Poison oak or poison ivy? Whichever, I'm not allergic to it, but I have heavy wood runners of this crud running underneath the soil and grass all over the yard on one side of my house. It is EVERYWHERE! I'm tired of trying to pull up the runners, it does no good, they just come back. I've tried Roundup and diesel fuel. What can I use that will kill those runners in the ground without killing what St. Augustine grass I have?
Those leaves look more like Trumpet Vine to me.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/22507/
"Leaves of three let it be" for poison oak and ivy, I see more than three there.
eta: no clue how to get rid of it though.
This message was edited Aug 7, 2008 1:23 AM
It is Pepper Vine, Ampelopsis arborea. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/63405/
You might have to use a stronger dose of RoundUp several times, but use a surfactant other than diesel oil. Ask your nurseryman for a broadleaf killer that will not harm St. Augustine.
Which ever it is, if you don't want it, use round up etc. You can take a milk jug and cut out the bottom and a small area at the top front of the container. Place it over the plant and spray RU into the hole at the top. This will keep over spray from getting onto the grass.
The idea was mentioned before on DG somewhere.
LOL, Ladies if this is Trumpet vine or Pepper Vine I can't imagine where it came from or how it started! We generally keep it mowed down every year. The problem is, weed killer will kill the surface plant, but the woody vines underneath the soil run for miles, literally and the poison doesn't deter them, they just reproduce plants. It is really horrible looking. I will ask my nurseryman about the broadleaf killer....I wish I had one of you girls in my pocket so you could see it! haha!
My experience has been that you can use Round Up, but it doesn't prevent it from sprouting up elsewhere. I think it's seeded by birds. It's usually just as easy for me to pull it up. I can't tell one method or the other makes any difference. The birds must love the berries.
Poison ivy berries attract birds. There are wooded areas my DH has to avoid because the poison ivy is rampant there. We also have patches of other berry producing vines because birds spread the seed especially along fence rows. Whatever you use, you have to keep at it and get the vine as it emerges to keep it from gathering strength once it hits sunlight.
That is the same vine popping up in my yard....everywhere and it is definitely a pepper vine. It is impossible for me to get it all, even with roundup because I live next to a big pasture where it is rampant. Everyday, I'm pulling, pulling.
Gad, I'm sorry to hear that Knolan....I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Guess I will just keep mowing it down :(
