Poison ivy

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How to eradicate and prevent it from returning? I hate it, I’ve done a decent job stopping it at the house, but at the property I have there is some but I want to make sure it never comes around…, Ohio Btw.
 
How to eradicate and prevent it from returning? I hate it, I’ve done a decent job stopping it at the house, but at the property I have there is some but I want to make sure it never comes around…, Ohio Btw.

I have sprayed it with any broadleaf killer and it wipes it out.


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OK, I currently use the roundup poison ivy killer, but I just wish the stuff would permanently stay away!
 
I hit some with grazon this spring and it smoked it. Even 24d has worked for me in the past .
 
Crossbow
 
Does anyone know how long the seeds are viable?
We have huge poison ivy vines that produce thousands of berries. It could be an on-going battle until the seed bank is exhausted.
 
Ugh, I sprayed mine (at home) before they developed the berries. Died before they produced. The stuff is a pain in the rear!
 
I have a bunch that is vining up some pear trees that I would like to keep viable. I have an ATV sprayer with a wand, but it is probably 1/3 of an acre that it is covering (along with reed canary grass but that's another issue).
Any idea how to save the trees and kill the vines? (on a side note my wife gets poison ivy just from looking at it so if I ever want help with harvesting the pears the PI needs gone yesterday).
Thanks!
 
Any idea how to save the trees and kill the vines?
Cut the vines at ground level, paint the stumps with straight Crossbow and a small paint brush.
 
Cut the vines at ground level, paint the stumps with straight Crossbow and a small paint brush.
Is crossbow soil active?
 
Is crossbow soil active?
Not IME. Besides, when painting a PI vine stump we're talking about a tiny amount applied directly with a paintbrush. If a person is worried about translocation, just use straight gly. I've had less than optimal results when using gly on PI though.
 
I have never seen the vining type that you talk about or plants with berries? I am terribly allergic to it so I know what to watch out for.
 
I have never seen the vining type that you talk about or plants with berries? I am terribly allergic to it so I know what to watch out for.
I've seen PI vines as thick as 2" at the base and 30' up into burr oaks. PI can take many forms. Every type/form of PI produces berries as far as I know.

"Poison ivy can be somewhat difficult to identify because it has several forms – growing in clumps of plants to 30” high, as a climbing “hairy” vine, and sometimes as a small shrub. Poison ivy uses adventitious roots to cling to the side of tree trunks, often imparting a “hairy” appearance. You may have heard the saying “hairy vine, no friend of mine” in reference to poison ivy."
 
This is the only type I have ever come across in our area.
creeper1.jpg
 
This is the only type I have ever come across in our area.
creeper1.jpg
That's virginia creeper aka woodbine. It too has berries and climbs
 
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The only type of vines we have in the woods is the type Sturgis uses for licking branches on mock scrapes.
 
I have never seen the vining type that you talk about or plants with berries? I am terribly allergic to it so I know what to watch out for.


I wish I had more pics but this is just one example of the huge PI vines we have growing around here. This one is obviously dead but the urushiol is still present. I don't Have any pics of the berries but google it...plenty of pics on the web.
poison ivy vine.jpeg
 
The only type of vines we have in the woods is the type Sturgis uses for licking branches on mock scrapes.
Aren't you in SE MN? If so, I can personally guarantee you that PI and Virginia creeper vines grow in your general area. Maybe not on your land, but definitely in your general area.
 
I guess we don't have "poison ivy" then. I do know that I get terrible rashes at least twice a year for the past 30 years of my life. Once a year from "poison ivy" and once a year from wild parsnip.
 
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