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Re: Poison Ivy

Subject: Re: Poison Ivy
Author: Betsy Dunphy
Date: 5/5/2003 11:49 pm
Views: 6478
Status: Approved
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Hi Kim,

I certainly can commiserate on that one. I worked on a poison ivy vine for about 5 or 6 years which was growing up between some azaleas near the house. You have to get the root - that's the key. If there is any of it left after your treatments and its still alive, the poison ivy will definitely come back again and again. Have you tried taking a shovel to it and digging up the root? On older plants the root can be quite large. The one I worked on, the main root had a radius of 1 1/2" or so. It was quite long as well. I just kept chipping, shoveling, and pulling until it was gone. I also painted on some killer directly onto any root I couldn't pull up. Persistence was the key.

SubjectAuthorDate
Poison Ivy (Approved)Kim Guiseppi5/5/2003 3:36 pm
  Re: Poison Ivy (Approved)Betsy Dunphy5/5/2003 11:49 pm