Keep in mind killing the plant with herbicide just kills the plant, the urisol is still out there and the plants far less visible when dead.
Although I have not needed to clear acres of poison ivy or similar plants on my acre it was far easier, cheaper and very effective to suit up and pull it by hand. The first year I stuffed two forty gallon bags full that weighed about forty pounds each. I have only had it return around two trees and it's easy to spot.
Trying that would kill me.
I don't even like to step on it with shoes.
I'm not phobic about much of anything. But it's fair to say that I'm phobic about poison ivy. I've had some very bad experiences with it. It left a lasting impression on me.
Been fightin' that crrap for 50yrs.! Round-up, Crossbow & a little Dawn dish soap tank mix will kill it dead. Genaric brands make it more affordable & work just as good.
That's the ticket. Glyphosate is mostly a grass killer. 2-4-d works better on broad-leafs. 2-4-d by itself will probably kill the ivy and won't kill any grass.
Sorry guys. This just is not true.
Glyphosate kills the broadleaf plants as effectively as it does the grasses. Adding 2-4D to the mix just allows you to see the broadleafs wilt sooner.
All it is, is a feel good thing.
When I want everything dead, I use Glyphosate. It leaves bare ground behind.
When I want to leave the grass alive, I use Brash, Weedmaster. or Range Star interchangeably to kill blackberry, willow, scotch thistle, canadian thistle, bull thistle, wild rose, sweet clover, or dandelions out of the lawn. I bought 2.5 gal of Range Star at the local Farm Supply for $69 last week. I mix three quarts into a 25 gal ATV sprayer for 3% and kill everything I need to.
It is much less expensive to use just the chemical you need to use, and it is more environmentally friendly.
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I've been thinking about getting one of those to go after the honeysuckle,....just so I won't have to spend so much time working my back bending over to cut it flush with the ground with a chainsaw.
Honda makes a good one with a 4 stroke motor for $400. But they're hard to find.
Bristoe, The Hondas are nice but heavy. I purchased an Echo SRM-410U. It's a 42.7cc 2-stroke. You still need to wear a harness but it takes no prisoners when that blade starts spinning. Add a carbide blade or a chisel tooth blade similar to a chainsaw and look out. You certainly don't want to trip when using it.
The chainsaw style blade is often called a Beaver Blade. I have a pair of them I rotate through in the fall when I'm trimming up all my deerstands. A heavier-duty line trimmer will spin them just fine, mine is a Shindaiwa. A guy can clean up a lot of stuff with a Beaver Blade, a Stihl pole saw, and a chainsaw.
I've knocked a few patches down with Roundup, but it never grows much over a foot or so up here in the north because of the winters. Not so in Florida however. We were out birding and the local curator at the park said to be careful of the poison ivy. He pointed out a tree just off the trail that had it growing up and around that tree at least 40' high!!! I had no idea that it would grow that large, but if it is a true ivy, it can climb. I was amazed.
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Been fightin' that crrap for 50yrs.! Round-up, Crossbow & a little Dawn dish soap tank mix will kill it dead. Genaric brands make it more affordable & work just as good.
Round up does not need to have any surfactant or crop oil added... see the label.
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you are using gly waaaayyyyyy to heavy... 2 oz per gal will smoke it... put fertilizer on it and the deer will eat it to the ground...
Maybe,....but it's killing it. The area I'm working is over grown brush,..so I'm not worried about killing anything that happens to get in the way. The worst places are in the shade of some big honeysuckle bushes and bradford pear trees. There's not much else growing up under them,...maybe some miscellaneous weeds here and there. As soon as I get the poison ivy beat down I'm going to start cutting the brush. If it get's killed during the poison ivy eradication process, it's no loss.
Prescribed burning will get rid of poison ivy. Alternate your burns between Fall and Spring to get the maximum plant diversity without the poison ivy (and autumn olives, honeysuckle, etc).
I've only got about an acre that I'm having to work on. My problem is, it's also covered with honeysuckle bushes. I want to cut the honeysuckle bushes, but the ground under them is carpeted with poison ivy.
6. Another technique to clear the area of poison ivy is by planting grass seed. Ivy will not grow where there is a lawn. I tried this at my cottage and it worked. The only downside is that it takes time, but, once you have grass, you won’t have poison ivy.
This is BS. Poison ivy grows in my lawn, though it is very tiny, stunted like. But it is there and far more common than you know unless you actually look for it.
I am on the same warpath. Somehow I got the durn Poison ivy juice on my hands and then it spread to all sorts of nooks and crannies that were covered up by jeans and a long sleeved t shirt as I was doing yard work I knew I got in the stuff and quickly stripped and showered but.....gotcha!
Anyway next day I lad down 4 gallons of Round Up on 3/4 of an acre, and I'm going to hit it again in another week. Same dose. That stuff is evil!
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I am on the same warpath. Somehow I got the durn Poison ivy juice on my hands and then it spread to all sorts of nooks and crannies that were covered up by jeans and a long sleeved t shirt as I was doing yard work I knew I got in the stuff and quickly stripped and showered but.....gotcha!
Anyway next day I lad down 4 gallons of Round Up on 3/4 of an acre, and I'm going to hit it again in another week. Same dose. That stuff is evil!
Rubbing alcohol. That's what I clean up with after I've been out working in it. Then I shower.
In fact, I just went through the process about 45 minutes ago.
I was all up under stuff getting up close and personal with poison ivy infested areas with my sprayer.
As soon as I finish, I grab a wash cloth and a bottle of rubbing alcohol and give my face and arms a good scrub,..then a shower.
I've only got about an acre that I'm having to work on. My problem is, it's also covered with honeysuckle bushes. I want to cut the honeysuckle bushes, but the ground under them is carpeted with poison ivy.
I've got to get rid of the poison ivy first.
Burn it all!
It would burn the whole county down if I set that whole honeysuckle/bradford pear patch on fire.
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