Please pm me if your are experienced in poison ivy and english ivy removal. I live on a 1/3 acre and 1/2 is pi/ei that I want removed. I also want the ground tilled and all roots and runners romoved. I am highly allergic and do not have the proper tools or heavy duty equipment needed for a job this size. I am hoping for an experienced lanscaper to pm me with their info (experience, rates, equipment they will use, etc) I am in Falls Church off Sleepy Hallow. I do have a few contractors coming in the next couple weeks to give an estimate, but was hoping to get a few more. Thanks!

Easy...kill it with fire.

I'll remove it with my bare hands for free hell yweah

Scorpio Wrote:
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> Easy...kill it with fire.

Lol!

I had a bro-in-law who semi-cleared a PA acerage, then burned the pulled-up poison ivy.

Bad bad mistake.

Our lot had both English Ivy and Poison Ivy and I wanted to be rid of them both. English Ivy is highly invasive and Poison Ivy is, well, you already know. I had good luck with *Ortho Brush & Weed Killer*, mixed to a slightly stronger than usual concentration. It took about five years of twice yearly applicaitions to finally be rid of the English Ivy, but it's completely gone now.

cover it with tarps or a large roll of lack plastic drop cloth material (available in large dimensions at Home Depot). leave it there for a year. should be pretty dead after that.

Sorry if this appears large, but i want to post a picture of the size of the yard. It would take a lot of tarps. If I do that, should I spray with Ortho, then cover?

Pic did come up too large so I removed it. Thanks again for the ideas...please, keep them coming! I have no pm's yet, so I sincerely appreciate any ideas that you might have done in the past that worked.



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Chemical then pull out with hand

Emmett, I did buy many 1.33 gal of Ortho pi killer. I used 1 as a test and nothing happened, just a little wilting. What did you use to boost the power?

I have used Ortho Poison Ivy killer. Just spray on the leaves. It will start wilting in days and will die within a week.
But if you have a large lot filled with Poison Ivy, I'd see if a professional lawn care company can remove it.

vinegar is pretty good. It takes awhile tho.

DO. NOT. BURN. IT.

Get a Goat. Seriously. It'll be gone in a month.

Not going to burn it, I know better than that. Any other ideas?

the directions I read call for vinegar and a few drops of detergent

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> the directions I read...

Google works.

Advice from another site: http://www.city-data.com/forum/garden/1539825-poisen-ivy.html

Name's advice to get a goat is absolutely correct. You might even find a farmer who raises goats to lend or rent you one. Goats are the most effective poison ivy eliminaters I've seen.

Virginian Wrote:
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> Name's advice to get a goat is absolutely correct.
> You might even find a farmer who raises goats to
> lend or rent you one. Goats are the most
> effective poison ivy eliminaters I've seen.


Totally agree. Rent a few do a job for many.

Nuke It From Orbit , It's The Only Way To Be Sure .

Salt that shit.

When I discovered a lot of poison ivy in my yard I got suited up with a Tyvek coveralls and heavy duty gloves. I pulled up all the ivy I could find and ripped a lot of roots out of the ground. You have to be extremely cautious not to touch your skin. When I finished I got a very hot shower with plenty of soap. If you are extremely reactive to poison ivy, get someone else to do it. This is not rocket science, it just requires some common sense caution. Keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol at hand in case you inadvertently touch your skin.

Poison ivy requires actual contact with the plant - or something that came into contact with it like a dog or glove - or inhaling it when it burns.

After I did my eradication program,I then applied brush killer to the plants that I discovered after that.

Poison ivy will also grow up trees on very thick vines. They usually have lots of fine roots along the length of the vine. I discovered vines that were at least four inches in diameter. These vines can not only send out lateral roots that will spread, they also are the plants that will have berries that can spread plants by birds eating the seeds. I cut through the vine with a saw and that killed it.

Call in a napalm strike, following by a thorough dusting with Agent Orange.

Don't be such a pussy. Grab it with both hands. Pull until it's gone.
Then go inside and scratch your balls and finger your missus.
Problem solved.

You're not done until you've boxed twenty feet of it and sent it to that nice Mayor Bloomberg of NYC. "For all you do, this ivy is for you," a secret admirer.

Hire a mexican to pick it all out, with their bare hands.

You must have someone spray it to kill it all the way into the roots.

Thanx to ALGOR the spray killers don't pack a good punch anymore.

Call wmal am63 saturday morning, Maybe 8 or 9 am for best advice

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> Easy...kill it with fire.

Do NOT burn it!!!
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000027.htm