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Goonch

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5. How to Kill Poison Ivy Without Harming Your Dogs

Reply to Scrivener7 (Original post)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 09:22 AM

Jun 2021

Use all-natural remedies in place of chemical herbicides. Spray the poison ivy with white vinegar. This method can take longer than traditional herbicides, but it won't harm your dogs. Reapply the vinegar every few days until the poison ivy plants are dead. You might also try combining 3 pounds of salt with 1 gallon of water and a 1/4 cup of liquid soap. Place the mixture in a spray bottle, and spray the poison ivy several times over a period of days until the plants are dead.
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Poison Ivy! It's invading my garden but I don't want to use Round-Up. [View all] Scrivener7 Jun 2021 OP

wear gloves and protective gear markie Jun 2021 #1

I will. I am terribly allergic, but I figure I'll get one of those painter coverall things and Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #3

Hire someone to remove it? bamagal62 Jun 2021 #2

What would I look for? Like a professional gardener? Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #4

A landscaping/yard maintenance company. bamagal62 Jun 2021 #7

I will call around. It's a small plot. I wonder if it would be worth their time, but Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #8

My sister had her landscape company dig it up. sheshe2 Jun 2021 #9

I'm going to try this. I live in a town where we landscape it ourselves, and I have one Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #10

How to Kill Poison Ivy Without Harming Your Dogs Goonch Jun 2021 #5

This is what I am thinking of, but I can't find anyone who has actually used it to say that Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #6

Never had any but have used this mixture on many weeds Goonch Jun 2021 #17

I add vinegar to the mix WhiteTara Jun 2021 #21

Roundup 3auld6phart Jun 2021 #15

I swear my father got the lymphoma that killed him from it. So it's not for me. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #22

No fear of Roundup here, but ... aka-chmeee Jun 2021 #27

White vinegar, dishwashing soap, and epsom salts. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2021 #16

It's kind of public, so much as I'd like to I can't use the pee technique. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #23

I've read about people hiring/borrowing goats to eat it soothsayer Jun 2021 #11

I use something called 'Brush Kill' Siwsan Jun 2021 #12

How about a goat? getagrip_already Jun 2021 #13

Goats will eat poison ivy but Goonch Jun 2021 #18

true, but the roots can be killed with vinegar and salt..... getagrip_already Jun 2021 #20

Put 1 gallon of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of Dawn, and one cup of salt in a sprayer. It works for me. Firestorm49 Jun 2021 #14

Kill Weeds With 3 Simple Ingredients Goonch Jun 2021 #19

So it sounds like the salt/vinegar/soap thing actually does work! I think I'll try that first, Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #24

The soap makes the solution stick to the leaves, giving it more time to work. Kerosene also works. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #26

I found a huge patch last weekend. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #25