Don't go near it, bill sprayed or not!In all the decades the good lord has allowed me to be on earth I have for the most part never paid any bit attention to vines. I dove in and cut them then in about 2010 I was cutting a load of logs for a saw race/GTG and got into some nasty vines. Lets just say it made that show interesting
Three leaflets are Poison Ivy, 5 leaflets = Virginia Creeper, don't mess with it.More
That was always my thought...leaves of three leave it be...leaves of five you'll be fine... That pic is the post a gate opening is at that I walk into the pasture each night through.Three leaflets are Poison Ivy, 5 leaflets = Virginia Creeper, don't mess with it.
10 feet, heck the gate I go through each night into a pasture butts to that post. I no longer chain it as the cows will never know the change is off@Bill G I'll add this...if you were within 10ft of that established poison ivy vine, the oil is already on your shoes. If you get down to ground level and look real close, you will most likely find young sprouts with 3 leaves on them blending in and hiding in the grass. Sometimes I'll get a spot on of rash on my hand knowing I never came in contact with any vines, mystery ivy rash. Well, its from walking through the grass(hidden P.I.), getting the oil on your shoes/boots and when you take them off, its on your hands now. Mystery solved!
I can say this will be an interesting removal
Three leaflets are Poison Ivy,
There are some "leaves of three" that look like poison ivy but are not. The telltale for me is the alternating groups of leaves along the main vine. The lookalikes will have the groups of three leaves directly opposite each other. Yours is clearly alternating...That was always my thought...leaves of three leave it be...
I can kill it with no problem. The problem is the removal and burning. Those will both be problematic.There are some "leaves of three" that look like poison ivy but are not. The telltale for me is the alternating groups of leaves along the main vine. The lookalikes will have the groups of three leaves directly opposite each other. Yours is clearly alternating...
We have used the ivy killer commonly available at Home Depot and similar stores with good success but it has to be reapplied for several weeks. That doesn't neutralize the oil, though, just kills the plant and stops it from spreading. The oil remain for a long time and still cause a reaction for those that are sensitive to it. I got it bad one year after wee whipping an area on our property that had no apparent active ivy.
I typically follow the scrubbing methodology if I think I may have come into contact. Take a wash cloth in the shower (or with a hose) and scrubb aggressively using soap. You need to really dig in to get all the oil off... I have been reaction free after following this advice, knock on wood...
Got ya... I wouldn't burn it. I have always killed it, removed it, and put it one of my decomp piles in the woods. To date I have not seen any of it return (either in the spot I pulled it from or placed the remains).The problem is the removal and burning. Those will both be problematic.
I have yet to find a weed or any plant that I cannot kill. It is getting it out and getting rid of it. I pretty much burn everything. If I doze it in the ditch it will disturb the pasture near it and cause a washout.Got ya... I wouldn't burn it. I have always killed it, removed it, and put it one of my decomp piles in the woods. To date I have not seen any of it return (either in the spot I pulled it from or placed the remains).
Smaller plants we have bagged and thrown in the trash.
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