Re: Poison ivy.
- Subject: Re: Poison ivy.
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 04:56:32 -0400
Yes, Claire, it is spread courtesy of our fine feathered friends.
Birds love the berries and drop them all over the place. I'm always
finding seedlings, usually hidden in a clump of something else.
Pulling them before they get a toe hold is a continuing exercise in
futility. New seedlings of VA creeper are almost identical to
seedlings of PI; something for those with both to keep in mind.
For the really susceptible, pulling can be done by firstly wearing
long sleeves and pants, then putting on gloves and over those a
plastic bag - the kind our newspapers and the NYTimes come in are
great because they are long and narrow - pull the PI via the plastic
encased hand and in the other hand have a plastic trash bag...deposit
in trash bag and when you're done, send to landfill along with the
plastic bag you used over your hand.
To be highly safe, then go in and disrobe and put clothes in washer
and grab your Tecnu and wash your hands with that for the full 2
minutes. Should leave you free of any rash.
The lovely thing about Tecnu is that it is effective up to 8 hours
after contact. I swear by that stuff. For those with outdoor pets,
it's also good to wash with Tecnu after you handle them. My DIL gets
it from their dogs and I keep trying to get her to use Tecnu as she
suffers dreadfully from the rashes. But, so far, might as well talk
to a post.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: ECPep@aol.com
>
> What does interest me is that PI is so widespread and is such a
burden to
> gardeners. One of the writer's of the Burpee Book series Susan
??, sold a
> house and moved because of PI. That it is a native plant is
understandable
> but after eradicating it, it so often returns. By birds I should
think. The
> berries are probably carried around and germinate easily. I have
pulled it
> out of the gardens now and then, recognizing it on the spot from
trouble it
> causes Ed and my grandson. Still a year or two goes by and there
it is
> again.
>
> I pull it out using a claw tool, called an old Maine scratch around
here, and
> bag it up in a brown grocery bag for the brush pile. Ed has
decided to leave
> it alone entirely.
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