I pull mine out too. With gloves on. The dead leaves will get you just as bad as the green ones.It doesn't get to me unless I have scratches on my arms. Then it's bad news. Pull out all the runners, throw them on the burn pile and stay out of the smoke.
Randy C NEVER BURN IT even if ur not in the smoke it CAN still give you a rash
horridstorm, how are you disposing of your poison ivy after you dig it out?
Randy C That's incredibly dangerous to burn poison ivy
Also, stubborn plants like any ivy, you have to spray it at the roots not just on top. ALL Vinegar, soap, yard sprayer and bye bye weeds. Do not dilute with water. No water needed unless you want to add salt for a permanent kill. If you want to plant something you’ll need to put several inches of dirt about 7 - 10in before planting.
Cut shoots at 45° near ground, then spray the cut with the vinegar/dish soap epsom salt mix. This will kill the roots. Bag and throw out vines carefully. Cover with bark chips/mulch and plant a cover crop like comfrey to rehab soil and drown out any stragglers that try to come back up.
At least this guy actually knows what poison ivy is. The last guy who gave advice I saw didn't know the difference between ivy and oak.
The difference is pretty academic. They're both in same genus and have the same toxin. Also the colloquial common common name varies from area to area and is pretty much just a matter of local culture.
If you ever come in contact with this you have to use a washcloth and soapy water to get the oils off. Its much better than washing with just soapy hands.
This is correct. You've got to grind off a few layers haha
Actually it might be dangerous using soapy water, it tends to spread the oil around and contaminate an even larger area. There are products on the market to remove the oils, they work wonders. If you use soap, wait until a generous hosing with plain water is done first, then be VERY thorough. Such tiny amounts will still burn the skin, had several run-ins with poison ivy, best to keep the special wash handy when around it...
I know from experience that this doesn't work. It just makes the plant angry. New shoots will pop up with a vengeance a week or so later. Also, be careful around the withered plants - they can still give you a rash.
Wish I would have read your comment before I listened to this doughhead!
U have to use almost 100% vinegar and make sure it seeps into the ground.. either remove the underbrush (leaves/branches) and spray for a Very Long Time where the plant enters the ground. There is no reason to spray the leaves.
You have to rub the oils that give you the rash off. It's like engine oil. You have to rub it off with friction. The rash comes from leaving the oil on your skin for a few hours.
Don,t know where the person making this video lives, but here in South West Virginia we have a plant called jewel weed that will
eliminate a bad case of poison ivy or poison oak overnight. the plant has light green serragated leaves with a translucent stem before it matures. Prior to maturing it has bright orange flowers, when touched cause seeds to pop out. It is also referred to as touch me knots. It grows in 90% shade areas. To use, simply cut the stem as low as possible, crush in a flat dish and rub the liquid on the effected area. The crushed stem can also be used
We have jewel weed here in NH, too. Works great for itches! You can get a tremendous amount of fluid out of them, too. The stems are very juicy. A note about the seeds: They look like tiny green bananas. And they basically "explode" when you touch them
We have Jewel Weed here in PA too. Works great on poison ivy and also mosquito bites! Works to prevent bites too. It's slightly toxic to humans, fatal to bugs, and whatever is in the juice destroys the protein in urushiol. I've been thinking about harvesting some to make my own bug spray.
The best thing about jewel weed: It likes the same "turf" as poison ivy - border zones between grass and forest. They VERY often grow side-by-side. Mother Nature is groovy like that.
all these reply comments have such new, great info for someone living in the Pacific Coast area -- thanks!
Olddale I am so glad to see others aware of jewel weed-nature provides remedies & jewel weed does grow well in poison ivy patches. To kill poison ivy-shove a chlorine tablet 2” underground next to main stem-works everytime
I use goats to clean up the poison ivy around our barn It took them about 2 weeks it's been 3 years now no more poison ivy
~ That's shocking, that they can eat it without any problems (I'm assuming they eat it?).
@@5jerry1 Yes they ate the poison ivy the nettles and even rhubarb leaves without any problems
Can goats eat poisonous hemlock?
@@charlemagnetheFranks I am sure they will try it at least once
I love goats. They're so amazing!
Helps to do it in full sun and use the mist spray option. The key is to soak the leaves. It usually has little effect to roots. It’s simply drying out exposed foliage. Sun is key
You may get more effective coverage by adding a surfactant to your vinegar/water mix. In agriculture, it's called an adjuvant and is used to make the spray "stick" better to the target plant.
Like using dish detergent right?
Yes.
It makes sense to me to save your self made natural vinegar for consumption, health, body hygiene but use industrial vinegar for uses like killing poison ivy or similar chores.
I bought my house which was setting on two and a half acres of land, the back acre and a half was pretty heavily wooded and I wanted to fence it in for my dogs, as I was pretty close to being finished clearing a few dense areas of foliage, a friend noticed the area I was working was loaded with poison ivy. I was working in those areas for a few days with shorts and short socks but never had any symptoms of the poison ivy.My there was no way I could be knee deep in Poison ivy and not break out, so apparently some people can be allergic to it and some people can't, I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. But I've also never had the chickenpox or mumps or measles, I never gotten a flu, I don't get colds, I have never had a headache.
But anyway I'm glad I found this video so now I can kill it because I know my daughter is allergic to the stuff, and I didn't want to use any harsh chemicals to kill it.
Keep in mind allergies change and you may not have had exposure before. That very well could make you susceptible the next time. Don't assume you are immune.
Anyone not allergic to this stuff should spend real time worshipping God. I had it for two weeks.
Add table salt to your vinegar until it is completely saturated with salt. Add a surfactant or (Dawn dishwashing soap) will work well. This kills most plants in 2 ways major dehydration, and acidic PH overload (The plants and ground become so acidic that it can't support growth). You will see results in as little as 1 hour depending on the plant or weed. I've even used this on Bermuda grass.
That's great if you don't want anything to ever grow there again. Haha
Will this kill the roots for good?
Several small truckloads of each ingredient will take care of it.
@@AnaGarcia-dw9un YES!
Caution, the plant may be dead but the oil is still active and on the leaves and stems.
Yep...I caught it for the first time in my life in February ,clearing out a back yard of overgrowth...
This is how I started getting poison ivy in Cold February....
@@wandastevens3183 definitely.
I have poison Ivy all over my body it’s ugly and painful itchy
@preston crofford Benadryl will help. If you come into contact with it, you have a few hours to get it off, but you have to be vigorous, with grease cutting soap and scrape with your fingernails.
The question is : How can you kill the roots ? Poison Oak has the same effect on the skin as poison ivy. It may be found as a vine climbing a tree.
Poison Ivy also climbs trees. Even on the ground, it propagates by running little vines or runner from one plant to the next.
I find this interesting. I've never had much luck with even straight vinegar in full sun. I've been using dead weed brew on poison sumac which also kills foliage but not roots. On driveway weeds I've had a little more luck with boiling water than vinegar, but straight baking soda or salt seems to be the most affective..... works on the driveway, not so much in my flower beds where the sumac keeps coming back.
@@GoingGreenMom I've also had very little luck with vinegar killing poison Ivy.... I guess smothering with a tarp or otherwise is probably the ultimate way, but unsure how long the roots remain alive
I've had no luck with vinegar killing poison Ivy. I put straight vinegar in a sprayer and sprayed a few times, particularly after a rain. I've had the leaves go brown, but the plant just wilts but doesn't actually die.
I've had the same experience of spraying them with the vinegar solution and they turn fairly brown but about a week later they look like they've never been touched! My problem is I've got a lot of it growing up the side of my house and near my air conditioner. It's really awful because I don't want anyone working on my property to come in contact with it! Or me, so I may have to try the vinegar and spray every day for a couple of weeks or something? The Vines are going up my house and I pulled a lot of them down earlier this year but they grew right back. It's really an awful plant.
I have used vinegar on some weeds with good success, however I have sprayed the same weeds with the same vinegar mix at other times with not so good results. A lot has to do with when, during the early spring when rapid growth is taking place I have seen some discoloration and in a short time the weeds recovered. The best seems to be when things are drying out and the weather is hot. Even then with poison oak (we live in the west) the leaves discolored and dried up looking dead, but the plant came back the next spring.
Spray heavy every 6 months with this method...
I got infected of poison ivy on my back yard and this is very helpful . Thanks
Husband got poison ivy rash and used Caladryl 3x first day then rubbed Clearasil acne pads over it and let air dry to absorb naturally into the skin. We used 3 acne pads per leg to make sure it was well saturated. Then did the Caladryl on top. It was gone in less than 3 days. Clearasil has salicylic acid (aspirin) & alcohol. We also used if there’s any skin issue and even to control athletes foot ...after the affected crapey leathery skin is filed away. Again, let it air dry completely before putting on socks or shoes.
Another good solution is hot water and salt, water about 90° celsius .
Prepare a solution : 1 liter of water and 500 gr. salt, mix well and apply over the leafs and at the base of roots, easy,cheap
I've been boiling water, it kills it instantly. We have some overgrown brush and all through it is poison ivy and poison oak. It gets to be a pain taking the water from the house to the back yard though. On Saturday, when I'm off work, I told my husband I'm taking a grill out back and heat water all day. We use to use round up and it still would come back. Then my son got cancer and I'll never use round up again. He has stage 4 lung, liver and bone cancer. He's seems to be on the road to recovery though, Praise God - no more round up here. I agree, the full strength vinegar works too but boiling water is cheaper if you can do it.
Container of table salt poured around it kills the roots.
Yup! We always use salt and vinegar in dish soap and it kills them right away
Add some red food coloring to help you see where you've sprayed.
That is a great idea!!! I'm using that today!
Not a bad idea Radar.
Not sure if this would be a good alternative to anyone.
As a child growing up, I knew some adults who would take sassafras buds in the early spring and swallow them like they were an aspirin.
Was told that there is something in the sassafras buds that will help the body fight off the poison oils.
It seems to work even still to this day if you can find the sassafras.
Hmm I’m not allergic to poison ivy. I wonder if that is due to me drinking sassafras tea made from the roots as a kid.
I have a ton of sassafras growing on my property. Smells fantastic and makes a great tea. Didn’t know this though!
@@marlinmyers2117 I've never been affected by poison ivy either - and as a former infantryman, I had a LOT of contact with it over the years. Turns out my mother was immune as well (obviously it can be hereditary!).
@@nickh5081 It’s not hereditary for me my mom dad and brother are allergic to it. I’m not saying it couldn’t be something genetic keeping me from being allergic. It was me and my cousins who drank the tea ate buds and leaves and such. My cousin had a whole bunch of sassafras growing in the woods behind his house. Spent the whole summer drinking sassafras sweet tea not saying it was the reason why me not being allergic. it could also be the amount of exposure to poison ivy I’ve had over the years and maybe built up resistance but can’t ever remember being allergic and spent my whole childhood in the woods that’s what we did for fun. My current property has lots of poison ivy all over it and I walk thru it and mow it down all the time with no reaction. Who knows why I don’t have a reaction but found AJ’s reply above interesting that’s all.
@@marlinmyers2117 Like I said, my mother was, but my brother had a worse reaction than 99% of people (he'd get it in the middle of winter from a sleeping bag). I figure most people are not immune, so having two in one family told me genetics likely had something to do with it in my case. FYI, I knew a few other guys in the army that were immune but eventually got it after years - like their immunity finally broke down over time. I always avoid it regardless of the fact I've never been affected.
Been using vinegar for years at a 30% vinegar to 70% water. I also add 5 drops of dish washing liquid. This allows the finger to stick to what it is sprayed on.
2 cups of Epsom salt dissolved in one gallon of white vinegar and a squirt of dish soap works well.
Roger Whiting table salt works as well and cheaper. One and one half cups salt to one gallon of vinegar and NOTHING will grow there for a long time.
What does the salt add to the equation?
great vid, ty! If/when you do get it, Dawn dish soap & a scrub pad... heavy scrubbing WILL remove it from skin.. pretend it's heavy, black truck grease you're trying to remove!
Rock salt works good too, but nothing will grow there til the next year.
pour salt on the base of the plant if you can find it 100x better than vinegar. The best salt is either pool salt or the de-icing salt. Were ever salt goes nothing grows.
I have used that exact same vinegar in the past straight up without mixing any water and it worked really well but about four months later the plant came back and had to be sprayed again next time I'll just add some dish soap so it sticks better
Yeah I tried that and it didn't work. It seems like if you don't get the roots out it will come back. I tried boiling water, vinegar, dish soap, and even some left over cleaning water that had a little bleach in it. Vinegar and dish soap didn't do much. Boiling water worked somewhat.
I even made flame thrower with veggie oil spray and a lighter that was fun and I killed a lot of it. They'll say don't do that though. Wore glasses and a mask when I did it and didn't have any prob.
Yet a few months later I still saw some growing back where I roasted it.
I think maybe the best way to get rid of it is dig it up and pull the roots out just got to be cautious about it.
a box of baking soda per gallon of water soap if you wish. drench the area well with the mix. the soda will raise the ph in the soil kill the roots and everything. so where you pour it make sure you dont want anything growing for awhile. A box per gallon is over kill but works well. So does undiluted vinegar which will lower ph and burn the plant. Both will solve the problem without chemical worry.
Add a little dish soap and it will work better. The soap makes it stick to the plant instead of running off.
trick is to add dishsoap as well , spray in morning when foliage is still soft - would urge higher % vinegar 1/2 & 1/2
Just got back from the walk-in clinic, they said always clean up with Dawn after yard work.
Yep,clean up with Dawn...please !!!
Tecnu works great!
Arm and Hammer Washing Soda scrub.
And here I am again! Just finished a round of prednisone for 2020!
It’s the friction of rubbing that gets it off. If you just think washing with soap will do it, you’ll be sorry. Dawn is better than Technu at getting the oil off, but be sure you scrub yosself real good.
I like the vinegar idea, but I have poison ivy invading perennial flower beds I want to keep. I use one of those round boxes of table salt, a small bottle of cheap dishwashing liquid and a small bottle of rubbing alcohol and put these ingredients in a clean milk jug and shake it up. Just paint the mixture with an old paintbrush on the topmost leaves of the plant.
It draws the mix into the pores of the plant and eventually kills it at the root. Can take 2-3 applications for large or stubborn plants. Cap the jug to keep the unused portion for later use.
I went to war with poison ivy several years ago in my yard. I took a shovel, and was stabbing the ground in all directions wherever a vine was sticking out. I still get the occasional sprout, but I have basically eradicated poison ivy from my yard.
Thank you! I will do that. I think that's a better idea actually.
The only way to completely eradicate it. Pull those vines out of the ground, dispose of them. Don't burn them.
This is awesome you've helped me a great deal a city slicker who knows nothing abt PI yet I'm learning thanx 2U so I'll get it done b4 grandkids arrive 👍🏻 Have a great day 😘
Never had any luck with this, even tried straight vinegar, and sprayed 2 and 3 days in a row. Tried it with Dawn, with Epsom salt, without. Just keeps growing
:) just yank them out. With gloves of course. Use long sleeves.
@@tiberio1352 Well yes that is a given. I was just saying I haven't had luck with this method.
@@87Rado after you do it....clean your gloves grabbing a bunch of dry leaves and rub your gloves vigorously...very important. :)
need special very high concentrate of vinegar 35% or maybe 75%, regular vinegar is only 5%, but be much more careful of safety with higher concentrates
Where do you find that?
I used pure viniger with a little salt and dish soap and it had zero affect. Used a full gallon.
Use acne medication, “oxy”, or something similar. It’s going to weep, so be on guard with a napkin, tissue, or paper towel.
Don't dilute it. Mix in a lot of salt. Mix in a few drops per quart of Dawn. Dawn helps to keep it on the leaves even if it rains. To fully kill the ivy you need to let it die for about a week. You may have to reapply. This gets the surface runners. It does NOT get the root. However, my experience says that if you kill young runners they do not come back that season. Old ones will regenerate in a few months. If you do this several years in a row it will eventually die. The *real* nightmare is getting it out. The oil (urushiol) stays active and can cause blisters on you many weeks later, under some conditions many MONTHS later. All tools must be wiped down/washed off thoroughly. All clothes must be washed in HOT water three or four times with a lot of soap. Do not use hot water on your skin, however, as that opens the pores and will cause the outbreak to be even worse.
I have used Triclopyr and it works the best. Round-Up does not work on poison ivy AT ALL (wrong chemical) and vinegar, salt and soap work better than anything other than Triclopyr. Zanfel and Tecnu work best for your skin if used very quickly after contact. (Think minutes rather than hours. For many this is how fast the skin will absorb the urushiol.)
I do not have the patience to make my own vinegar, but vinegar will work well, and can be used for MANY things. I have used it in my laundry to removed cat pee from clothes. I use it to remove rust from bolts, nuts, screws, etc. Vinegar is a great and useful thing to keep in your home.
Holton 345 Dawn also helps condition the soil so it may be absorbed by the roots.. tide works well and they both are great insecticides as well..
Once it defoliate, it can no longer carry on photosynthesis. The Roots eventually die.
I use this mixture.
if you have insects that fly in, munch on your crop, and then fly away, add a little hot sauce to it. Take away the vinegar.
Listerine is good too.....
Hol
True, Roundup does not work on P.I.,neither did the vinegar concoction, required continual and repeat applications. The commercial product worked the best.
Holton 345 True RU doesn't work on poison ivy .... which is why there is "Round-up poison ivy and tough brush killer". It is totally effective on killing the root as well as the leaves and stem. I have used it successfully on vines that extend 30-40ft up into the canopy - so have a massive root network. I chop off the vine a few feet above ground level, but leaving plenty of leaves to spray, then one application and the roots are killed.
Do you just leave the remains where they are?
I used to get poison ivy as a young child. By the end of the summer every place I had a mosquito bite I had poison ivy. Then my mother would put calamine lotion on every spot to try and keep me from itching.I think I could look at a poison ivy plant and get the symptoms.
I just put a little splash of gasoline on the stem and root(Don't light it).
The next day it's dead and it don't come back.
Just one little part of the plant or anywhere you see it? Thanks
@@dizzolve try and put it right on the root. Right at the base of the plant.but if you get it on more it doesn't matter becouse your trying to kill it.
@@dizzolve I have vine and plant style around my area. If it's vine at the root and if it's plant style I put gas directly on top of plant so it goes down the stem to the roots.
@@igotajopamerica3040 I see what you're saying now. Thanks! DeytookOWRCHOBS
I was wondering what to do about mine I'm on my way outside now I have everything I need thank you very much
Straight vinegar,2 tbsp.Dawn,half cup salt...
I use one gallon of distilled vinegar 1 cup of salt and 8 drops of liquid dish detergent. No water is necessary.
I used this method and it absolutely worked for me. It killed all the weeds within a a few days and they have not come back. It is true that this solution will kill everything it lands on so just becareful to not spray what you don't want dead. Also, I did not use water just vinegar, salt and soap.
How long before you can plant this area?
Will it kill a tree if the ivy is near it?
Rita McCartt-Kordon I wouldn’t plant there unless you plan to dig up the poison ivy/oak to make sure it won’t grow back
@@aggie05too30 - Doesn't the poison ivy oil stay active in the soil for 5 years or does it neutralize the oil also?
My husband & I just bought 10 acres & its swimming in poison ivy! After the machines come in & clean it up some I'm gonna try this! Subscribed to your channel too.
I'd be interested to know if it worked I have a meadow covered with poison ivy and trying to figure how to get rid of - tried the vinegar salt dawn in small areas DID NOT work
This only kills the leaves, which quickly grow back.
If it weren't too hard a task, I'd use boiling water, as that's going to do the roots, too, if you do the job right. I would guess soft water would work better than just hard water, too, since that will kill grass even without the soft water being heated. My mom used boiling water in an area where she wanted clear an area to start a garden...it killed everything.
Boiling water was the only thing that worked for me.
Turn up the temp on the water heater, connect a hot water hose to the washing machine hot water outlet and spray those weeds dead.
I use the same mix but add salt. The salt helps in dehydration of plant and roots. But as a comment mentions it is not permanent, just inspect and hit every time you see any signs of life. Eventually they will be done.
I pour very strong salt water at the root base,because I want the roots to die,not just the foliage.
I have a couple bottles of Wilson brand poison ivy killer from the 80's. It also says for "Woody Plants". FYI. I wish I had gallons of the stuff.
Oh for the good old days
It actually worked soooo they took it off the shelfs. Typical now a days
30% acidity Vinegar is available. Orange oil mixed in helps it stick to the leaves.
We’ve had a lot of rain this year so my yard went absolutely crazy with poison ivy. I have a lot of wild animals that I care for so I don’t use any chemicals anywhere always try to work with organics. This looks like a really good option, maybe with a little less water. I was going to hire goats because they eat it all up and they pull up the roots too, but the local farms are booked for the summer.
Does this kill the roots too?
We had goats for a short time at my grandparents. They only ate the leaves but then again they wouldn’t eat the grass 🙄 only wanted sweet feed
I've tried vinegar many times over the years. It will blister about 40% of the leaves but never once has it killed even a single vine. I soaked them with 1:10 ammonia to water the last 2 days. We'll see what happens.
Also, the oil has a very similar viscosity to regular general use grease, like what is used on vehicles/tractors. If you think about how tough that is to scrub off your skin that will give you a good idea what you have to do to get the poison oil off your skin.
Everyone here in the comment section is forgetting the secret ingredient: borax. Use borax instead of salt. Actually borax is a type of salt, but it’s more effective than just salt. Mix it with extra high strength pickling vinegar which is about 9% acid. Then add hot boiling water to this whole mixture this is by far the most effective killer that’s 100% organic and natural
I'll get some and give that a try!
Wow, I will get some too, thanks so much!
Sarah B NO. I used it in 2 different residential applications and they both work spectacularly.
Try using one cup Borax to one cup high-strength 9% vinegar to one cup of boiling water, remember to boil the water with the kettle this is so important, it helps dissolve the Borax pour the boiling water into the mixture and swirl around in a pale or a bucket until the Borax is dissolved it should take 2 to 5 minutes. You can add extra water if you wanted to go farther, I even tried it with four Cups of water to 1 cup of Borax to 1 cup of vinegar
@@davidsonnow will that mixture kill a tree if it's near the poison ivy?
@davidsonnow. I use boiling water to kill red ants.
If you're not using 100% vinegar don't mix in water. Most household vinegar is 10 or 20 %. Just mix in 1 cup of salt wth that vinegar with a little dawn soap. Best mixture.
thankyou to all who have contributed to the info of safely killing poison ivy.
I get itchy just watching this video!
Me too, I actually think I'm starting to get a rash.
Same here
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Here's an old home remedy if you get poison ivy (and the other poisonous plants)
If you know or just think you've been exposed, as soon as you go in wash in a hot of water as you can stand and soap (dawn works great for breaking up the oils)
After you rense in the hot water don't dry off
Pour salt all over the affected at areas. Cake it on! And just wait.....
Any place that stings is where the poison is. Continue to wait.....
Then it will itch, at this point you'll talk bad about me cause you can't scratch it!!! Continue to wait...
When the salt falls off, the itch will have stopped and you're done when that happens.
It takes about 10 to 15 minutes for the whole process but it's worth it!
If you do this immediately after exposure, you won't get it. If you wait to do this after you've gotten it, it will cut the time on it but you know, unfortunately you are already suffering it.
I personally leave the salt residue on me after it falls off and don't wash it until I am ready to shower. Sorry this was so long but I had to share. It just breaks my heart to see people affected when the remedy is so cheap and easy, less time consuming if you were to get it. It works!!
Try something called Domeboro. It really seems to dry up the poison ivy rash and blistering in short order, if you're unfortunate enough to have gotten it.
Salad dressing for the goats! I bet they appreciate it.
Use 30% vinegar, undiluted. This stuff is so strong one is cautioned to use gloves while handling it. Cleared out all weeds I sprayed it on and they died-no regeneration. Regular vinegar is only around 5%.
The one problem with vinegar is it changes the pH of the soil for years. So if you want to plant something it will cause a problem.
That's what lime is for.
@@beebop9808 First off, you’re contradicting a statement. Are you bored besides who would wanna kill the soil and then try and get it back with lime. Do you think the lime is going to bring the nutrients back? Go away
Your brain is damaged dude. Shut up and go play in the street for a while.
I've added 2 cups of table salt to 3 cups of cleaning vinegar and then filled up the 1 gallon sprayer with water. Seems to do well
The solution as described did not work on my PI. I will mix Dawn and epsom salt with undiluted vinegar as recommended by other commenters.
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Right on...
I tried that year ago with no luck. The only thing I ever found that would kill the stuff I have is spraying them with gasoline but because of the obvious problems with that I've had no choice but to let the stuff take over in some places.
why add water? straight vinegar is the best no?
STRAIGHT IS BEST...WITH 2 TBSP. DAWN,HALF CUP SALT...MIX WELL...SPRAY ROOTS GOOD ,THEN SPRAY TOPS GOOD....THEY DIE OUT FOR 6 MONTHS THIS WAY...THEN REPEAT IN 6 MONTHS...
20% Vinegar, 80% water or 1 part vinegar to 4 part water. He is using distilled vinegar. Spray thoroughly. May kill other plants as well. Thanks for the video!
This only kills the leaves. What you see on the surface (plants with leaves) is like the fruit of a tree. The actual tree is the root system under the ground. Killing the leaves is a temporary fix. You either need to poison the entire area and kill everything that happens to be living there or pull the roots out by hand.
I'm so lucky to be one of the 14% of the population immune to poison ivy. I never knew it until I snatched it off fences bare handed for work, and remained unaffected. I've been buck nekkid in it while homestead camping too... Pretty sure I passed it on to my daughter also.
Like any other plant. Keep killing the foliage until the roots starve to death. No need to get lethal and poison the ground for years to come.
I used pure vineger with salt and it is killing the leaves but there is a big hairy vine still rapped around a Chinese Privet Tree. I dread cutting the vine with a Japanese tree saw.
A huge thank you for educating me about this. This afternoon I spent in my wooded area, which has become a jungle of vines, poison ivy, and wild raspberries, and I spent the afternoon pulling up the vines, which are endless. I am tired of it overtaking everything. Afterwards, I spotted some vinegar in my garage and applied straight vinegar (oops?) onto the area where I had worked hoping to kill the roots and vines that remain. Do you think it will? I refused to use Roundup and was trying the vinegar because I have read about this, but now I have learned it is not straight vinegar, but a one to four ratio. Thank you!
The straight vinegar could work...but it will kill everything you want to grow there. Thats why I dont use that inside my garden.
Thanks! I do not want it to kill any trees, so I will be mindful. I appreciate your response!
I used pure vinegar one tb spoon of dish soap and one tb of salt on the weeds in my patio, and it work like a champ
Poison ivy is a vine so unless you get at the root it will be right back in time. All this does are the surface leaves. The root will re-generate the vine.
What a useless freaking plant! It prevents me from clearing out half of the overgrown areas in my yard :(
Get some goats. They love poison ivy and will eat it down to the ground as long as it keep coming back.
Green T Goats ..........I want goats ! After taking care of the poison ivy . .........I'm making a goat cart !
if he can kill what's above ground to finish the fencing then the goats can eat the new growth
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Thank you I might need it. Just saw a huge vine behind our house. Not sure what it is. Didn't see three leaves at first glance. I'll have to look again to make sure.
I found spray multiple times.
Leave one living shred - and it will grow back
My recipe. 1 part vinegar, 1 part olive oil, 2 parts water, to taste add salt, pepper, celery seed, chopped parsley. Drizzle over leaves before consuming.
Vinegar, soap and salt works best, but the salt sometimes mucks up the sprayer. So, vinegar and soap and if it really needs to die now; sprinkle some salt on it after you spray it..
P.S. It kills plant and bugs if you have enough dish soap and salt.
How much soap?
If it if dish soap, a teaspoon a gallon or less depending on the concentration. a couple of drops for a spray bottle.
Just enough to get plenty of suds if shaken.
yeroC Black Thank you!
Add a little Dawn soap and a cup of salt to your mixture.
Heat up the vinegar, dissolve some salt in it. Kills about everything, and keeps it from coming back for several months.
I agree about the salt. Preferably road salt for deicing.
@@joeavelar2222 Road salt is probably cheaper than the pickling salt that I've been using.
Use 4 ltr vinigar one cup of Salt and a dash of washing up liquid to make it stick ,apply in a spray bottle safe for kids and animals and cheap iv used this for years old jimmy Australia
Now if you had someone to milk your goats who didn't get poison Ivy, like my wife and I did and let your goats eat poison Ivy regular. Then drink the milk, eventually you would get a pretty good resistance to the Poison. Both of my sons did and we lived in the woods and they hunted and rode dirt cycles and camped in it.
Passed on from a old country Dr. to a 70 yr. old woman (at the time) about 50 years ago to us. We bought our first dairy goats from her and raised our boys on goat milk,so left poison ivy in the fence row.
Vic in Southern IL.
PS for some other posters on here, the poison oil will remain in and on the vines , long after the plant is dead. NEVER burn the plants or vines in a fire. The oils will be carried off in the smoke and if you inhale it, it is very bad and dangerous.
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So if you don't burn the pile what do you do to get rid of it
@@joea104 let it dry out very good,so it doesn't want to root again.
Then let it rot away in some other area.
I don't get poison so I can rip it out by hand and burn it once it dries.
@@joea104 put it in the center of the road and let the cars run over it
You need to add some salt and dish soap mixture with the vinegar. That will kill it better. My experience is that poison ivy will always come back no matter what you kill it with. I have to spray my yard for it coming back from the year before. Good luck.
That is so satisfying to watch, I'd add salt and dish soap kill it roots and all
I read that even if the poison ivy plant is dead the urushiol oil is still very active and present.
Does it work on vines as well, because I have to pull vines from my backyard 2-3 times a week and it keeps coming back every year.
2, 4-D kills the roots too.
If it's a choice between me and a small bit of the environment, I'll protect me.
You have btwn 2 -8 hrs to remove oils with Dawn and friction. Don't fear the urisiol lol
LOL! Yeah, don't fear it. Just fear the relentless itching and the effects of scratching. Oh, wait - what causes the insane itching? Oh, urushiol. Yeah, get on that ASAP!
@Cole Waldron I've had that poison mess to stay on me a month at a time...its terrorizing itch and the uroshiol oils...it was my worse nightmare...
More like 2 hours for me...run in and get the (Technu)best thing I've EVER found that is the only thing to help me get rid of either one of these poisons,ivy,oak or symac...nothing else works...
My wife and I are big fans of vinegar; she loves to use it as a fabric softener; I like it for cleaning things, use vinegar and baking soda, and it's safe to use, except for poison ivy which reminds me of the song.
A touch of olive oil. Here goats this salad dressing makes TASTE delicious.
I've read that boiling water ,if done a few times will kill the roots underground.
If poison oak is completely dried out can it still give you a rash when you make contact?
Best way to remove it after spraying and letting it dry out ?
Vinager salt 2-lemons squeezes dishwashing soap 1-gal container works. Takes about 3-treatment. Direct sun is best if possible depends on situation.
1-cup salt