Poison Ivy

[ApS]

As Zee suggested, we've found something that worked well: Ammate.

When I got a particularly bad case of poison ivy, my mom applied Ammate to the poison ivy all around our [then-sunny] acre. The poison ivy never reappeared.

Thirty years later, when I thought I saw a re-infestation, I applied Roundup to all the three-leaved suspects I could see.

A week later, I was asked, "Why are all the Jack-In-The-Pulpits dying"

Oops!

Gee, I dunno...

Actually, I think our acre has matured into big trees which have "shaded-out" any understory trees and any potential poison ivy recurrence; however, poison ivy will appear anywhere there's a sunny clearing -- particularly alongside forested roadways.

BTW: Brush-Be-Gone is a very powerful plant killer with lots of application warnings. Even diluted to the instructions, the stuff burns my hands.

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