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Usually the leaves are cutsey and small, at the most 2 inches long. However, I have seen it when each of the 3 leaves were as large as my hand. The spot... at the end of my garden where rain washes rich soil and fertilizer into the edge of the woods...

Depending on location the leaves can look very different! ;)
 
Usually the leaves are cutsey and small, at the most 2 inches long. However, I have seen it when each of the 3 leaves were as large as my hand. The spot... at the end of my garden where rain washes rich soil and fertilizer into the edge of the woods...

Depending on location the leaves can look very different! ;)

Thats some bad stuff alright. We were clearing some off fence and woodsey area.I had that stuff wrapped all over me untangling ,cutting and pulling.:ghostly: Calamine lotion or nothing else touched it. I went to emergency room and the doctor actually laughed! He said " I'm sorry but I've never seen such a bad case on anyone".
 
There is a cream that bonds with the oil of all three plants & you cover your skin with it, then shower it all away.
This should be done as soon asap .
1) Poison Ivy
2)Poison Oak
3)Poison Sumac
https://www.poison.org/articles/2014-oct/poison-ivy-oak-and-sumac

NOTE: there are many type of Sumac, some eible, but only one that has poison, like poison Ivy & poison oak.
 
There is a cream that bonds with the oil of all three plants & you cover your skin with it, then shower it all away.
This should be done as soon asap .
1) Poison Ivy
2)Poison Oak
3)Poison Sumac
https://www.poison.org/articles/2014-oct/poison-ivy-oak-and-sumac

NOTE: there are many type of Sumac, some eible, but only one that has poison, like poison Ivy & poison oak.
What's the name of this cream? I don't seem to be much affected by poison ivy, but I'd like to have some on hand just in case my kid gets into the stuff...
 
When it's just one or two plants, I put my hand inside a plastic grocery bag and pull it up from right at the ground, the roots are generally shallow and it comes up easily enough. I use the bag as a glove, then turn it inside out as I pull it off my hand to capture the plant.
Some people prefer Round Up which I would use if there were a lot of poison or if it is hard to eradicate it.
 
Patchouli
I could not remember the name, was it a soap or a cream?
So my searching came up with rash treatment, not the wash. Camo found the name. As I recall I got mine at Walmart too.
Weedygardener right we need to put it in a kit.
 
There is a cream that bonds with the oil of all three plants & you cover your skin with it, then shower it all away.
This should be done as soon asap .
1) Poison Ivy
2)Poison Oak
3)Poison Sumac
https://www.poison.org/articles/2014-oct/poison-ivy-oak-and-sumac

NOTE: there are many type of Sumac, some eible, but only one that has poison, like poison Ivy & poison oak.

Thanks Joel that would be good to have on hand, have to order or buy some. Of course I keep a good look out for anything like that since my last encounter. But accidents do happen.
 
Patchouli
I could not remember the name, was it a soap or a cream?
So my searching came up with rash treatment, not the wash. Camo found the name. As I recall I got mine at Walmart too.
Weedygardener right we need to put it in a kit.
When doing an internet search for it, I find it comes in a variety of forms. Tecnu...a scrub, a spray, a cleanser, an anti-itch gel. I think we had some tecnu once, but we hardly ever get poison rashes anymore (knock on wood). These products can remove the toxins (oils) of the plant from your skin, fabric, etc.
I guess it would be good to use on a dog too. We used it on laundry, in the washer.
 
I have had one encounter with poison oak, in Ohio. I have never encountered poison ivy or poison sumac. What would be the best way to eliminate them if you find them on your property? I have heard that burning them is not good.
Weedy never ever, ever burn Poison Ivy, Oak or Sumac, the Oils which are the Allergic component mix with the Smoke and if you inhale the Smoke you can get the rash in your Lungs this is bad Ju-Ju and will put you in the Hospital.
 
Weedy never ever, ever burn Poison Ivy, Oak or Sumac, the Oils which are the Allergic component mix with the Smoke and if you inhale the Smoke you can get the rash in your Lungs this is bad Ju-Ju and will put you in the Hospital.
I have heard that it is not good.

Camo2460, it is good to see you here. Wishing you the best.
 
I thought I should put this new information here... We've posted about how to identify it, how to treat the rash...

Well, here is a good way to kill the vines and you don't have to touch them. I went searching the net and found the following recipe. Frankly I was skeptical that it'd work, now I'm astonished at how well it worked. What was a mass of PI covering the ground now only has a few stragglers left.

Not only did it work well there were a dozen or so other species of plant life that wasn't even phased by the salt/vinegar mix. It didn't even burn their leaves. I'm going to continue using this mix to kill poison ivy even when its close to plants I wish to keep. It seems PI is very sensitive to even a small amount of salt and vinegar.

Because I was doubtful about this I didn't want to use one of my quality sprayers. I bought this little 1/2 gallon sprayer at WM for $5. I filled it then sprayed and had to fill it a second time to finish the target area.

Recipe then before and after photos of the same spot... then sprayer

Homemade Vinegar Poison Ivy And Weed Killer Recipe
Ingredients
3 cups white vinegar
1/2 cup table salt
1 tablespoon liquid detergent or soap (I use Dawn) for stick-to-itiveness.
Directions
Mix vinegar and salt until the salt is completely dissolved. Stir in liquid dish soap, and pour into a spray bottle.
Spray onto the green growing leaves of the plants. Wait a week, then repeat on any survivors. Best time to apply: during a dry spell.

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I bought 20% vinegar, added soap & sprayed wild plants & killed the leaves, but not the stems. Maybe the salt is the punch needed.
I am going to try black plastic on some PO, but have no ideal if it will work, I know it will live around the edge of the plastic.
 
I think I've mentioned this before but we just use straight vinegar, we have a lot of poison oak around here in southern Oregon, some places it looks like a fruit tree growing, most of the time it climbs up tree trunks and that's not good for loggers. We also have what looks like poison ivy but I've never been bothered by touching it or having the weed eater fling it on me, as far as that goes, poison oak seldom ever bothers me, I've picked up a deer I shot that was in the middle of a patch of poison oak, had the stuff slap me in the face and arms and it never raised a welt. We have soap root that grows around here as well as madrone leaves, both can be used to treat poison oak welts. Most tree leaves contain high levels of tannin and that might be the active ingredient that works on poison oak/ivy welts.
 
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Tannins are "astringent" meaning they are drying in the herbal medicine world. Any astringent plant will help dry the blisters caused by PI.

Calamine lotion... the two active ingredients are...
Zinc Oxide (ZnO): Zinc is very helpful in solving many skin conditions. It is a natural astringent and hence keeps...
Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3): Iron oxide or ferric oxide... ...as a primary coloring agent....


Calamine is astringent, helps dry up the blisters.

The instructions with the homemade PI killers says... "Best time to apply: during a dry spell." Makes sense to me. I had just gotten 4.5 inches of rain and thought we were going to have a dry spell. June is usually dry here. We had a couple days of sun then... 7.5 inches of rain over the next 7 days...

Probably not the best time to apply the vinegar mix... lol. It would have probably killed the rest of it, oh well. I'll try again in a few days.
 
This thread reminds me of when I was 9 with some friends in the woods with a hand saw finding small trees to cut down for fun. I had the saw and found a huge thick vine growing up a tall tree. I cut a piece out of the vine to see what the inside looked like. It was about the size of my palm today. It looked like what I think the inside of an elephants trunk would look like. We got a good laugh at the sight.

That night I was itchy, especially on my face. When I woke up for school, I looked like I lost a UFC fight my face was so swollen 😆 You guessed it, poison oak. The doctor was taken aback from my appearance. I could only barely open one eye. I wish I had a picture 😂

The Doc explained that poison ivy & oak's active poison is the oil inside of the plants. If I ever think I've come into contact with such a plant to immediately wash my skin with Dawn dish soap which removes the oil from the skin before it has time to react. He also mentioned breathing poison plant smoke into the lungs is very, very harmful.

Weed waking ivy & oak, I've always had Dawn at hand & wash when I need to with no major reactions since.
Man that stuff is rough. Good thread to have 👍
 
Tannins are "astringent" meaning they are drying in the herbal medicine world. Any astringent plant will help dry the blisters caused by PI.

Calamine lotion... the two active ingredients are...
Zinc Oxide (ZnO): Zinc is very helpful in solving many skin conditions. It is a natural astringent and hence keeps...
Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3): Iron oxide or ferric oxide... ...as a primary coloring agent....


Calamine is astringent, helps dry up the blisters.

The instructions with the homemade PI killers says... "Best time to apply: during a dry spell." Makes sense to me. I had just gotten 4.5 inches of rain and thought we were going to have a dry spell. June is usually dry here. We had a couple days of sun then... 7.5 inches of rain over the next 7 days...

Probably not the best time to apply the vinegar mix... lol. It would have probably killed the rest of it, oh well. I'll try again in a few days.
The Princess use Round up for poison ivy. It also requires a couple of days of no rain. She improves the effectiveness by reciting;

Die die die

As she sprays each plant.

Ben
 
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