[MAIPC] Fwd: Poison ivy management

[Kathi Mestayer]

It's gonna take an ocean
Of calamine lotion.....

From Kathi Mestayer's Cellphone

On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Steve Young <steveyoung at aol.com> wrote:

> 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> wrote:
>> Any thoughts for Mr. Bealer?
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: Dennis Bealer <dwbealer at yahoo.com>
>>> Date: September 3, 2013, 3:35:10 PM EDT
>>> To: "info at maipc.org" <info at maipc.org>
>>> Subject: Poison ivy management
>>> Reply-To: Dennis Bealer <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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