what is this on wood???? poison ivy or something??? help please....

Argus, It looks like the PI is running up the side of the trunk. You should be able to take you maul and take off that section very easily and still use the rest of the BL. Don't waste that BL.

It is just poison ivy...

Grab the vine with your gloves on and pull it off the logs.

If I have PI growing up a tree in my yard, I take my axe an chop out a 1' section out of the vine. That will stop it from spreading up the tree...

After a year or so I just rip the vine off the tree with a pair of gloves.

Me Too..... with replies by richg and Backpack (#18 & 26 here)

Just stoll thru trees you plan cutting and whack base of vine with hatchet or axe

After vines die off, very easy to just pull off before cutting

A few poison ivy thoughts--

---for those of you who cut the vine going up your tree, make sure you paint the stump with tricyclopir(brush be gone) or straight roundup or else you will have a grove of PI the next year

---25% of people are not affected by PI

---the reaction is what is called a Type IV delayed hypersensitivity--the bottom line is that you have some time to get the oil off of you before itching armageddon

---It's the oil that gets you, so you should wash with something that is excellent at oil removal. What is best and cheapest? Goop, or any of those orange looking mechanics handcleaners. They never fail. Also, since it is an oil, it stays on your gloves you use, your tools, your steering wheel, your dog, everywhere you wipe the sweat off, ever part involved in the peeing process, etc. Wash everything.

and by the way, spray as you might, it will always return to your woods because the vine produces a big delicious berry for the birds to eat, transport, and crap right back into your woods.

Fatawan(who has experienced PI far too many times in his past, but not anymore)

geesh, glad i fall into the "not allergic" group. dunno if my kids/wife do or not. Guess I should be careful for their sakes, just in case.

Definitely Poison Ivy.

Here's some advice from a guy who's swimming in poison oak on our property:

1. the best and fastest relief from the itching is to take a scalding hot shower (as hot as your can stand it) and rub the infected areas vigorously under the running water. The itching should stop right away, and shouldn't return for 4-5 hours.
2. Fels Naptha soap (available at most grocery stores comes in a bar for about $1) is great for helping the infected areas to heal faster, as well as for washing your clothes. Technu also works very well.
3. WASH YOUR CLOTHES that you were wearing that day--the WILL have oil on them and they WILL spread the rash! Likewise, take some Ethyl alcohol and wipe down all the tools you used that day too. Urushiol oil is VERY potent!
4. Contrary to popular belief, the puss oozing from the infected areas does NOT spread the rash--so no need to go to great lengths to cover it up to protect sheets, clothing, etc. While the original breakout area may get larger over time, that's because the Urushiol oil had already penetrated those areas, but it took a day or so to break out in a rash.

Good luck--I know it sucks but but it will go away!!



NP

Nonprophet said:

Definitely Poison Ivy.

Here's some advice from a guy who's swimming in poison oak on our property:

1. the best and fastest relief from the itching is to take a scalding hot shower (as hot as your can stand it) and rub the infected areas vigorously under the running water. The itching should stop right away, and shouldn't return for 4-5 hours.



NP

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You don't want to use hot water when you first wash to wash the oil away. Hot water opens up the pores, use cool water. Hot water might help after you get the itch.
leaddog

leaddog said:

Nonprophet said:

Definitely Poison Ivy.

Here's some advice from a guy who's swimming in poison oak on our property:

1. the best and fastest relief from the itching is to take a scalding hot shower (as hot as your can stand it) and rub the infected areas vigorously under the running water. The itching should stop right away, and shouldn't return for 4-5 hours.



NP

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You don't want to use hot water when you first wash to wash the oil away. Hot water opens up the pores, use cool water. Hot water might help after you get the itch.
leaddog

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It's not going to be itching until at least 24 hours after exposure, at which time washing the oil off the skin is almost certainly a mute point (Urushiol oil is usually absorbed into the skin in 1-2 hours).

Hot water most definitely helps the itch as it brings the histamine in the skin (what causes the itching sensation) to the surface and out through your pores. Try it sometime--you'll be amazed how well it works!

NP

Definitely Poison Ivy. DON'T BURN THE HAIRY VINES. PI smoke in the lungs is VERY VERY bad. We have hauled a lot of this stuff away in roll-off dumpsters since it is not safe to burn it. If you have a choice, skip it if you can.

Backpack09 said:

It is just poison ivy...

Grab the vine with your gloves on and pull it off the logs.

If I have PI growing up a tree in my yard, I take my axe an chop out a 1' section out of the vine. That will stop it from spreading up the tree...

After a year or so I just rip the vine off the tree with a pair of gloves.

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Written like a guy who isn't vey allergic to Poison Ivy.

Ditto on the Fels Naptha if you can use it within half an hour of exposure with warm water--been using this for 30 years and it always works.