[MAIPC] Fwd: Poison ivy management

[Todd Hagenbuch]

Everyone:

I personally find that when Poison Ivy becomes a pest as it usually does, especially along walking or horse trails, then a herbicide application is warranted.  I agree that Urushiol can still be active in the dead plants, but the biomass of the plant can be greatly reduced and pose less of a contact issue especially those plants which are creeping along on the ground or creeping out from vines on the trees.  Below is a good and effective mix of herbicides that can easily mixed in a backpack to control the vines or individual plants.  Sometimes it will take an application in a second season to get full control of a colony of vines.

Application to made during growing season (June 1st-Sept. 30th)

Garlon 3a 5% and Cleancut Surfactant 1% in a backpack application
= 6-7 ozs of Garlon 3a per gallon of water and 1 oz of Cleancut per gallon of water

I carry both of these products as well as many other.  Garlon 3a is $68/gallon in 2.5 gallon containers and Cleancut is $10/gallon in 2.5 gallon containers.  If you are looking to do this on a larger scale, then give me a call and we discuss High Volume applications and additional products that can enhance control of Poison Ivy.

Thanks,


Todd Hagenbuch
Vegetation Management Specialist
Arborchem Products
16 N. Birch Lane
Drums, PA 18222
570-401-7098
thagenbuch at arborchem.com<mailto:thagenbuch at arborchem.com>
www.arborchem.com<http://www.arborchem.com/>



From: maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] On Behalf Of Steve Young
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 8:59 PM
To: Meghan Fellows
Cc: dwbealer at yahoo.com; maipc at lists.maipc.org
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Fwd: Poison ivy management

In defense of Poison Ivy -- Poison ivy is a native plant and it is an important food and habitat resource for wildlife. Supposedly, it is only we humans who (some of us) have a problem with the urushiol compound that is the irritant. Deer and insects browse Poison ivy. Many birds eat the seeds (one reason it spreads).
Of course there are situations where it needs to be managed, but I urge simply leaving it alone whenever possible. In my own invasives wok, I take precautions to avoid skin contact, and I try to leave it in place because I need as much native plant cover in place as I can achieve after I remove the non-native invasives.
I know this is a complex topic and I won't go into some of the other ramifications here. I just urge erring on the side of leaving it alone. Cheers,
Steve Young

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:05 PM, <meginnv at yahoo.com<mailto:meginnv at yahoo.com>> wrote:
Any thoughts for Mr. Bealer?


Begin forwarded message:
From: Dennis Bealer <dwbealer at yahoo.com<mailto:dwbealer at yahoo.com>>
Date: September 3, 2013, 3:35:10 PM EDT
To: "info at maipc.org<mailto:info at maipc.org>" <info at maipc.org<mailto:info at maipc.org>>
Subject: Poison ivy management
Reply-To: Dennis Bealer <dwbealer at yahoo.com<mailto:dwbealer at yahoo.com>>
After 2 hours of web research, it seems that the best way to dispose of poison ivy is to place it in plastic garbage bags and send to a landfill.  Articles discourage burning or composting.

(1)
If we uproot the plants and discard on the surface to dry out, would we endanger other workers who might contact the dead plants in subsequent weeks on the jobsite (since some web articles state that urushiol persists even in dead plants)?

(2)
If we uproot the plants and discard on the surface, do you suspect that the discarded plants would re-root, especially considering the approaching autumn leaf fall?

(3)
Do you agree the best disposal is plastic bags in the landfill?

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