Re: Hi I'm A Newbie with a ??

What zone are you in Rich...I forget.  I'm in zone 6 and mine have been blooming now for about 4 days.  Beautiful.  
 


"Richard T. Apking" <richa@midlands.net> wrote:
Hi Jesse and all,

I do hope you keep your immunity to poison ivy; as I have gotten older I
seem to be more and more susceptible to all this crap. The first time I
reacted to PI, I thought i'd die from the itching and the rash. Now I'm
reacting to the pollen in the air now, itchy eyes, etc. Never had that
problem until the past 3 years.

My Colchicum is just peeking out, just a couple of them. Seems very early
doesn't it?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hi I'm A Newbie with a ??


> Or...just get somebody like me...who isn't allergic to it (I have no
> freaking idea why...I'm allergic to every stinking thing else in this
> world) to go and yank it out for you. My family doctor, when I was
> little said that I had a strong immune system...and one of the lucky few
> who just don't get it. So...tell me why I'm allergic to all this other
> stuff. Probably stress.
>
>
>
> Marge Talt wrote:
> Welcome to the list, Holli!
>
> Well, I pull poison ivy VERY CAREFULLY! Wearing long pants, rubber
> boots, long sleeves and gloves with my hand and arm covered in a
> plastic bag (our newspapers come in perfect long, narrow bags for
> this job)...with a black plastic trash bag in one hand, I pull with
> the other and stuff it into the trash bag...being very careful that
> it doesn't whip around and grab me somewhere - PI vines are like
> hoses...sneaky...they will whip out when least expected. You want to
> avoid getting it on your clothing as it can spread from there to you.
> When you're done or the plastic bag starts to wear out, just remove
> it into the trash bag.
>
> I find heavy duty rubber gloves very good for this task as well,
> since they cover a good portion of arm and if you get them in contact
> with the PI, you can wash them off easily or trash them as well.
>
> If you have a lot of this stuff, you need to get a bottle of Tecnu
> Outdoor Skin Cleanser (used to be called Poison Oak and Ivy Cleaner).
> This stuff is the best thing since sliced bread. If you wash with
> it - following directions - up to several hours after contact, it
> will remove the urushiol....sooner is better...and you won't come
> down with an itchy rash. See the manufacturer's web site for more
> information plus places to buy it online and off.
>
> http://www.teclabsinc.com/pro_tecnu.html
>
> If you pull while the ground is moist, you will get most of the vine.
> The vines can travel a good distance. You can also dig it up -
> again, VERY CAREFULLY. If you just pull, and the vine is mature, you
> will probably not get all of it, since a good deal will be
> underground and it will try to come back so you have to watch it and
> go after any new sprouts when you see them. If you have mature vines
> growing up trees, just saw out a 2" section and the top part will die
> - takes a few years for it to fall off the trees, but it will. You
> then need to dispose of the bits using the same caution as in pulling
> live material. All parts of PI can cause a rash.
>
> Birds love PI berries and I find seedlings all the time, especially
> under large tree branches. I've been battling it for nearly 30 years
> here....it's not a plant that you can eradicate once and have done
> with it...it is an ongoing task.
>
> My concern in using the heavy duty herbicides needed to kill PI is
> that, in my woodland garden, its roots are entwined with those of
> trees and shrubs I don't want to kill and I am always worried that
> the herbicide might transfer, plus, I'm just not a fan of most of the
> 'cides' out there. Too much is unknown about how they affect the
> rest of the web of life.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Hollikft@aol.com
> > HI I'm Holli, a really good friend Donna, had told me about this
> great
> > gardening group, so I decided to join up! Havent had the greatest
> garden this
> > year, but it was passable. I was disappointed this year, but the
> bees seem to
> > enjoy it! LOL
> > Anyway I have a question.. I am loaded with POISON IVY, in the
> back yard
> > and so is the family in the house behind me. She did have someone
> do removal
> > tonight and then they were going to spray something in the grown
> so it wont
> > come back next year.
> > Is there a safe way to remove it ... it really is in a bad
> area..it's by the
> > pond and continues across the back of the yard and entwined in all
> my pine
> > trees. And of course I have a dog.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > Thank You
> > Holli LI,NY
>
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