Poison ivy and ponds

I'm showing off some of the plants I put in at the edge of one of my ponds
and the person I was showing them off to pointed to another plant and said:
"Uh, isn't that poison ivy?" Now I'm not allergic to poison ivy or any
other stuff like that (I would have known, I planted some stuff right in
the middle of a poison ivy patch, there's no way I could have avoided it.)
so I've never really tried to watch out for it or even learn to identify it
too well. I Googled up a bunch of stuff on it and the pictures look like
it so I'm pretty sure that's what it is and even though it doesn't do
anything to me it still creeps me out. The past few weeks I've been
looking around for it and have found it only in three places.
Unfortunately they are at the edges of ponds and places that I have bush
hogged recently. I've bush hogged lots of other places where poison ivy
has not sprung up so I don't think the bush hog is infected or anything. I
do wonder if I am creating especially inviting places for poison ivy (and
if so, how to avoid doing it) by creating tree/pond/grassy interfaces.
What is the best way to get rid of what I have growing? I took a squirt
bottle of Round-up (tm) to it and then thought that Round-up might not be
the best thing. I'm not really opposed to the "Kill them all, let God sort
it out" theory of scorched earth weed killing, but there are a bunch of
neat little critters that live in those ponds and I'd really hate to screw
up their home. Short of digging out individual plants by the roots (I may
resort to that) is there any kind, gentle way to kill the evil weed?

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
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"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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I'm showing off some of the plants I put in at the edge of one of my ponds
and the person I was showing them off to pointed to another plant and
said:
"Uh, isn't that poison ivy?" Now I'm not allergic to poison ivy or any
other stuff like that (I would have known, I planted some stuff right in
the middle of a poison ivy patch, there's no way I could have avoided it.)
so I've never really tried to watch out for it or even learn to identify
it
too well. I Googled up a bunch of stuff on it and the pictures look like
it so I'm pretty sure that's what it is and even though it doesn't do
anything to me it still creeps me out. The past few weeks I've been
looking around for it and have found it only in three places.
Unfortunately they are at the edges of ponds and places that I have bush
hogged recently.

## I have it growing wild besides my ponds as well. It's mixed in with the
English Ivy. :-(

I've bush hogged lots of other places where poison ivy
has not sprung up so I don't think the bush hog is infected or anything.
I
do wonder if I am creating especially inviting places for poison ivy (and
if so, how to avoid doing it) by creating tree/pond/grassy interfaces.
What is the best way to get rid of what I have growing?

## If you can dig out the roots you may get rid of it. It's a difficult
plant to kill off. Even weed killers leave it sick but not dead. We just
bought a different weed and brush killer for it. Round-Up just isn't doing
the job.

I took a squirt
bottle of Round-up (tm) to it and then thought that Round-up might not be
the best thing. I'm not really opposed to the "Kill them all, let God
sort
it out" theory of scorched earth weed killing, but there are a bunch of
neat little critters that live in those ponds and I'd really hate to screw
up their home. Short of digging out individual plants by the roots (I may

resort to that) is there any kind, gentle way to kill the evil weed?

## You just said it.... grub the stuff out if you can.
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The following site says that roundup can be used to control the poison ivy.
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/...e/flora/poivy/ The
botanist for the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC said at a pond
meeting several years ago, that Roundup can be used to control weeds in
natural ponds without affecting the fish and other animals. It is
apparently neutralized on contact with water. I would, personally, limit
the amount of roundup going into the pond, but not be too worried about
minimal overspray. Some insecticides are very toxic, even in small
quantities.
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http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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I'm showing off some of the plants I put in at the edge of one of my ponds
and the person I was showing them off to pointed to another plant and
said:
"Uh, isn't that poison ivy?" Now I'm not allergic to poison ivy or any
other stuff like that (I would have known, I planted some stuff right in
the middle of a poison ivy patch, there's no way I could have avoided it.)
so I've never really tried to watch out for it or even learn to identify
it
too well. I Googled up a bunch of stuff on it and the pictures look like
it so I'm pretty sure that's what it is and even though it doesn't do
anything to me it still creeps me out. The past few weeks I've been
looking around for it and have found it only in three places.
Unfortunately they are at the edges of ponds and places that I have bush
hogged recently. I've bush hogged lots of other places where poison ivy
has not sprung up so I don't think the bush hog is infected or anything.
I
do wonder if I am creating especially inviting places for poison ivy (and
if so, how to avoid doing it) by creating tree/pond/grassy interfaces.
What is the best way to get rid of what I have growing? I took a squirt
bottle of Round-up (tm) to it and then thought that Round-up might not be
the best thing. I'm not really opposed to the "Kill them all, let God
sort
it out" theory of scorched earth weed killing, but there are a bunch of
neat little critters that live in those ponds and I'd really hate to screw
up their home. Short of digging out individual plants by the roots (I may
resort to that) is there any kind, gentle way to kill the evil weed?

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
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I wasn't allergic to it either, until about 2 years ago.....and then it
brushed against my arm as I pulled it out with gloved hands. I had it
over my entire upper body by the time it was done with me. It took two
courses of steroids and lost time working in a neonatal ICU because it
was just a mess...so I have a healthy respect for it. It might not
bother you this year...but it might be havoc for a visitor. Now I get
the brush killer stuff right up close to it, with a paper plate cut, so
it forms a collar and I just spray that plant. Then after it is dead,
I use a plastic bag, grab it from the inside out and tie it up. Works
like a charm. It comes up right by my pond also. I'd get rid of
it....like I said, never was allergic, even walked through it....but
then one fine day, years later........"Leaves of three...let it be"
Maureen

Galen Hekhuis wrote:
I'm showing off some of the plants I put in at the edge of one of my ponds
and the person I was showing them off to pointed to another plant and said:
"Uh, isn't that poison ivy?" Now I'm not allergic to poison ivy or any
other stuff like that (I would have known, I planted some stuff right in
the middle of a poison ivy patch, there's no way I could have avoided it.)
so I've never really tried to watch out for it or even learn to identify it
too well. I Googled up a bunch of stuff on it and the pictures look like
it so I'm pretty sure that's what it is and even though it doesn't do
anything to me it still creeps me out. The past few weeks I've been
looking around for it and have found it only in three places.
Unfortunately they are at the edges of ponds and places that I have bush
hogged recently. I've bush hogged lots of other places where poison ivy
has not sprung up so I don't think the bush hog is infected or anything. I
do wonder if I am creating especially inviting places for poison ivy (and
if so, how to avoid doing it) by creating tree/pond/grassy interfaces.
What is the best way to get rid of what I have growing? I took a squirt
bottle of Round-up (tm) to it and then thought that Round-up might not be
the best thing. I'm not really opposed to the "Kill them all, let God sort
it out" theory of scorched earth weed killing, but there are a bunch of
neat little critters that live in those ponds and I'd really hate to screw
up their home. Short of digging out individual plants by the roots (I may
resort to that) is there any kind, gentle way to kill the evil weed?

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
Illiterate? Write for FREE help

"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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The following site says that roundup can be used to control the poison
ivy. http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/...e/flora/poivy/
The botanist for the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC said at
a pond meeting several years ago, that Roundup can be used to control
weeds in natural ponds without affecting the fish and other animals. It
is apparently neutralized on contact with water. I would, personally,
limit the amount of roundup going into the pond, but not be too worried
about minimal overspray. Some insecticides are very toxic, even in small
quantities.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

Hmmm. We are talking about plants here, aren't we? Roundup is an
herbicide, not an insecticide. Just thought I would clarify that point.

" George" wrote in message
news:bPOpe.29317$_o.14422@attbi_s71...
Hmmm. We are talking about plants here, aren't we? Roundup is an
herbicide, not an insecticide. Just thought I would clarify that point.
==================
And it's very difficult to kill poison ivy with Round-Up. It simply turns
it yellow, some leaves may fall but it's back in no time. Getting the root
to die is no easy task. Someone recommended we try Spectracide's
TripleStrike on it... we just picked some up the other day.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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snip
The botanist for the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC said at
a pond meeting several years ago, that Roundup can be used to control
weeds in natural ponds without affecting the fish and other animals. It
is apparently neutralized on contact with water. I would, personally,
limit the amount of roundup going into the pond, snip

Hi,
What this poster is recommending is illegal. While Roundup may be effective
on poison ivy it is dangerous and as stated above illegal to use on water,
period. When all else fails RTFL. I googled "roundup + water" sans quotes,
and chose these links from 800,000.

http://www.pitt.edu/~relyea/Roundup.html "bad for amphibians"

read Relyea's report
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2...lyea1apr05.htm

quoted from http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/g.../burry298.html
begin quote "Aquatic Midge larvae are killed in 55 PPM of glyphosate
50% of test populations of a predatory mite was killed by exposure to
Roundup
The endangered longhorn beetle is susceptible to low levels of glyphosate
As little as 10 PPM has been shown to kill 50% of test populations of fish"
end quote
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good

"how" wrote in message
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"RichToyBox" wrote in message
...
snip
The botanist for the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC said
at
a pond meeting several years ago, that Roundup can be used to control
weeds in natural ponds without affecting the fish and other animals. It
is apparently neutralized on contact with water. I would, personally,
limit the amount of roundup going into the pond, snip

Hi,
What this poster is recommending is illegal. While Roundup may be
effective
on poison ivy it is dangerous and as stated above illegal to use on water,
period. When all else fails RTFL. I googled "roundup + water" sans quotes,
and chose these links from 800,000.

http://www.pitt.edu/~relyea/Roundup.html "bad for amphibians"

read Relyea's report
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2...lyea1apr05.htm

quoted from http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/g.../burry298.html
begin quote "Aquatic Midge larvae are killed in 55 PPM of glyphosate
50% of test populations of a predatory mite was killed by exposure to
Roundup
The endangered longhorn beetle is susceptible to low levels of glyphosate
As little as 10 PPM has been shown to kill 50% of test populations of
fish"
end quote
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good
===========================
Thanks for this information. I suspected it could be dangerous around ponds
and that's why I hesitated to use it on the poison ivy around the pond's
berm. I just looked at the label on Round-Up and all it says is not to
spray it directly on water - no mention of danger to fish or other critters.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

Courageous wrote:

I wasn't allergic to it either, until about 2 years ago.....and then it
brushed against my arm as I pulled it out with gloved hands. I had it
over my entire upper body by the time it was done with me.

This isn't that unusual. Someone, largely immune to poison ivy or poison
oak, can swing about one day and have a very bad reaction.

For most people, the allergy to poison ivy is acquired. People are
seldom ever allergic on first contact. However, when it does hit, it
can be devastating. Once, one becomes allergic, they stay allergic.

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"RichToyBox" wrote:

The following site says that roundup can be used to control the poison ivy.
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/...e/flora/poivy/

Roundup does work on poison ivy. I have been using it for many years.
You need to use a strong mixture and add a spreader/sticker and may need
to reapply. Roundup works best on mature plants that are sending sap to
the roots, since it works by killing the roots. On very tall vines of
poison ivy, cut the ivy off about chest high and spray the lower part.
Poison ivy spreads by the rhizomatous roots and the seeds which birds
spread in their guano.

The botanist for the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC said at a
meeting several years ago, that Roundup can be used to control weeds in
natural ponds without affecting the fish and other animals. It is
apparently neutralized on contact with water.

It is not neutralized on contact with water since it is an aqueous
solution. It is neutralized with water which contains clay particles.
It is the clay that neutralizes it. It is best to apply with a brush or
a cotton glove over a plastic glove so there is not over-spray that gets
into the pond or hits plants you don't want to kill.
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