Another poison ivy question.

[snappertapper]

Have poison ivy something fierce in my back yard. Spent a couple hours pulling it all last month, but has come back worse.

How can I kill this stuff without hurting the plants around it? It's in our beds that have massive crepe myrtles, shrubs, and other vines.

[KactusKiller]

In for this but I haven't found anything that kills just the poison oak/ivy. I'm about the start spraying. It it always kills all the woody browse around it also that's not mature. If it's a mature bush or tree and you don't just saturate it then it should be fine.

[Antlers86]

You may have to kill it all. Poison Ivy grows off it's roots and spreads in existing roots of whatever is around. How big of an area is it? I would spray the entire area and just be cautious around the bases of the shrubs and crepe myrtles. Other vines easily can have I've growth in them.

[Antlers86]

Ranger Pro is a chemical that acts like Round up. Difference is it kills for an entire season! Round up tends to last a month or 2 if your lucky. Ranger Pro will kill the I've and you won't notice discoloration of it dying for 2-5 days.

[mattjproc]

I’m pretty sure ranger pro is just the generic version of roundup pro. It’s actually what I have my guys use but only because it’s a lot cheaper than roundup. If you are worried about spraying because of plants around the poison ivy you can brush the roundup on. They make a brush applicator you can get at a herbicide supply house or off the net I’m sure. You actually “paint” the roundup on the poison ivy so that you don’t spray any on your good plants.

[kingranch]

yep, clip any roots or tiny new sprouts u see- then follow it with a heavy dose of the salt spray- i forget the name but houston garden center sells it.
then buy rolls of that weed fabric and roll over the area, cover it with mulch and or bedding. this worked for me when i had a bad problem.. if it cant get sun it wont grow from the root

[Antlers86]

These guys can lead you in the right direction.

Rozells Spray Co.
903-592-3398

[mtmoore361]

Eraser will kill it along with everything you spray!

[sambo73]

just now seeing this. need to kill some around a stand I need to move. thanks for the info!

[gingib]

Ranger Pro is a chemical that acts like Round up. Difference is it kills for an entire season! Round up tends to last a month or 2 if your lucky. Ranger Pro will kill the I've and you won't notice discoloration of it dying for 2-5 days.

Ranger Pro will not prevent new weeds/junk from growing for a year

[Mike Murphey]

The way to get rid of poison ivy is to get you a clear zip lock bag, take a few pieces of paper towels and place into the zip lock bag, spray roundup on the paper towels inside the zip lock. Take the zip lock bag and place a stem of the plant into the zip lock and wrap it around the stem and seal the bag. The ivy will then have a paper towel of round up wrapped around the stem leave the zip lock on it for several days...this should kill the plant....

[justindiehl7]

yep, clip any roots or tiny new sprouts u see- then follow it with a heavy dose of the salt spray- i forget the name but houston garden center sells it.
then buy rolls of that weed fabric and roll over the area, cover it with mulch and or bedding. this worked for me when i had a bad problem.. if it cant get sun it wont grow from the root

DO NOT USE THIS WEED FABRIC! This is the biggest scheme to ever hit the market. Yeah it will keep out weeds for a year, but then they will be so thick that you can’t get them all out because they grow through the weed barrier! I tear it out of the yards I do all the time because it is absolute junk!


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[Coopdog09]

have poison ivy something fierce in my back yard. Spent a couple hours pulling it all last month, but has come back worse.

How can i kill this stuff without hurting the plants around it? It's in our beds that have massive crepe myrtles, shrubs, and other vines.

pee on it

[Geezy Rider]

20% vinegar will work.

[MetalMan2004]

Have not tried it myself but the bag method is supposed to work pretty well.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ktrh.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2018-10-24-rid-yourself-of-unwanted-vines-with-the-baggie-method/