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The revenge of the poison ivy/oak!
 
Jul 07, 2009  03:35 PM
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What do you DO with this stuff?! I snip and cut and pull roots out (after first donning extra layers of clothes, gloves, boots, etc). And still, the stuff is everywhere at my new West Asheville home. It’s particularly problematic in the fenced dog lot: The dogs seem to rub against poison oak and ivy I’ve missed ... then they brush up against me.

I don’t want to use heavy chemicals. How do you get rid of this stuff otherwise?

 
Reply #1 • Jul 07, 2009  07:31 PM
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These guys have some good ideas.


http://landscaping.about.com/cs/weedsdiseases/a/poison_ivy_3.htm

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Reply #2 • Nov 12, 2009  07:55 AM
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Zinc oxide is quite a healer..no usually used for the ivy but seems to really help..

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