Use a natural spray. Dissolve one cup salt in a gallon of water and add a tablespoon of dish soap to create a solution that can be sprayed on poison ivy. While this method of killing poison ivy is effective in the short run, it will probably require future treatments to keep the ivy at bay.
Burning has never been an option where I live. For bamboo, we cut down to ground level, then dug out what we could then drowned the area repeatedly with white vinegar. We had kids and pets, so no chemicals could be used. Took a few seasons, but it worked.
For poison ivy, I just did this with my girlfriend like we do every year. Suit up. Dig out. Mark bags for trash service so they don't get contaminated. Drown the area in vinegar repeatedly. Reapply after every rain event. Then take a shower immediately. Then wash your clothes. Keep everything quarantined so you don't get a rash.
Hello Irene, hope this helps you. Try cutting the ivy vine about 6" above where it comes out of the ground. Put some full strength white vinegar on both of the cut ends by dipping them into a cup full of white vinegar. Do this all along the length of the vines. Repeat if necessary.
For the Bamboo - Grass herbicides, also known as glyphosate herbicides, are the most effective pesticides for killing bamboo. When applying herbicides to your bamboo shoots, spray new shoots as early as possible. The earlier you apply the herbicide, the more effective it will be.
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You spray poison ivy with an herbicide, it may take daily treatments. As to the bamboo digging it up may help, but both need all the roots out.
The only other way I know is to burn bamboo out.
Hi Irene, her is a natural recipe.
Use a natural spray. Dissolve one cup salt in a gallon of water and add a tablespoon of dish soap to create a solution that can be sprayed on poison ivy. While this method of killing poison ivy is effective in the short run, it will probably require future treatments to keep the ivy at bay.
First, never burn poisin ivy. You can get really sick!
https://www.kplctv.com/story/24090476/dangers-of-burning-poison-ivy/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/poison_ivy.htm
Burning has never been an option where I live. For bamboo, we cut down to ground level, then dug out what we could then drowned the area repeatedly with white vinegar. We had kids and pets, so no chemicals could be used. Took a few seasons, but it worked.
For poison ivy, I just did this with my girlfriend like we do every year. Suit up. Dig out. Mark bags for trash service so they don't get contaminated. Drown the area in vinegar repeatedly. Reapply after every rain event. Then take a shower immediately. Then wash your clothes. Keep everything quarantined so you don't get a rash.
Here's a post that might help - https://chascrazycreations.com/home-made-weed-killers/
Hello Irene, hope this helps you. Try cutting the ivy vine about 6" above where it comes out of the ground. Put some full strength white vinegar on both of the cut ends by dipping them into a cup full of white vinegar. Do this all along the length of the vines. Repeat if necessary.
For the Bamboo - Grass herbicides, also known as glyphosate herbicides, are the most effective pesticides for killing bamboo. When applying herbicides to your bamboo shoots, spray new shoots as early as possible. The earlier you apply the herbicide, the more effective it will be.