And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Saw this a few yards from the house. Better get the Round-Up applied.
For poison Ivy, if it's fresh pour some straight vinegar on it, a little burning then the itch goes away. I don't know if it works on poison oak, the Round-up is a good idea!
That stuff has never bothered me. But I get rid of it so the kids don't get into it. I cut a branch close to the ground & put it in a container of weed killer covered with tinfoil. The root sucks up the poison & kills it for good. Just spraying the leaves doesn't kill the root system sometimes.
You know the effective way to avoid getting the rash (within 6 hours of contact) is to scrub hard - as if you were trying to get off really thick, sticky, wheel bearing grease (because the P.I. oil is similar in consistency to this). If you use a washrag, lots of soap, and scrub really really hard you can get it all off and won't get the rash.
If you're trying to use weedkiller, one way to make it more effective is to add a surfactant oil, or dish soap. Most people know this. What I didn't know was the other dirty trick: Add a little liquid fertilizer.
A horticulturist friend told me that rubbing raw grated potato on the skin will neutralize the toxin from poison ivy. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, I've never had occasion to test that. But since she's really smart and very well educated and is director of a botanical garden, I'll follow that advice if I need to.
Worst case I ever got as a kid. After it started its itching I thought taking a super hot shower and scrubbing would rid me of the scourge....nope. Spread it around really well though!
I had a friend relate to me about the time when he was 17 and his girlfriend and him got frisky out in the woods near Weeki Watchee Springs...afterwards, he looked down and saw this three leafed plant poking up between his legs....
Even dead the leaves will give you the rash, and I'm especially sensitive (like needing prednisone sensitive). I found this out one winter when a dead tree came down across the driveway, the dead leaves were on a vine of poison ivy wrapped around it. I removed the tree (had to) and the first thing I did when I got back inside was take a leak.
When my Dad was a tenderfoot Scout, his troop camped out in the forest.
That night, they had hot dogs cooked over the campfire on twigs that they cut from nearby bushes; need I go on? Yes, he and others cut the wrong bush to get twigs.
Apparently when eaten, the effects go on for a long, long time!
When I was a kid I got poison oak really bad, an ol lineman friend of my dad gave me Tecnu Extreme Poison Ivy and Oak Scrub to carry with me when outside. I still do, it works. The smoke from burning it is bad news as well. We use Roundup Poison Ivy Plus Tough Brush Killer on it.
That stuff is thermonuclear on poison ivy. I've found some stuff at Tractor Supply that's almost as good, though, for a bit less money but when you absolutely positively want to nuke it from orbit, the Roundup Poison Ivy plus will get the job done.
Roundup works best on that stuff when it's allowed to grow out to its full maturity... meaning not yet. If it's sprayed now it will be back again next year.
I never used to get it either as others have said. Even in my younger days as a seasonal F.F., no problem. Now days watch out.The last bad time it was even in my crotch. The ex took a look and said no damn way until it's totally cleared up. We made a mixture of Round up, Garlon and a bit of Diesel fuel as a surfactant. Worked wonders.
Gonna need an ocean
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For poison Ivy, if it's fresh pour some straight vinegar on it, a little burning then the itch goes away.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it works on poison oak, the Round-up is a good idea!
Leaves of three, let them be.
ReplyDeleteThat stuff has never bothered me. But I get rid of it so the kids don't get into it. I cut a branch close to the ground & put it in a container of weed killer covered with tinfoil. The root sucks up the poison & kills it for good. Just spraying the leaves doesn't kill the root system sometimes.
ReplyDeleteYou know the effective way to avoid getting the rash (within 6 hours of contact) is to scrub hard - as if you were trying to get off really thick, sticky, wheel bearing grease (because the P.I. oil is similar in consistency to this). If you use a washrag, lots of soap, and scrub really really hard you can get it all off and won't get the rash.
ReplyDeleteIf you're trying to use weedkiller, one way to make it more effective is to add a surfactant oil, or dish soap. Most people know this. What I didn't know was the other dirty trick: Add a little liquid fertilizer.
When I was younger, I couldn't get poison ivy. Boy did I play some awful jokes...
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A horticulturist friend told me that rubbing raw grated potato on the skin will neutralize the toxin from poison ivy. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, I've never had occasion to test that. But since she's really smart and very well educated and is director of a botanical garden, I'll follow that advice if I need to.
ReplyDeleteWorst case I ever got as a kid. After it started its itching I thought taking a super hot shower and scrubbing would rid me of the scourge....nope. Spread it around really well though!
ReplyDeleteYou want to use cool water and dish detergent ... cuts the oil better than ordinary soap.
DeleteOr Dawn?
DeleteI had a friend relate to me about the time when he was 17 and his girlfriend and him got frisky out in the woods near Weeki Watchee Springs...afterwards, he looked down and saw this three leafed plant poking up between his legs....
ReplyDeleteleaves of three makes nature's TP
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That was the back drop for Jug Ear's portrait
ReplyDeleteEven dead the leaves will give you the rash, and I'm especially sensitive (like needing prednisone sensitive). I found this out one winter when a dead tree came down across the driveway, the dead leaves were on a vine of poison ivy wrapped around it. I removed the tree (had to) and the first thing I did when I got back inside was take a leak.
ReplyDeleteI have pictures.
When my Dad was a tenderfoot Scout, his troop camped out in the forest.
DeleteThat night, they had hot dogs cooked over the campfire on twigs that they cut from nearby bushes; need I go on? Yes, he and others cut the wrong bush to get twigs.
Apparently when eaten, the effects go on for a long, long time!
When I was a kid I got poison oak really bad, an ol lineman friend of my dad gave me Tecnu Extreme Poison Ivy and Oak Scrub to carry with me when outside. I still do, it works.
ReplyDeleteThe smoke from burning it is bad news as well.
We use Roundup Poison Ivy Plus Tough Brush Killer on it.
That stuff is thermonuclear on poison ivy. I've found some stuff at Tractor Supply that's almost as good, though, for a bit less money but when you absolutely positively want to nuke it from orbit, the Roundup Poison Ivy plus will get the job done.
DeleteRoundup works best on that stuff when it's allowed to grow out to its full maturity... meaning not yet.
ReplyDeleteIf it's sprayed now it will be back again next year.
I never used to get it either as others have said. Even in my younger days as a seasonal F.F., no problem. Now days watch out.The last bad time it was even in my crotch. The ex took a look and said no damn way until it's totally cleared up. We made a mixture of Round up, Garlon and a bit of Diesel fuel as a surfactant. Worked wonders.
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