Warning if you are cutting poison plants and if you forget to wear gloves do not pee in the woods.

Plan on giving the dog a DAWN liquid shower . AND NIX on the chain saw idea . The air born dust is just as dangerous as smoke . USE AN AX .

Simple, effective treatment for the poison ivy rash, wet oatmeal plaster. I am a retired nurse, was the "camp nurse" for many Girl Scout camps. I kept a very lg. box of instant oatmeal on hand. Oatmeal has a natural anti-histamine, and the paste absorbs and neutralizes the oil. Works for bug bites and stings also.

I'm 75 years young. My great grandmother would have us drink 4 to 5 juice glasses full of cream of tarter juice a day. It dried it up from the inside out and within 24 hrs the itching stopped. Mixture is made with 2 TBS cream of tarter to 1 pt water. Keep in fridge, shake well before drinking. I also gave it to my youngins, and now my grands, and great grands. Has a lemoney taste.

It does spread through the root system. I have pulled a lot of it up and the roots are connected. The ones you cut will come up through the roots. Those plants on the ground at the base of the tree are part of the same plant. It will take the plant quite a while to climb up the tree again but it will. I would have used a bow saw to cut that large vine. Safer and easier to clean.

Use non-latex gloves. The oil will penetrate rubber and latex. Also, wash with COLD water. Hot water will open the pores and help spread the oil on your body!

Got a few notes to add. Hope this will help. 1) Would suggest cutting poison ivy in the deep-winter time when the sap is down. Yes, there will still be oil in the stems, but getting splattered by ivy "juice" is far less likely in late January and Early February. In many areas sap starts to rise by the middle to late February. 2) For modest sized vines that can be cut with a heavy duty loppers, this is preferable to making resin filled dust with a chain saw. Then only the blades of the loppers need to be cleaned before making contact with unprotected skin. 3) Agree that removing a couple inches of vine is a highly effective way to kill the upper part of the vine and inhibit seed production. The surrounding woodland floor will have many small plants as long as the vines are permitted to grow on the leaves. 4) I've seen large poison ivy vines get the "cut and remove a section" treatment resprout vines the following spring time. It's a good idea to follow-up a winter time vine section removal with a series of "brush killer" herbicide treatments the following year. The advantage is that the clump of foliage is small, easily identified, and only a limited quantity of localized chemical treatment is needed on each vine-stump location. This is a definite plus when the vines are growing up trees adjacent to a creek bed or similar water source. Be prepared to spot-treat the sprouts starting mid-May on 3 to 4 week rotations for the rest of the summer. If kept treated, the last treatment is usually needed in mid-September. A double check the next May almost always confirms that that vine is now dead. 5) Use of a "brush killer" herbicide at the maximum concentration indicated by the label for "spot treatment" is needed. Weaker herbicides such as glyphosate are unlikely to permanently eradicate the poison ivy. 6) Another way poison ivy seems to spread in raparian areas is when flooding events occur. If you have a neighbor up the water shed with uncontrolled poison ivy, and a heavy seed load, a flood event can bring seed into your woods sitting in the flood plane. This can turn poison ivy into a "community project". Your neighbors may be highly allergic to the poison ivy oil, have physical limitations, or simply lack the necessary knowledge or tools. Nobody really seems to like poison ivy, and striking up a friendly conversation with your neighbor may help limit the risk of flood plan re-emergence? 7) In the North Eastern US I was taught at a young age when I'd gotten poison ivy exposure to look for "jewl weed" in the nearyby woods. Co-incidently jewl weed and poison ivy seem to favor the same / similar habitat, so it was usually close at hand. Crushing the leaves and stems of jewl weed on the exposed skin seemed to be an effective first-aid treatment, especially when washing at home wasn't an immediate option. Following jewl weed first aid with a strong grease removing soap like Fels-Naptha almost always proved effective, or at least limited rashes to a few minor easily treated spots. Unfortunately, I've not seen jewl weed growing in most parts of the mid-west or in states like Colorado that still have poison ivy.

With a big vine like that what do you want to do is get a quarter inch drill, and drill several holes into it at a downward angle. Then I take a round up, concentrate and fill the holes. The vine absorbs the round up, kills the plant the roots everything.

Here's a horror storry for you folks. Backs in the late 60's, when I was around 4-6 yrs old and my brother was 8-10 yrs old, were both covered with a poison ivy rash from head to toe. My uncle happened to come for a visit one day and saw our rashes. He told my dad to pour gasoline on our arms and legs in order to get cure us from it. My dad told him that wasn't a good idea, but before my dad could react my uncle grabbed the gasoline can, that dad had sitting close by to use for the lawn mower, and poured it all over my brother and I. We both started screaming because it burned so bad, especially the areas where we had scratched the worse. Dad grabbed the water hose and sprayed us down really good. We took a bath as soon as mom could heat enough water on the stove to fill up the large container that we used to take baths in at our rental house. I will never forget how furious my dad was with his brother and how heartbroken he was for us. Thank goodness that dad built us a nice updated house not too long after that.

Thank you for teaching people this and especially telling people not to burn it.

Anyone else here because they can basically look at poison ivy and they’ll get it all over their body and end up needing prescription medication?

I’m so thankful I’m not allergic to it. I’ve got terribly dry skin and eczema, but at least no poison ivy allergy.

When I worked on the space shuttle, we used a barrier cream to avoid dangerous chemicals. I too have had bad experience with Poison Ivy on my 110 acres, but I remembered barrier cream. It dries quickly, and is not very expensive. Ghost glove is one name brand, and there are others

Very informative, thank you! As an anecdote, when I was little I would have such an extreme reaction to poison ivy that my legs and feet would be completely covered on a regular basis in the summer. As an adult, I can’t remember the last reaction I’ve had- and I’ve definitely made contact.

Good info. One note - instead of a chainsaw I use a sawzall with a 9" pruning blade. Way easier to clean than a chainsaw, plus you can throw the blade away. Also might be a good idea to spray herbicide on the fresh cut.

Poison ivy has vines that are widely distributed and cutting the thick vine on tree does not get rid of the surrounding vines. Poison ivy is extremely resilient and will grow back from the remaining vines given the right conditions, but can also come from distributed seeds.

My husband has gotten it a couple times bc our pup would roam then sit between my husband feet while he fished. He wiped the skin with Clearisil acne pads, it’s an aspirin based solution. Let it absorb for 15mins then apply calamine lotion 2x - 3x/day depending on severity. It’s gone in 24-48hrs or until it’s dried up. You can also squeeze the pad liquid on the area or anyway you like so long as it’s wet then air dried to absorb. I have those pads in our travel first aid kit for any scratches or minor cuts. Heals very quickly.

My mother told me she became more susceptible to poison ivy when she aged, and I am slightly more susceptible, too. I think it is probably because when you are younger your skin is more oily and therefore offers greater protection to any adverse effects. People are also more prone to sunburn when they age, partly due to having less melanin and also due to less oily skin.

I am weirded out that you popped up today because just yesterday I was out pulling blood trees and sticktights (beggars lice} and came up on a vine that caught my attention and thought that I should leave it alone but didn't know for sure if it was poison ivy or oak so I took a picture then sent it to my sister to get her thoughts, she is in Idaho now, I am in Texas but she didn't know either. Now I know!! I have learned so much from this video. When I was in the 4th grade, my cousin said" "here, let's rub this all over us and we won't have to go to school", so I did. She did not break out at all, I on the other hand was covered and after 2 trips to hospital and more than a week out of school I never told, but since then I get it so easy. I found that putting rubbing alchohol on it dries it up and it goes away a lot quicker than calamine lotion or any other thing on the market. Thanks for sharing and sorry this is so long, I hope you don't mind!! Have a great day!

Great video!! I am currently in my 4th week of a bad reaction. Gearing up to eradicate the poison ivy and this video is quite informative! Thanks!

Great video on the nasty ivy! I use a bow-saw for the larger vines, doesn’t throw the chips/oil all over the place and lopping shears for the smaller vines.

The sound byte used when you kicked the cut vine brought me back to some old and wonderful memories. Props to you and anyone else who recognize it. Classic!

1) Cut in winter. 2) Use loppers or anything besides a chainsaw imo. Slinging shavings all over you is not good.

Thanks - that was helpful. Here in NW Arkansas, it is all over the place. Last year, I actually donned elbow-high gloves and pulled a bunch out by the roots. The vine and the gloves went into the trash.

Another option is to cut the thicker vines with an old-style hand saw. Wear an N95 mask, because I've seen the fine dust from the saw take to the air. Rinse the saw thoroughly when done!

I watched up to the dog strolling in. Can't help but think how much poison Ives juice the dogs coat will spread around the house and on your couch and bed, yikes.

Oh man, I've tried ALL the wrong ways to try and abate poison ivy. I've had some of the worst cases of poison Ivy rashes and poison oak rashes you could imagine. Thanks for this education and reminding me to always look out for it!

I like do do it in the winter time when the leaves are off the vine and dormant. I usually use loppers to cut smaller stuff and a machete to cut the bigger stuff. I always spray around the tree and fines to kill anything on the ground as well to help prevent a new vine forming.

Great video. Thanks for doing this. I am highly reactive, and am always looking for new information. I clip out a section of the vine like you demonstrated, and it seems to reduce the ground cover over time. I have found most herbicides to be ineffective. When you wash your clothes, put about a teaspoon of Dawn dishwashing soap in the load to help dissolve the oils. When I see it in my garden, I pull it out by the root (using the proper PPE, of course). A lot of times I will stick my arm inside a grocery bag, grab the base, and pull. once it is out, I peel the bag off the same way you did the gloves, with the vine and root inside. If I have been exposed, I wash my hands and arms to the elbows (after I've removed my shirt) in the kitchen sink using Dawn. It may be folk-lore, but I start with cold water to keep the pores from opening up and absorbing the oils. Then I take a shower, again using Dawn before anything else.

Great info! I’ve just moved from California where we have poison oak to SE Oklahoma where it’s poison ivy. I’ve been lucky that I didn’t get poison oak rashes and so far none from poison ivy. You made a very good point about the dogs.....I hunted with my dogs and first thing when I got home was bathing them so the kids wouldn’t get rashes. Been going around my property with a machete cutting the ivy from the trees, lots of work!

Thank you, ED, for the clear instructions and excellent demo. I also like your calm voice and clear enunciation - some folks talk too fast & don't give enough details. Will look for more of your videos on other subjects!

The herbicide you want to use is called CCO or Clover Chickweed and Oxalis killer. Active ingredient is triclopyr. Sometimes they sell the same thing, but labeled just for poison ivy. Same active ingredient. Reminds me that I need to spot spray my backyard so the dogs don’t bring the oils in 😢

Thanks so much for the video. You might consider doing a video on "recognizing poison ivy in fall and winter" since it looks very different than in summer. One autumn a friend's husband picked ropes of the vine and decorated their house - mantle and staircase - with it because of its gorgeous colors.

WOW! Your experiences have been the OPPOSITE of Mine! First, the p. ivy in my yard Does spread by the roots, just an inch or two underground. Maybe you haven't had that type of spreading because you are dealing with large roots above ground. Try looking Under the dirt, I'm sure you will find roots going across the area. Second, I got the rash on my hand and wrist. 2nd and third nights, I woke with my shirt raised a bit and my wrist was on the bare skin. The Rash did spread! It also kept spreading in a larger and larger area of my hand and wrist. I had no control over it at night. I then Wrapped my arm and hand well, and put a patch on my belly. Then the rash began to go away because I could no longer touch it/ spread it.

Cutting a large vine , it can regrow and reconnect to the original growth. That is why you need to cut out at least 12 inches. I cut out only one inch and when I came back a year later had reconnected and the vine was even bigger.

I'm fortunate. Poison Ivy has no effect on me. As a kid, I would pull the vines off the trees and never had an issue. As an adult, I would earn extra money clearing poison Ivy patches for a friend's landscaping company.

Great video! I grew up on a farm, and suffered from poison ivy rashes all-year round. Every remedy worked once or twice, but then failed after. Oddly enough, after going to Korea to visit family when I was 21, my reactions to poison ivy greatly decreased, but I also suddenly became lactose intolerant, haha! Yes, unrelated, but that's just my twisted fate with milk and poison ivy. My Korean mother never had an issue with poison ivy until she was about 40. She could pull poison ivy with her bare hands and never get a rash. Then one day, the urushiol oil stained my mother's skin black where it leaped onto her wrist. From that day, she now has very, very mild reactions, but blisters nonetheless.

A tip for using a chainsaw on stuff like this... Using the bottom side of the bar throws chips at you. Using the top side throws them away from you.

Great video! Great information but I didn’t feel like I had to pause and take notes. The tip on the DJI Was awesome. A great format and presentation!

Obviously ..........a very nice, gentle, caring and knowledgeable man! Highly recommended.

Ive always been alergic to poison ivy, oak and sumac. When i was a kid i would get it so bad my eyes would swell shut. It was awful and now that im older i still get it just as bad. I have it growing in my one flower bed. And behind my house. I Always wear gloves outside just in case and try my best to AVOID IT. Thank You for a great video. I live in Pennsylvania...

Hello there. As for the batteries, Lithium batteries do not like to be stored at 100% .....50-60% is perfect. Perhaps DJI knows this and is doing a great service to all of us who just charge it and forget it. Love the content.

I just watched a video on 30 yr old poison Ivy removal off a tree by a horticulturalist. you did a good job with the first half. the other step you need to do is dig up All of the roots, so the ivy doesn't grow right back up the tree. this step is definitely more labor intensive but it's the key to successfully getting rid of the Ivy for good! the tree and the kids will thank you for helping 🎉 just wanted to share so your hard work isn't for nothing. those ivys grow fast!

easy to understand, practical, caring, learned a lot. it's very different than bottersweet which grow back after pruning.👍

I started itching just from watching this!

Keeping the battery on the charger weakens the battery’s ability to hold and maintain a charge. That is also true for reachable flashlights.

How can I be so stupid? After a decade, I am out clearing my fence lines today of small trees, weeds, brush, etc. I see these horrible-looking thick hairy vines going way up in some of the trees. I am using a hand pruner and handsaw to clear the fences. I take the hand pruner and pry away the vine from the tree and sever it and pull it off the tree. Thirty, forty, fifty feet peel off the trees and come crashing down. Pick it up, wad it up, and cram it in the tractor bucket with the rest of the limbs and trash. I best clean my pruner and dispose of my leather gloves. It has been eight hours without any indications of skin contact yet. Glad I watched your video, you learned me better now, thank you.

I have a pine tree and poison ivy growing up it Your video was very helpful

Two things: First, most of the ground level p-i below the tall tree with the massive vine was NOT from falling seeds. He would have found when he had his gloves on that if he had lifted one of the leaves it would have been attached to many others along a vine. Several vines would be growing outward from a central root system, shooting up the leaves everywhere. The same roots likely sourced the massive tree vine. (Cutting at the root is how I do it... if I can't rip them from the ground. Because it's on my property's perimeter, I rip the vines up from the ground and off of the trees.) Second, I disagree: Somehow, it DOES spread! I have had breakouts in very remote, even very private, places that were several layers of clothing and/or many hand-washes and showers removed from the place of known contact. I have had contact on the back of my wrist only and gotten a breakout on the inside of my elbow. It has touched my right arm and given me a rash on the left. I would swear that something about the process travels through my blood.

I have a tree in my yard. Just covered in p I I used your process and by the end of the day every leaf was wilted and with in 2 weeks you can decently see that it was on its way out

I have gotten poison ivy rash four times while weeding my garden. Each time the rash and pain increased. I now wear gloves that get thrown away immediately into a plastic bag, sealed and I wash my hands and arms all the way up to elbows. I wash at the water spigot outdoors, three times with lots of dish soap and rinsing. I used spray on plants made for poison ivy, it did not kill it. I gave up that area for gardening and planted grass seed. It gets mowed now by our lawn service and I stay out of that area. I have not seen any more plants but I'm very carefully watching for it. I still wash my hands and arms with dish soap after pulling weeds.

Best video and information on Poison Ivy I’ve seen to date. Saved and Downloaded it as well as printed several screen caps. Thank you for your posting. I’ll be sharing it.

Thank you for the info. I was never susceptible to poison ivy until I was over fifty. Now that I’m over sixty I get it bad. I live on a farm… it’s around. I’m using your advice.

Enjoyed the vid. If you cut with the top of the bar, the saw will throw the chips away from you.

Thank you this was very helpful. I have it all over a huge oak tree in my yard. I use to cut it off but it or other would grow back. Even in ground are few inch round harry vines. I don't like it at all

Pole saw, 10ft away for the win! I also cut a small slit in the vine and blast it with brush killer to kill it without cutting/sawing

Thanks alot, I learned some new things I didnt know. Never occurred to me about pets. Appreciate the new info and insight into how big the vines could be, even to mimic a live tree.

A strong forked stick will snap most vines and the tough ones I spin like cotton candy and rip out. Sometimes you even get the roots. Long sticks keep it far away and let you reach up high. No more carrying tools and worrying about poisonous oils in my pack.

I got a great affordable 10 package of the gloves last summer. Wore them doing yard work. I feed the birds so I have poisen ivy all around. After any known touching of ivy, I stored that pair. When all 10 had ivy oil, I washed them alone in a cold wash, heavy soil. Came out great. I've washed all twice and keep wearing them. I'm impressed with the gloves holding up so well. Can't find the 10 pk this year yet. For years I had trouble recognizing poisen ivy. After having it every month of the year one year, I decided I had to learn. I rarely get it now because I wash my hands and forearms with dish soap or Murphies oil soap 3 times. Then I wash my face and body. I used to spread the oil on my bath mit all over. I am much less sensitive after my body has rested from it.

Your right to a point soap and water will or a good detergent will eliminate the oil works for me and I can get a rash standing far from it

I had a big hairy vine of it growing up a tree. I wouldn't go near it so I used my 12 ga shotgun and destroyed about an 8 inch section starting at ground level. It's been 2 years and it hasn't come back. The stuff I have is resistant to weed killers including one specifically made for poison ivy. I've heard vinegar kills it but I sprayed the leaves with gasoline and it killed the smaller plants. I'll try the vinegar next time.

I've had people tell me they weren't allergic to it but they have never spent time in the woods. I have been around it and not gotten it and I have had it bad. I know one thing for sure I have seen times when tiny little resin droplets were present and if it was hot and you're sweating and get it on your skin you could feel it stinging immediately

Thank you for this . Just bought 108 acre farm in western PA and have been taking lot of walks to mark my Maple trees for running tap lines . The poison Ivy is bad in some spots but not in others . I never had a problem but my Dad did . he always told me to act like I get it because when you do each time will be worse . I too am maturing and am careful. Love the drone idea .

Beautiful, powerful and greatly appreciated. Be blessed!

My sensitivity to poison ivy has changed throughout my life. As a kid, I would get it so bad I became a walking blister, with swollen eyes, hands, legs. As I grew older, at one point I lost all sensitivity to it and could pick it with my bare hands and not get any reaction, to the point I (youthfully stupid) even chewed up some leaves just to verify I was no longer allergic. Absolutely no reaction! Years later, I’m now 72, I only get a very mild reaction to it. So it seems to go in cycles for me. I don’t understand why, but it really doesn’t matter, it is what it is.

Wow, Ed, great video on a timely topic. Although I have not seen poison ivy here at Peacefield Farm, (MN) I know it is in other locations I have visited in the state. We do, however, have Buckthorn, which is an invasive species that we have been battling with forever. Not poisonous but, the thorns puncture even tough clothes and make you bleed. The larger trees have huge bunches of berries which the birds eat, so it spreads like Poison Ivy does. Maybe you could do a video on your drone sometime! Thanks for posting! Cheers!

Good video try calibrating your battery if it’s lithium to do that let the battery drain by keeping your drone running then recharge when it is fully charged remove battery run drone again until it’s drained recharge it and see what your charge is then. Thanks for the education on poison ivy I have a yard that has some

I cleaned weeds from my back fence two weeks ago knowing I have poison ivy growing up the tree just like yours but I was careful. I got the rash all over my arms and legs. I think the roots have spread to my neighbors backyard too. I am gearing up to buy a tyvek suit and gloves to try to kill it. Ugh. This stuff is awful. I have been educating people on what this looks like because most people don’t realize the hairy roots are PI. There is a KZfaqr called Mr. Poison Ivy who dug up a HUGE root from a 40 year old vine. I have some comfrey leaf salve that helped tremendously. The one thing I did a few days ago that helped the most was to take a soapy wash rag and scrub the sores and blisters using hot water. I did that twice and finally turned the corner on healing it. I now just have faint redness and finally no itching.

If you get it, scrub with soap, then spray white vinegar on the affected area. Then sprinkle on some baking soda and rub it in like a gritty paste. Reapply when the itching starts again. I work in the woods and get PI regularly. I’ve tried every remedy to stop the itching and spreading - some store products are expensive and don’t work at all. White vinegar and baking soda is my favorite solution.

Two things I noticed that stood out. 1. The knife is a excellent knife I've been threw 10 of them threw yrs, I just end up losing them. 2. Your dogs are getting poison ivy on them so if there inside dogs guess what.

👍 good stuff. thanks for sharing. I got some free firewood in the dark one time to learn it had the big hairy vines in the light. Boy did I regret that😂. Had a T-shirt on too.

Wilma from 17:16 Louisiana, that was very informative. Very professionally done. Thx🍃

I had a real bad case of poison ivy one time.Found that swimming in the ocean was a cure for me. That seemed to have always dried it out and gotten rid of it.

I often scrub up using a mechanics soap like GoJo, great at cutting grease and oil

Tecknu for the rash already established. Dawn power wash or clothes washing detergent thats grease fighting for initial exposure. Always cold water, always blott dry.

My husband can't get near it thanks for showing me how to make my family safe ❤❤❤

I'm glad i saw this video. My dog got into some, and the rash covered the inside of his ears and under his eyes. He was miserable. I made a tincture of oregano leaves and virgin olive oil, applied it 3x daily. It took a solid week to clear it up. Now I'm knowledgeable enough to hopefully eradicate the plants. Thank you for the info.

Thanks for the advice! My husband is severely allergic so I'm left to deal with the mess! I don't really react to it and we have some trees with those vines growing up them! The one tree is absolutely dead because of it unfortunately it'll have to come down 😶

God bless you for your helpful ideas.

I am day 5 with another round of poison ivy rash I’m looking into buying jewelweed to plant. It is supposedly a counteractive for poison ivy. The stores are selling jewelweed salve for poison ivy, so I will try to learn how to make some. Thanks for this video. It is helpful. I will be going back into the woods in a couple of weeks. I am more informed on what to watch out for and how to get rid of it. Thank you.

I am overwhelmed with the amount of poison ivy on my property this year 😞

Informative video. The Mavic's batteries should not be stored with a full charge, doing so could damage them. - The batteries have a built in safety feature that discharges the battery when stored with a full charge (I believe >60%). You should really read the battery section of your manual.

Great video!! I am always battling poison ivy and i never realized that it can be all the leaves in the top of a tree! Next time I cut one of those big vines ill check it out thank you

Yeah your video just educated me on my recent exposure to what I have been allergic to all my life. Been handling those same small trees after having to cut them down without gloves, and now I know from your video to start protecting myself and to start cutting those veins in advance as you have shown in your video. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for this video. Going through the agony associated with poison ivy exposure. Its the worst.

Also, in the winter when the leaves have fallen, you can still get the oils in higher concentrations than the leaves have because the wind blows the leaves til they contact the branches many, many times and the oil is unusually heavy in the rubbed areas. I found this out the hard way-worst exposure rashes I’ve ever had to date! In addition to poison ivy, oak and sumac you also have to watch out for Virginia Creeper which is 5 leaves and gives you a rash just like the three poison leaves.

When I was a small kid I always seemed to get the stuff all over my body. I used all kinds of home made formulas. Well someone said to eat it and you won't get it anymore. I said "lets see you". He did and so, well so did I. IT DIDN'T WORK ! ! ! I had a reaction skin turned red face swollen and what else. My parents took me to the doctor and she said she didn't know what was wrong. This was the only time I knew more than the doctor. In a day or couple it all cleared up and than I fessed up to everyone. That was back in the early 50tys. Thanks for the vid. Gary

I love anything on eradicating PI. I got it from my horse once. I had cleaned her feet and where her let leaned against me I got it. I have probably gotten it from my dogs, too. I got it on mly legs from a stack of magazine that my neice and nephew found by a creek and brought to me and put on my lap. I live near a woods at the back of my property and it is an on going battle. I love Round Up.

From what I got from talking to a dermatologist is the reason you can have more of a reaction to it after the first exposure is that your body has already fought it off one and "recognizes" it and can start to attack (react) to it faster and more aggressively. I guess the rash is your body trying to destroy the oil that made it into the skin. There were technical medial terms she used but I can't remember well enough to explain it. I just found myself in some today and I'm hoping I got all of it off me fast enough. Dawn dish soap can help cut the oil. Soap and water alone I guess aren't fast enough.

I never got it when I was young . Gradually over the years to this point I'm afraid to look at it sideways out the corner of my eye lol. Built my own home in the middle of untouched Forrest clearing trees just got a touch of it last year. But this year using long handle cutter on the huge vines it got me good everywhere . Starting around the waistline then eventually up and down.

I would suggest that if you use a chain saw to cut the vine that you use the top of the bar and blow the chips away from you.

I use roundup on the leaves and dribble some on the ground end of cut vines. Works well but if berries they will come up later and you will need to treat again.

When I was a child we seeded the lawn in our newly built home & covered the grass seed with straw. Turns out there was dried poison ivy in the straw bales and as I helped spread it I breathed in dust from the dried plant. I became extremely ill and was even delirious. The rash came from the inside out…first I would feel itching & then the blisters would appear.

This has been informative and interesting. Thank you!

Jewelweed, I remove the leaves, split the stalk and rub the inside vigorously on spots. Nothing better. I have PI spreading on the ground through above ground runners, no vine. These are a real pain and require constant uprooting.

Thanks for the info, I have a couple of white pines it’s strangling.

Thanks! I hope simply cutting it is effective. We don’t want to spray, but our new five acre wooded lot is absolutely covered in it. There is a strip of grass up one side and we are hoping frequent mowing discourages that, but the wooded area is a horror scene. One by one, we’ll cut those vines! Thanks!❤

I just bought some land and I've been clearing it... had no idea about the vines.. should have looked at this video first cause I want to scratch my skin off..gezzz

Thank you very much!! Very informative!! Walked in woods all my life,and grabbed those p.i. vines!! All's well!! Just subscribed!! Will be watching!!

I pull it out and try to get as much root as I can and it still grows back. I also cut a couple inches of the vine on trees.