[NAFEX] Killing Poison Ivy Organically/elevation
tanis cuff
tanistanis at hotmail.com
Sun May 1 23:29:10 EDT 2005
FYI to readers: Pat & Ginda mentioned mountains; Muffy is in Sauk Co WI,
Baraboo Hills area (not mountains); Tanis is in Columbia Co, south edge of
the Central Sandbox, p.ivy grazed during earlier part of century and
controlled with god-knows-what herbicides mid-century.
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From: "bluestem_farm>
To: nafex
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Killing Poison Ivy Organically/elevation
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 03:18:18 GMT
Tanis,
I've seen p.i. on very dry sand, in oak barrens in and out of the shade, and
I'm pretty sure that I've seen it in marshes, too. I think around here it
may be grazing that keeps it down. Our farm was pastured fencerow to
fencerow by cattle and then sheep before we bought it, in the woods and
everywhere. And we had virtually no p.i. when we bought it; now it is
moving in and spreading (along with the autumn olive and other things) such
that I've been threatening to get some highlander cattle. Actually I want
them for the brush control, but if they kept down the poisons that would be
great.
Muffy
-- "tanis cuff" wrote:
WI p.ivy doesn't mind cold winters, not much bothered by dry soil either. I
don't recall seeing it on the driest sand, nor in marshes, otherwise "it's
everywhere". Could elevation really be the limiting factor? Seeds are
moved by birds; are they very strict about elevation?
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