Poison ivy is starting to show around central Minnesota by mid-May, along with the snowbirds and obnoxious (tourists) drivers from out of state. It is a give and take kind of season, as the crappie and sunfish are biting in the shallows and the Lyme carrying ticks are thick as thieves. I have a new remedy for all of the poison ivy growing in the sandy woods around my place, and it isn't calamine or twenty dollar bottles of technu or whatever else kind of obnoxiously priced products available from the oil companies...woops, I meant pharmaceutical companies, but same difference.
The cure is to start spraying early poison ivy plants, which will be emerging when the leaves pop on the trees. Hit the small, red leaved and easily distinguishable ivy with a combination of 2 4 D and Roundup with a little bit of Dawn dish soap mixed in as a surfactant.
I started this year in early May and will continue until June and look forward to planting grass seed and having a small area around my lawn and driveway free of poison ivy. I don't spray my entire woods, but try to reduce exposure in well traveled areas, and consider this practice to be my type of management concerning this pesky vine. Thanks for reading.
Photos are from : http://www.poison-ivy.org/poison-ivy-spring
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