Advice on Cutting Down Poison Ivy Tree

SHMELTON

Banned
Mr. Vernon,

FYI, I got this off the following website http://www.tecnuextreme.com/faq.htm

How long does the poison ivy rash, poison oak rash, sumac causing urushiol stay “active”?

Urushiol can stay active for months and even years at a time. It doesn’t evaporate like something water based, so it hangs around on items like clothing and tools for a very long time. Then, if you come back in contact with that item you will be exposed to the urushiol all over again.
 

Keebs

Miss Moderator Ma Hen
Staff member
Ditto that

Best Idea Yet! If you have homeowners insurance.

yep, it gets me the same way, dummy me burned it before too, baaaaddd mistake, but I learned my lesson!
 

bulletproof1510

Senior Member
I have never got it, if you were close by I would come and take care of it for you but it says you are located on planet earth..
 

R G

Senior Member
Use Brush-B-Gone on the roots once you cut the vine.
 

AR-Trvlr

Senior Member
I'm apparently not allergic to it, I'll come cut it up :)


Be careful there - you can apparently loose your immunity with enough exposure.

I'm not allergic, either, but I stay away from it out of principal.
 

JohnK3

Banned
Be careful there - you can apparently loose your immunity with enough exposure.

I'm not allergic, either, but I stay away from it out of principal.
My Mom was 'immune' at one point in her life. But, she kept teasing her two brothers about being immune to Poison Ivy. So, Uncle Shelby and Uncle Hoyt held her down and rubbed Poison Ivy leaves all over her arms. She's now very sensitive to it, even more so than most people.
 
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