In addition to all the veggies in our garden, we are growing a fabulous crop of poison ivy at our rental house. I knew we had a significant infestation after I had to abandon my first compost pile that was overtaken by a field of aggressive poison ivy sprouts. I had also noticed quite a few isolated patches spread throughout the yard. But I didn’t realize just how bad it was until I noticed that what I had thought were two tall, healthy, green trees were actually very dead trees with woody poison ivy monsters climbing their skeletons as high as 30 feet (above).
My plan is to smother the ground patches with mulch and slice into the base of the woody vines. I need to do the smothering without the landlord noticing, as he was concerned about it being “unsightly” (right...where nobody but us would see it?) and preferred we apply poison. While eradicating this plant may be one of the rare exceptions where I could justify pesticides, I prefer to try less destructive -- and probably more effective -- organic options.
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I've never had to deal with the stuff, but it sounds like your plan is the way to go.
Where is the poison located in poison ivy? In the leaves only or also in the plant fluids? Just curious.
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Leaves, stems, seeds -- even after it dies it could still get you mid-winter. Nasty stuff!
so this how poison ivy looks
so this how poison ivy looks like. I never knew its stem grew that large.
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