I'll have what he's having.

I'm a Physical Education teacher and at some point during the school year I teach my classes about poison ivy. We identify it and discuss what to do when around it. I also point out the other plants in the area that have leaves of three and show them the differences between them. Most of the others have thorns and the leaves are different. I'm going to use the berries of white and the hair rhymes when I take the kids out in the fall. Good lesson for everyone to know.

I doubt most people would leave the vine on wood cut for burning in fireplace or wood stove, but point taken.👍

My mom inhaled poison ivy smoke when she was little and had to be hospitalized. She pulled through and is now 95 years old.

Hate the stuff so bad that I would spray any I can find, anywhere. I've tried digging it up. Have learned it is always attached to a long, bare looking single root that runs to another growth. I believe they have an 'epicenter' underground like a rhizome. It stores the nutrients this evil plant needs to thrive. You can apply weed killer / brush killer, and the things seem impervious. Much more difficult to kill than people understand. It is because they have some many connections. One section dies, and the other is not effected. And I can tell you this: if you see one grouping of the plant, then somewhere within a short radius you are going to find more. The roots branch out underneath the ground like the spokes of a wheel, then popping up, spreading out in visible leaf stalk sections. The young ones 'droop.' Their noxious leaves waiting to ruin someone's month (not day - this stuff once entering your skin will be there for about a month creating devastation). If I think I have been in contact then I use automotive degreaser GoJo and apply it on me wherever possible contact, and rinse well with COLD water. If not, you'll find out the oil has remained and is destroying your skin cells. Do not use degreaser with pumice or abrasive. Only smooth. You don't want to open skin cells to invite the poison oils inside. Wash it off with a degreaser and you're ok.

I was never allergic to poison ivy growing up. I thought I would cut back my zebra grass seeing it's winter in New England. There happened to be a woody vine with brown hairyness around it. I was breaking it with my bare hands. So I've had poison ivy rash for the last week. It's the worst, never again! I wish I saw this a week ago!

Good advice, but keep in mind that mature Winter Creeper will also have hairy vines as well. The hairs are fine just like Poison Ivy. Virginia Creeper will have hairy vines too but the hairs are very coarse.

I have it growing all over my place. I spend most of my time in flipflops and haven’t been bothered by it yet. It consists of new plants 4” tall all the way up to vines running up to the top of my oaks. My question is, if I cut that vine at the bottom of the tree, will the vine from there up die? Or, will that vine continue living off of my tree? The point being I don’t want it killing my trees.

Three LEAFLETS let it be. Learning the diff between a leaf and leaflet is important. I have never found poison ivy deep in isolated woods. It usually grows where man has been. Farms, golf courses, edges of hiking paths, etc...

I had an elderly friend who inhaled smoke when a neighbor burned poison ivy. Like others here, she had to be hospitalized. Fortunately, she pulled through, but it was a close one.

My Dad was clearing a lot behind his new house in the late 50s and inhaled poison ivy smoke. He almost died. Very nasty stuff!

Thank you very much for your informative video. That makes complete sense. I am very sensitive to poison ivy.

I remember when i was 12 years old I was helping my sister get leaves for a leaf collection for school. I went to get a Holly tree leaf. I grabbed a poison oak leaf that was growing from a vine on the tree. I got a big blister on my finger from that and learned what a poison oak leaf was after that.

WOW...

Love my poison ivy! Everywhere on my farm in Michigan. I am not allergic and enjoy it, but I make sure folks visiting the farm stay away from it. I remove it near the house but elsewhere it benefits wildlife. Know all about the smoke, the hairy vines and of course the leaves and berries. The adages you quote are good to know for those who are allergic and I've been quoting them to visitors for fifty years.

Came Across this video by accident and many thanks for the info on poison ivy..

Thank you very kindly for this info sir and boy do I love your energy!!

Thank you! Good info!

I learned not to cut that with a chainsaw the hard way..... cut it with something else or the top of the blade. Keep it from spraying your forearm.

Thank you. Good to know !

The rash can be treated by oral corticosteroids eg prednisone or injectable eg depomedrol but better to avoid it . your dog can carry the sap on it's coat .the smoke from burning Ivy will cause a fine red rash that resembles sunburn on exposed skin.

Thank you . I never knew this before .

Gracias buena informacion

Thanks for the info

God bless you sir !... thanks for the info.

My dad would break out if he talked to someone on the phone who was looking at a picture of poison ivy. Doesn't affect me much at all.

I use Fels Naptha soap and COLD water to thoroughly wash the effected skin area. Stops itching immediately and prevents it from spreading. Have done this several times with great results and no side effects.

Thanks

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Great informative video! I do have some years old downed trees with a 3/4" diameter root running along the length. It might be a dead vine - I don't know. It's been down for 5 + years. If I wear protective clothing and remove the root, can I cut up the tree and use it in my wood stove?

You arre so right about this. Do not EVER burn the vines. That is how I got the worst case ever of poison. Also avoid poison sumac!

good info, thanks !

I always cut them, but I don't cut the tree. Then again, I don't get bothered by it.

throw some thick baby wipes in a strong ziplock bag.pour in some 70 or 90% alcohol.you can keep in your pocket. If you rub on poison ivy, grab a wipe and rub away from the body. It's important to wipe the oil off with wipe (or washcloth of you are home). just pouring something on it does not remove all the oil and might spread it if it didn't dissolve the oil.

Berries white, run in fright. Love that! Whew, have had many a swollen and including eyes closed experiences with the three of not always leaves of three let it be. Though the white berries seems like poison sumac somewhat. Poison Oak, Poison Sumac (red in the head, wont end up dead) and Poison Ivy. On another note, reminds me I might have found a record Sumac tree. I need to confirm, though seems like 40ft tall though may have stretched due to kudzu or I may have misidentified since was driving by. Not sure what would have red ends like that though or something was playing with me with the light. Thanks for sharing!

Hairy Terry? Very Scary!!!!

I’ve got an oak tree that was cut down a couple days ago. Fat hairy vine going up the side. I can’t recall if I’ve ever seen it with leaves, but I’ll assume it’s poison. Can the vine be pulled off (carefully) and bark removed to render the wood safe for burning in a wood stove?

You can peal it off the wood with an ax or machete.

I use pliers to pull off the attached vine before burning

Somehow watching a video on poison ivy brought me so much joy lolol

Love that you weren't ashamed to reference God and His blessings! Well done, Man of God.

Thanks for the info, bro’.

Dawn dishwashing detergent breaks up the oil on your skin and stops it... You're welcome... 🙂

I have some 3 leaf vines growing on some trees, I wouldn’t call them “hairy” but they have short root like things, which grab the bark of the tree as they climb. Look more like legs of a centipede. So, could hairy mean these, which are relatively large compared to the hair that grew on my head years ago? Google pictures has given me several different results for the same vines, some say poison ivy, some say poison oak, and several other species that are not poisonous. Also, I’ve never had a poison ivy or poison oak reaction, maybe never touched it, or maybe I’m immune. There are 3 leaf vines that aren’t poisonous, and recent reading and videos have pointed out that there are many varieties that look very different. In the mountain/farm area of upper NY state, I was always told that poison ivy has shiny leaves, especially in the north, so what is the best way to identify it?

The only people who aren't sensitive to poison ivy or oak are the ones who have never encountered it. 🤣

Virginia creeper has hairy bark and isn't toxic to touch

Me, I am not alergic to poisin oak, or poision ivy. Me, I am color blind. Me, I am O negitive blood. Me,I am a vet. Me, I am in the 1% club, waiting on my 99% share, of the money.

I'm so glad the ivy I've got in my garden is not poison ivy...

My friend had to burn a bunch of trees on his property and he did that and me and my other friend had to save his butt.

but burning the log that had poison ivy on it (after it has been cut and seasoned) is OK, right? also. if the vine is killed (cut at the bottom) is it ever safe to touch, or burn?

Harvest sap and make oil concentrate from those vines.

What is the spelling of what you are calling Ivy.

Honestly hard to believe i share a planet with this thing. I dont mean koa huntas

don't ever burn a live/green tree - will only smoke.

So if I cut three feet off that vine running up the tree it will not kill the vine going up to the top of the tree? How does that work?

i think i got lucky, i cut a thick hairy vine like this off my mulberry tree. it was a out as thick as a grapefruit, i didnt know it was poison ivy i used a sawzall to cut the entire vine off the tree

it will kill every one of your trees.

I'm not allergic to urushiol.

I thought kahuntas was large breast??

Enough with "leaves of three, let it be" so many plants have three leaves. Horrible phrase, not an identifying feature.

Annoyingly over-the-top presentation, but good information.

Kind of dumb advice, I would definitely kill the poison ivy to get rid of it but Mark the tree so you know not to burn it

You act way too annoyingly crazy for this to be worth the watch. Plenty of others to learn from who actually are sane.....