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ASH
Citizen
Username: Ash
Post Number: 127
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 2:09 pm: | 
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I have poison ivy winding about 20 feet or so up a tree in the backyard. Does anyone know of a person/people willing to remove something like this? I thought now might actually be kind of a good time to do it since the stuff is probably a little less poisonous than when it's warmer..any suggestions much appreciated. |
tjohn
Citizen
Username: Tjohn
Post Number: 2899
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 6:16 pm: |
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Use lopping shears to cut a segment out of the vine. Then, in the spring, when leaves sprout on the base of the vine, spray them with Brush-b-Gon or something like that. The remainder of the vine in the tree with either never sprout leaves again or the leaves will quickly - I can't resist this - wither on the vine. |
Lydia
Citizen
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 904
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 7:10 pm: |
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If you're chicken about even getting close enough to lop (I know I am) Muoi from Oriental Gardeners removed a bunch of poison ivy for me and it never came back. |
ASH
Citizen
Username: Ash
Post Number: 128
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - 8:02 am: |
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I am chicken to get that close--and go that high up on a ladder! We were thinking of contacting Muoi to do our lawn so we'll ask him about the poison ivy too.Thanks! |
tjohn
Citizen
Username: Tjohn
Post Number: 2904
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - 8:24 am: |
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Why would you need a ladder? Just cut the vine at the base of the tree. Once the vine is disconnected from Mother Earth, it is dead. |
Yoette
Citizen
Username: Yoette
Post Number: 6
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2005 - 10:32 pm: |
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Our poison ivy was so bad that it actually had branches! Cut it off at the base and leave about a foot of space in between. It takes a long time to die, unfortunately! Good luck trying to remove the vine. We just left ours stuck to the tree. |
tourne
Citizen
Username: Tourne
Post Number: 383
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 - 11:58 pm: |
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Cut at the base with a saw. Then paint the remainder coming out of the ground with Roundup at the point where it is cut. It's the only time I would ever recommend using a chemical herbicide in the garden. |
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