Comments on: How to kill Poison Oak and Poison Ivy http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/ Wed, 09 May 2012 19:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michaela http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 Michaela Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:17:19 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2467 Will gas kill poison Ivey or Oak plants? There is one or the other growing up my tree and my daughter keeps breaking out just being around the tree. If anyone could help me that would be wonderful! Will gas kill poison Ivey or Oak plants? There is one or the other growing up my tree and my daughter keeps breaking out just being around the tree. If anyone could help me that would be wonderful!

]]> By: Rees http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Rees Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:23:53 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2360 Hi Alyssa, Thanks for the good information. This post, on killing poison oak/ivy, is one of the most popular here on greensideupblog so the more information that gets passed around from people like you the better. As for your story I have a couple of thought. 1) Raw, uncomposted manuer is very high in salt and enough salt will kill nearly any plant. 2) If any plant is covered with enough material to block out all sunlight for an extended period it will die. It sounds like you did both.:) Either one of these will result in dead plants. I know of one guy who covered his poison ivy with a two foot deep layer of mulch and was successful in eradicating it from the area. I really like his mulch and your manuer method because neither involved bad chemical and the less of those used the better. Thanks for dropping by. Rees Hi Alyssa,
Thanks for the good information. This post, on killing poison oak/ivy, is one of the most popular here on greensideupblog so the more information that gets passed around from people like you the better.
As for your story I have a couple of thought. 1) Raw, uncomposted manuer is very high in salt and enough salt will kill nearly any plant. 2) If any plant is covered with enough material to block out all sunlight for an extended period it will die. It sounds like you did both.:)
Either one of these will result in dead plants.
I know of one guy who covered his poison ivy with a two foot deep layer of mulch and was successful in eradicating it from the area.
I really like his mulch and your manuer method because neither involved bad chemical and the less of those used the better.
Thanks for dropping by.
Rees

]]> By: Alyssa http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2356 Alyssa Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:18:45 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2356 We have a huge poison oak problem on our property, so much so that I keep my horses in a paddock rather then in our pasture. Then one year after a long winter I had an abundance of manure. Instead of taking it to the dump like usual we dropped it onto a severally poison oak covered section, and smothered it with two full truck loads. Now that is one of the few places where poison oak doesn't grow, and hasn't for over three years. That small section now only grows tall grass. I think it has something to do with the horses diet of straight alfalfa, which causes livestock to have extremely potent urine that soaked into the manure. Normally if we used this manure as fertilizer it tends to just burn the grass, but it seemed to be just as deadly to the poison oak. Has anyone else heard of horse manure killing poison oak like this before? We have a huge poison oak problem on our property, so much so that I keep my horses in a paddock rather then in our pasture. Then one year after a long winter I had an abundance of manure. Instead of taking it to the dump like usual we dropped it onto a severally poison oak covered section, and smothered it with two full truck loads.

Now that is one of the few places where poison oak doesn’t grow, and hasn’t for over three years. That small section now only grows tall grass. I think it has something to do with the horses diet of straight alfalfa, which causes livestock to have extremely potent urine that soaked into the manure. Normally if we used this manure as fertilizer it tends to just burn the grass, but it seemed to be just as deadly to the poison oak.

Has anyone else heard of horse manure killing poison oak like this before?

]]> By: Rees http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2325 Rees Wed, 11 May 2011 05:24:02 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2325 Hi Sean, I feel your pain. Poison Oak is no fun. DON'T SCRATCH IT!!!!!! One thing you might try is to wait until fall and watch for the tips of the poison oak to begin turning red. It might be easier to find among the other plants once it changes color and then try the selective Round-up method. Just done wait too long to stray after you see the first red leaf. Other than that I guess you should just stock up on balls..... Hi Sean,
I feel your pain. Poison Oak is no fun. DON’T SCRATCH IT!!!!!!
One thing you might try is to wait until fall and watch for the tips of the poison oak to begin turning red. It might be easier to find among the other plants once it changes color and then try the selective Round-up method. Just done wait too long to stray after you see the first red leaf.
Other than that I guess you should just stock up on balls…..

]]> By: Sean http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2324 Sean Tue, 10 May 2011 16:20:56 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2324 We've got poison oak on our property... our yard ends right at the start of a heavily wooded area. All around the ground is poison oak. And of course with children they are always throwing balls in there. I made the mistake of going into the woods to pick up some baseballs recently and am now covered in itchy spots. Have had it before and know I need to go get a shot. I'm leery of trying Roundup as there's other vegation in the area and I don't want to kill everything. But I also don't want to buy a hazmat suit to have to cut it out. We’ve got poison oak on our property… our yard ends right at the start of a heavily wooded area. All around the ground is poison oak. And of course with children they are always throwing balls in there. I made the mistake of going into the woods to pick up some baseballs recently and am now covered in itchy spots. Have had it before and know I need to go get a shot.

I’m leery of trying Roundup as there’s other vegation in the area and I don’t want to kill everything. But I also don’t want to buy a hazmat suit to have to cut it out.

]]> By: Rees http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 Rees Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:37:04 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2277 Solomon I think that takes the cake. I love goat cheese so how about if you make some goat cheese outta that milk and we sell it as a poison oak remedy..... Thanks for the fun story... PS I love the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rees Solomon I think that takes the cake. I love goat cheese so how about if you make some goat cheese outta that milk and we sell it as a poison oak remedy…..
Thanks for the fun story…
PS I love the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Rees

]]> By: Solomon http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 Solomon Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:30:39 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-2276 Years ago, in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Calif my brother and I raised goats. We tied up the nanny goat in a patch of poison oak, let her eat it, and drank her milk. We built up an immunity to the oak's poison, and since we were woodcutters at the time, it allowed us to tromp unafraid through the brush and woods. Now, 40 years later, I just bought a property that has oak on it, and I appreciate your methods of annihilation, because that's exactly what I intend to do with it! But, if you own goats - let them annihilate it for you! Years ago, in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Calif my brother and I raised goats. We tied up the nanny goat in a patch of poison oak, let her eat it, and drank her milk. We built up an immunity to the oak’s poison, and since we were woodcutters at the time, it allowed us to tromp unafraid through the brush and woods. Now, 40 years later, I just bought a property that has oak on it, and I appreciate your methods of annihilation, because that’s exactly what I intend to do with it! But, if you own goats – let them annihilate it for you!

]]> By: Rees http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-1983 Rees Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:33:51 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-1983 Hi Patty and Gail, I've got a few poison oak stories to tell too but they don't involve burning the debris. That sounds like it would be horrible.... Hi Patty and Gail,
I’ve got a few poison oak stories to tell too but they don’t involve burning the debris. That sounds like it would be horrible….

]]> By: Patti http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-1967 Patti Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:17:43 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-1967 Gayle is correct- NEVER burn poison oak! My grandparents did that and my mom and uncle were covered head to toe and in their mouths from the smoke. It was so bad they still tell the story 50 years later. Gayle is correct- NEVER burn poison oak! My grandparents did that and my mom and uncle were covered head to toe and in their mouths from the smoke. It was so bad they still tell the story 50 years later.

]]> By: Gayle http://greensideupblog.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-poison-oak-and-poison-ivy/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Gayle Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:47:58 +0000 http://www.greensideupblog.com/?p=90#comment-1417 I don't think you EVER burn poison ivy, no matter how long it's been since you cut it. I don’t think you EVER burn poison ivy, no matter how long it’s been since you cut it.

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