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To: NonValueAdded

Poison ivy can produce flowers but it is often spread by runners. In order to really get rid of the nasty stuff (we have a small farm and have been working on this for years), you need to dig deeply into the ground and dump poison on the root system. It will continue to come back but if you mow it regularly it will eventually give up. It loves to hang out with bind weed, wild rose and wild grape vines. Those plants can, if not controlled, kill 30-50 foot high trees. I have scars from serious poison ivy exposure.


5 posted on 01/10/2014 5:29:23 AM PST by Mercat
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To: Mercat

You’ll love this! I know a couple that bought their first house. The wife and husband agreed the bamboo privacy hedge was a bit much. So, off the new husband homeowner goes to Home Depot. He buys a bunch of plant poison and sprays it on the bamboo. He was sure this task was over and off to paint his new garage. Nope.. nothing. In fact the bamboo actually looked stronger. Plan 2: He cut all the bamboo down to the ground and then used a series of chemicals to kill it. This little task took him over 2 weeks. Result: the bamboo not only started growing but seemed to thrive. Plan 3: To be fair, at this point of the process, he was beginning to get a little loopy. So, he dug out a trench containing the bamboo roots. He placed some sort of gas down and lit it. Boom... burn! The trench was black as coal and he surely figured he was the winner. A week later.. new bamboo sprouts. Plan 4: After the defeat and near nervous breakdown, the couple sold the house 18 months after moving in. New house? NO BAMBOO anywhere. (My house gift? you guessed it! A bamboo plant)


6 posted on 01/10/2014 6:05:38 AM PST by momtothree
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To: Mercat

Solution - two goats.


10 posted on 01/10/2014 6:33:40 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Mercat

This will kill poison ivy.

http://www.spectracide.com/Products-and-Solutions/Lawn-Weed-Killers/Spectracide-Weed-Stop-for-Lawns-Concentrate.aspx


16 posted on 01/10/2014 7:30:26 AM PST by logitech (It is time.)
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