Re: Poison ivy.
- Subject: Re: Poison ivy.
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 22:46:22 EDT
In a message dated 5/31/02 1:36:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
karen.tiede@eds.com writes:
<<
The bath oil-and-towel trick was really impressive, in terms of spread. And
stupidity. >>
Oh,I guess I wouldn't call myself stupid for a case of PI. All of us do
these things, often and usually secretly. And, I have heard of pets
passing it along quite a bit.
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.
There is a PI killer packaged just for Poison Ivy but I suppose it would kill
the surrounding garden. We have killed large patches of it in a field and
cut down a vine more than two inches thick at the base. Still it comes back
so somewhere it is thriving and producing berries. Sympathy to all you
perennial gardeners who have trouble with PI. Does no-one ever mention
Poison Oak? I don't think I know what that is.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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