poison ivy help!

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Janiejoy Silver Lake, OH(Zone 5b) Jul 27, 2006

I just discovered that along with the beautiful English ivy, I have horrible, beautiful, lush, huge-leaved poison ivy all over the place in my naturalized garden area. This was never a problem till our neighbors cut down 7 old growth pines and took us from full shade to full sun.

Always it was a sprig or two pulled by hand with gloves - no problem.

How on earth do I get rid of it now? It is far too big! I have already sprayed a whole bottle of poison ivy/poison oak killer and nothing has happened yet. How long do these things take to work (the label was stuck to the bottle so I couldn't open it to read the directions)?

H E L P

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BackyardZoo Poquoson, VA(Zone 7b) Jul 27, 2006

It can take up to 2 weeks to see the signs that the spray worked. Another method I have used on esepcially big plants it, to follow the 'trunk' down to as low as you can get, and cut it there - then coat the stump in brush killer to kill the roots. This 'kills' the top much more quickly, but is more of a pain to do.

And I'd plant some shade trees! :-)

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