Planting a bald cypress near a horse pasture?

[JB]

Ok, so the best thing is likely 2 cuts then. 1 as high as you can reach, and then 1 lower to the ground. Pull off the middle section. This will at least remove contact from humans/horses/etc.

Paint the one on the ground right after you cut it. that will work on killing the root system but yes, some suckers may survive, but they’ll be a lot easier to pull. For easy pulling I put on 2 pairs of disposable gloves (or even some heavy duty gloves that can be properly washed) and gently pull, being careful not to pull to hard, or allowing too much length of vine, that any breaking will cause snap-back. If I think I’m pulling a long runner vine, then both hands will be gloved, and as I pull with one hand, I gather with the other, to prevent any real length of vine swaying around and contaminating clothes.

[trubandloki]

What JB describes is what we have done at my place since we bought it. Every year there is a little bit of new stuff that has to be addressed, but the every year all out attack, cutting the vines and applying killer in quantity has done an amazing job and allowed the trees to spread and grow their own canopy, not being strangled out by the poison ivy anymore.

[Simkie]

@Texarkana

Now if someone could tell me how to get the poison ivy off the trunk I’d be golden.

Cut the vine at the base, and let it die. Then pull it off (or leave it, if you want.)

Pulling the vine off the tree before it’s dead can damage the tree.

Snip or pull any babies that pop up.

And you’re set!

[SusanO]

I had poison ivy going up one cedar tree and one power pole. Covered the power pole. I took a knife/ box cutter (wearing gloves) and sliced thru the lower stems. I also sliced some with my mini chain saw. I just left the vines up there because I did not want to try and pull it and get the oil into my eyes or on my skin. Then I sprayed the lower plants until they died. Eventually the upper vines shriveled and died and I think they just fell off. I hate that stuff and I have bad reactions to it. My father was never affected by it. He could go out barehanded and pull it up with no reaction. I did not get those genes.

[cardinale]

Does dead/dried poison ivy lose its toxicity? How long does it take?

[Simkie]

@cardinale

Does dead/dried poison ivy lose its toxicity? How long does it take?

It doesn’t. You still have to be careful handling dead plants.

[SusanO]

Longer than a lifetime. HAHAHA!

[tabula_rashah]

Whatever you do with poison ivy, don’t burn it. The smoke can kill someone who is very allergic to it.

[cardinale]

@SusanO

Longer than a lifetime. HAHAHA!

Wow.

[Texarkana]

The only plus side to working with dead or dormant poison ivy over live poison ivy is that the dead usually has considerably less bulk to brush up against you.

Poison ivy is the only thing that grows well on my farm!

[Annie10]

I have some sycamores that we planted a few years ago at my farm. Well, sycamores. We planted 3 saplings. One just up and died, one got mowed over by the horses and the last one has grown into a really nice tree and gives a lot of shade. No problems either anyone getting sick from it. We may plant a couple more since all our shade trees have died and they grow pretty fast

[JB]

@Annie10

No problems either anyone getting sick from it.

Right, because true Sycamore’s aren’t the problem It’s a particular couple of Acer (maple) trees which are the issue.

[MunchingonHay]

It can take up to 5 years for dead poison ivy to no longer cause a rash.

And Virginia Creeper, which is native to the US and can be found along side poision ivy also has an oil that can cause a rash.

[tabula_rashah]

And Virginia Creeper is an excellent example of something that people use to take “plant natives” too far. I get asked to source it a couple times a year at least and I’m always like um no and are you nuts?? lol

[JB]

Yeah, something I’ll leave alone when it leaves me alone, but it and trumpet vine are NOT welcome in “cultivated” areas, they’re just way too aggressive

[SusanO]

Virginia Creeper - hard no! Will take over and it keeps trying to grow up my house. Trumpet vine is worse! And the ultimate PITA ( besides privet) is wisteria. I never knew how bad it was before I moved out here to the hinterlands where it escaped a yard decades ago and gives the power company fits covering trees and killing them and pulling down power lines.

[JB]

just to clarify - native American Wisteria is quite well-behaved, not even classified as aggressive.

[GraceLikeRain]

@MunchingonHay

And Virginia Creeper, which is native to the US and can be found along side poision ivy also has an oil that can cause a rash.

Thank you! I had no idea and ripped some out of my yard by hand last night. Praises I seem to be fine but that could have been super bad as I’m sure I then wiped sweat off my face and all sorts of other contact in the subsequent hours of gardening.