Learn effective methods to control poison ivy using specific herbicides and application techniques for large areas, or consider bringing in goats.
Q: We have several acres covered with poison ivy. Unfortunately, the ivy keeps spreading. Store-bought remedies as well as homemade mixtures have not worked. Do you have any suggestions? A: You need to use something labeled specifically for control of poison ivy. That probably will be a broadleafed weedkiller . I’ve used and recommended these products all my career and always with good outcomes if label directions are clearly followed. First and foremost, they work best on vigorous new growth.
Get purple wisteria to bloom Second, the best control will come if you coat the leaves thoroughly with fine droplets instead of a heavy spray that runs off onto the ground. Sometimes, on glossy-leafed plants, I’ll recommend mixing one drop of liquid dishwashing detergent per gallon of spray to help it hold onto the leaf surfaces, but that usually isn’t necessary with poison ivy. My wife and I bought our current homestead 50 years ago. It’s a rural hillside on both sides of a creek.
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