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Gardening

In reply to the discussion: How to get rid of Poison Ivy? [View all]

Lone_Star_Dem

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4. I killed mine with full strength vinegar.
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 12:39 PM
Jul 2013

I used the pickling type and mixed 1 oz of orange oil per gallon of vinegar. Spray it on during the growing season at the hottest point of the day. Covering all the growth. Be very careful about drift because it'll kill any foliage it lands on.

This needs to be done again when new growth comes back. It took me about 2 months of spraying before it finally died completely.

Oh, be sure and wash your sprayer really well after you spray this. The acid is bad on the parts.

Good luck! It's such a nuisance to deal with poison ivy.

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