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- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 21:45:33 -0400
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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Deb Taft
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:08 PM
To: Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!
Hi All.
I hope you had as gorgeous a weekend as we did here.
At my new little farm I have just discovered a wealth of poison ivy.
I have a small mowed section where I'm keeping my bees and in the last
week the PI has exploded. I guess it was being kept in-check by all the
stuff I just mowed. I'm also finding bits of it returning in the areas
I've cultivated. It isn't big and woody yet, just tender herbaceous
runners. This gives me some hope that I can get rid of it.
The section isn't huge but I really don't want to take the time to pull it
all by hand. I got such a late start because of the permitting process
that I have too much to do without spending days in a hazmat suit pulling the
damned stuff. I'm recovering from my first encounter with it, which
resulted in a nasty rash but in a limited area. I washed with Tecnu as
soon as I realized what I had been handling and that seemed to keep it from
spreading.
What are your suggestions for eradication?
I've read that horticultural grade vinegar (20% acetic acid) will work but
is hard to come by unless you want a 55 gallon drum. It seems like most
web forums eventually end up agreeing that RoundUp is the way to go, since
glysophate breaks down readily. Some sources also recommend Brush-B-Gone,
which contains Triclopyr. Triclopyr has a half-life in soil of 1.1 to 90
days but is "practically non-toxic" to birds, fish, water insects and bees.
Couldn't find anything about its affects on soil biology.
I can't believe
I'm even considering these options.
Help! There must be a better way.
Deb
Mobius Fields
Sleepy Hollow NY
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[Market-farming] Poison Ivy!,
Deb Taft, 05/31/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!, Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland, 05/31/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!, Road's End Farm, 05/31/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!,
Beth Spaugh, 05/31/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!, Weston Lant, 05/31/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!, Marie Kamphefner, 05/31/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!,
maury sheets, 05/31/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy!, Todd Lister, 05/31/2010
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