How to Clear Poison Ivy | This Old House
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- This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to clear poison ivy. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Cost:
N/A
Time:
1 to 2 hours to clear a 100-square-foot area
Difficulty:
Easy. Although bending over for extended periods can lead to back strain
Shopping List for How to Clear Poison Ivy:
- Duct tape, for taping closed pant hems and shirt sleeves
- Plastic trash bags, for disposing uprooted poison ivy
- Mineral-spirits-based cleanser, such as Tecnu or Zanfel, for cleaning hands
Tools for How to Clear Poison Ivy:
- Leather work gloves
- Eye goggles
Steps for Clearing Poison Ivy from Your Yard:
Tape closed pant hems at ankles, and shirt sleeves at wrists; put on eye goggles and work gloves.
Grab poison ivy plant close to ground and pull to extract root; soaking ground with water can ease root pulling.
Stuff uprooted vines into plastic trash bag; place full bag inside of another bag for extra protection against the oily vines.
Put trash bags out with household trash; never burn or compost poison ivy.
To deter poison ivy from returning, cover ground with thick layer of leaves or wood chips.
When done, scrub hands with a mineral-spirits-based cleanser, such as Tecnu or Zanfel; rinse well with cold water.
Launder clothes in separate load in washing machine.
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New Balance. The official shoe of dads doing lawnwork
Made in New England preferably
I stopped the video 3 seconds in to find the shoe comment.
Consider just wearing rubber boots that can be scrubbed. If a broken stem secretes the toxic resin, you can track it in your house or it'll be there next time you handle the shoes. Try DAWN dw liquid w/washcloth OR a pumice degreaser like Gojo for cleanup
I highly suggest you also carefully remove and quarantine for washing, all gloves, clothing and shoes that you wore while touching PI. Before you start working in the PI patch, lay open a plastic garbage bag on the ground by your back door or floor of garage have some baby wipes nearby. One you finish, take off your gloves, throw them in the bag, wash or wipe hands with handiwipes, then stand inside the bag while you strip off everything you had on including shoes. Wipe your hands with handiwipes after you take every piece off, esp. shoes. Wear a bathing suit under clothes if you can't be in a secluded spot when you strip. Or have a bathrobe hanging ready. Once you strip, wipe your hands again, bag it all up and take bag right to the laundry. Then immediately go shower. Use tepid water and mild soap or non-soap ceanser, no special cleanser is needed, in fact strong soap and hot water will open your pores. Simple water will actually remove the toxin. Then launder everything with any laundry detergent. Throw the garbage bag away. Wash your hands again! Also wipe down the washer door and opening as well as all the buttons you touched to make sure the toxin did not get on anything. Shoes can be rinsed off under a hose if you don't want to put them in the washer. But take out the laces and launder or wash in sink with mild soap. If you are extremely sensitive to PI, I don't recommend you do any work pulling these plants.
It is not just a toxin, but a sticky grease that you need to lather & rub off with a soapy cloth (several times) to get it all. You might try putting a few test spots of cup grease (similar texture & stickiness), to compare how effectively you are washing. Same for clothes.
Dish soap works the best
Like Dawn Exta Power Dish soap
If for some reason you feel the need to refilm this, I have just the location in my back yard for your crew! I’ll even provide lunch and the beer! Thanks! Good information ... especially the goggles!!!!!
I think my side yard is better for footage 😂
Boston accent is wicked hard.
Other people are mentioning the dishsoap,vinegar, salt trick and I think it's smart to first kill the foliage before trying to remove the roots. I'm also concerned about walking through ANY high brush with tick season in full effect and killing the foliage minimizes exposure to both ivy AND ticks.
Oh sure, just take off the gloves at the end... and don't bother to worry about all that poison ivy which sprayed and rubbed all over their clothes while they were grabbing the leaves and ripping out plants by the roots. That's ridiculous. If you're sensitive to it, and you had that much contact, you better have a good un-gowning procedure to get those clothes off without infecting yourself or tracking and depositing it all over your house on the way to the shower. You shouldn't wear shoes into your house that you tromped through poison ivy with, nor sit down on your furniture after squatting in the poison ivy bushes, or let your cat rub around your legs. Just make a bee-line to the shower. You might decide to strip while standing in the tub, and put all your infected clothes in a bag, and invert that bag right into the hot washing machine cycle. Meanwhile do your own shower with cool water and strong detergent with multiple repetitions of lathering. All tools and gear should be carefully cleaned with detergent or bleach. Double bag the vines so that the outside of the trash bag isn't a source of oil for the next person to handle the trash, including your trash collector!
So many issues with this video, thank YOU for knowing better and taking the time out to share what you have learned!
Too much work, I'd rather hire a professional 😖
@S Manchester Well done with the details! Thank you.
Jump in the neighbors pool and dis robe
Really dumb video
Nice to see Roger doing better.
best video quick and to the point. BRAVO!
0:21 wth he taped that glove tight as a tourniquet!
Thanks, glad to put it out for trash pickup.
Very informative. Thank you!
nice and simple, fantastic
I have removed tons of poison ivy just like that, it is what works best. Then you just wash your clothes. No problems!
If you take all the proper precautions, pulling it up is best because it will always come back if it's only sprayed. We remove it a lot that way for our job. We also live on a farm and have to remove it from our trees. Once removed by all the roots, then the area is maintained with a weed eater, etc, it usually doesn't come back. Sometimes you can't get all the roots on the first try though.
@@the3sisterspage605 - poison I’ve is a mess to get rid of. I know what you mean with spray none of the sprays kill poison Ivy just kills the leaves than they grow right back.
How do you take your clothes off, which are presumably covered in ivy oil without using your hands?
In some parts of the country goat rental is an option. They come out put up a temporary pen around where you want the poison ivy removed and then drop off a few goats for a day or more depending on the size of the area you need cleared.
Michael Carroll The downside is that the goats do not eat or kill the roots and the poison ivy will be back the next spring.
Goats followed by some Roundup will prevent the reemergence of the poison ivy.
Doug Reed And you are 100% correct about Roundup. I should have been more specific about when to use the Roundup which would be be after the poison ivy leafs out. .
The alternative would be early spring application of a pre-emergent herbicide such as Trimec, Rely or a borate and followup with Roundup if the poison ivy is a stubborn kill.
patw52pb1 I did not think about it coming back because the roots were left in the ground. Well looks like the goat rental company's will have some long term clients if they want to be chemical free, witch is the reason people may choose goats in my opinion.
Why would you fed goats that ppl drink their milk and eat their meat poison plant
If I get a touch of poison Ivy, After I JUST start to get the blisters I use Tinactin " Athlete foot spray " by using the spray extremely heavy, where the powder cakes up really heavy, the powder in the spray locks it in a tight little clump to preventing it from spreading.
Thank you very much !!!
You can also take a cold shower and use dawn dish soap to clean you body
I didn't know better & started to burn the tree trunks that had the ivy's on them & basically green little fungi ivy on them. Now I wonder if the stuff I'm going through like breathing problems or muscle loss on my hands has something to do with it.
Like I would wash my lawnmower clean trying to get all the grass under it etc & used my bare hands with a rag. The water would be all green & now I see I got some growing on my hands few weeks later & my hands all around inside feels like tingling/burning.
Could this stuff eat your hand away if not careful?
Hot wauda opens up yuh pause
Ryan S this comment seriously made me crack up out loud! ;)
Wicked funny bro
Damn my arm is itchy just watching this video.
i do myself remembered seeing this tv when i was younger #ThisOldHouse #PBS
02:10
Wondering if vasiline works just as well or even better.
Highly recommended Hackley’s General Serv.
Some great tips thank you
Never wear leather gloves always use rubber gloves
I have it AGAIN right now. Ordering that mineral spirits
i recommend this video about washing off poison ivy: th-cam.com/video/4oyoDRHpQK0/w-d-xo.html
Get Tecnu
Not having to deal with poison ivy ever again was actually a "pro" I listed when making the decision to move to the southwest
How do you get the tape off once you have taped yourself?
Fold the end of the tape back on itself to make a tab big enough to grab with your gloved hand.
You tell someone you hate to take it off for you 😂
use your teeth obviously ;-)
@@diameadozen - LMAO
@@diameadozengive them a nice bear hug first
What about the hose and nozzle? Won't the ivy oil get on them?
There is a service that rents goats in our town and they do a great job of clearing... the down side is the goats eat EVERYTHING. Inside the penned area is basically brown about 3 or 4 feet high. They totally destroy everything that is green... which is fine if that is the intent.
RoundUp does the same thing but doesn’t shit. 💩
Ya gotta spray the roots with Roundup, otherwise it keeps coming back. In the fall they sprout berries and birds eat them and will poop them all over your property. Next spring you'll have poison ivy everywhere.
You can also rent goats that eat poison ivy.
I came here just to hear the Boston accent
made me think of NBC (nuke/bio/chem) training in the Army where you learn to undress without touching the outside of your protection suit (it takes two people). If you don't use continuing diligence, you can survive the initial exposure and then contaminate yourself getting undressed and inadvertently touch the outside of your clothes)
What do you do with the clothes you wore?
I am so very fortunate never to have felt the effects of poison ivy or poison oak. However I was affected by a plant I don't know if this is the real name of it but they used to call it the seven minute itch the reason for that name is because it only itch for a few minutes it was more like a half hour to an hour then 7 minutes but you get the idea I'm sure
Stinging nettle
Screw pulling it . Take VINE KILLER and BRUSH FULL STRENGTH onto as many leaves as you have the patience to . (this destroys the plant and ALL the roots)
When dead and wilted BURY under a solid mulching .
AND WIPE off the skin cleanser with a wet rough cloth if any vine touches your skin (rinsing not enough) .
It used to work, but with global warming/climate change, poison ivy evolved to be stronger against toxins, more resilient, more toxic. So Vine Killer and Brush, even full strength, doesn't work with the "upgraded" poison ivy. Not even painted full strength on all visible parts of the plant. It doesn't kill the roots, and the plant keeps coming back several times every year until you dig the roots up.
Now why do we use cold waddaa? :)
What is the stuff called that you rubbed on your hands?? I need to get some
Tecnu. Great stuff.
Tecnu. From the drugstore.
HIS CLOTHES, BOTH MEN, WOULD BE COVERED WITH THE POISON IVY OIL, NOT JUST THE GLOVES! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ? ? d a h........?????????????????????geez you guys!
If you cut the top off before removing from the ground does the woody part contain the oil?
Yes
Yes everything leaves vine roots
Thanks Roger👍👍
Roger never told the homeowner not to get it on his face while stuffing the bag @1:35.
Never told him about washing the clothes either.
I have used bleach to wash off poison ivy from my hands and it has never failed.
Heck, just wrap him up like Woody Allen in "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" and be done with it.
Yes, we have a lot of Virginia creeper around here and it is horrible. I usually wash the clothes in cold water without soap and then follow up with another wash including soap and temp. of your choosing.
bg147 I worked with people that weed wacked poison ivy. Hospitals are fun.
I thought the same thing!! Those long vines were right in his face!!! And all over his clothes. Dear god. I would love to hear if he ended up with a monster case of poison ivy after this. They didn’t address showering with dish soap in cold water or washing clothes, etc. Terrible video!!!
@@bg147 Virginia Creeper does not cause a poison ivy reaction.
@@pjmuffin Hmmmm, every time I come into contact with it, I develop a rash. Maybe it is something else.
i like his accent
Im suprised he didn't tape the goggles on too.
What about removing from trees? I've cat from the base but kept growing. I heard that just cutting it at the root does no good because the vine up and around the tree feeds off the tree?
MRrwmac Roundup.
I used a chainsaw and cut the gaint vine that was connected to the trees, the ivy still is alive though, in fact it was terrible this year. There most be a vine im missing
Jim26D how the hell did the poison ivy not get on to you?
You have to dig up the roots or drop enough weed killer to kill it. If it's an old vine and large in size, you need a shovel. Nothing else will kill it.
The vine will still live because it feeds of the tree.
Or you could just mix vinegar salt and dish soap and spray it on the poison ivy. It’s working for me
You’re damaging the foliage. The roots will survive and foliage will grow back.
Did it grow back?
why not use a hazmat suit?
Exactly what I was thinking
I totally get it.
it is definitely very nasty stuff if you get it on you so the precautions are warranted
And whatever you do dont burn it
I had to walk through some thick brush one time and I had a 3 week rash from head to toe in every nook and cranny in my body.
You can always use a combination of vinegar and water from a pressurized container.
@@cawa2576 what if I bathe in it?
I heard Orange Pumice (for auto repair clean up) might work with hand cleansing since it breaks down oils.
It works good actually
I agree get some
I used LAVA soap before Pumice came out.
What if my poison ivy is coming through a Holly Bush? This makes it very hard to get to the roots.
Either use weed killer which so far has not harmed my Holly bush, or dig up the bush with the poison ivy. You can still try pruning the Holly back and removing as much poison ivy as possible. The put a thick layer of cardboard down with a thick layer of mulch to try to smother the poison ivy.
@@lynn6799 Thanks! Turned out to be something else, but I still got rid of the Hollys to replace with something less puncturing.
Guess you aren’t the only one with an escape plan, ah, Batman?
I have to rememba to tape the gloves to my shirt so I don't get it on my ahms.
Guarantee that dude got a rash. lol
At one point looked like it hit him in the face
How about the oil on your clothes? I miss Rodger
Throw them out. They acted like everything was fine after washing their hands and didn’t even do that good. Lol
What if your trash goes to an incinerator???
I'd be laying there dead after 10 minutes
Thank the Lord I didn't have to watch them strip down to dispose of their clothes.
They look like they're changing diapers. "Ya wanna double bag it."
Why not just spray with broad leaf weed killer (2-4-D) available in Walmart , Kmart, hardware stores, etc. Quickly kills dandelions too!
I have a business idea poison ivy scented candle.
I carefully removed my poison ivy and it grow back stronger.
Dude! I hope you didn't let the ivy brush against your face at 1:38?
Looked like it. I thought the same thing.
What happened you weed timmer on that plant
It will grow back. Anything that touches the head of the trimmer will be contaminated and you risk throwing the oils around splattering on stuff.
They didn't recommend putting a headband on to control sweat on the forehead.
Omg this is so serious... I dont get any of the poisons ivy oak or sumac... lol
Don't you think you should have taken off those clothes first?
Yes, the oil will remain on the clothes, tools, gloves, shoes everything, until it's washed off!
Somehow I’ve survived a long life without ever duct taping my ankles
I must be one of the few that poison ivy and poison oak doesn't effect. My kittens play in the poison ivy and I put my bare hands in it and play with the kittens and even pick them up and the poison ivy doesn't bother me . I don't like poison ivy in certain areas of my property. I'll start pulling it up by the roots soon.
My husband doesn't have a reaction to poison ivy so we send him to clear it out.
I use to not get posion ivy, then I had to take a couple rounds of antibiotics. I don't know for sure but after that round of antibiotics I got it from then own.
A lot of people of native American descent have immunity to poison ivy. My grandfather was Mohawk and never reacted to it. I don't tend to ever react to it and if I do it's a very mild reaction. I'm still careful though.
@@michaelneelin1847, very interesting . This is the first time I've heard this . My Grandmother , my father's mother is Cherokee.
Oils, the poison ivy oils are bad. Use soap to clean it very good!
Can you just spray it with Roundup?
Assuming you don't have any plants nearby that you want to keep.
Ritchie88 that would be the safer option. And don’t let any pets get in it either because if a dog goes into poison ivy and then the next time you pet it you most likely will get a rash. Dogs and cats usually don’t get a rash from it because their fur stops the urushiol from getting to their skin. (poisonous chemical that causes the rash) same goes for poison oak and poison sumac, they both have urushiol in them so if your allergic to one you are allergic to all of them.
If you don’t mind getting cancer or polluting the water with poison you can.
Omg I couldn’t believe how intense this guy went. I used to pluck poison ivy with my own hands for a “flower” gift to my 1st grade teacher 😭
Those clothes will get the oil back on them
You can't throw yard waste in the trash where I live.
What I find ridiculous is having just your eyes covered; everything should be covered including your hair and your entire face and neck, even your ears....I know I have poison ivy rash again! Now I am buying one of those "space suits" to go out and get rid of it and everything around it.
New balance sponsorship spotted.
If you got access to a goat they will eat the leaves making it slightly easier to work with just the roots. But don't touch the goat's fur after they came in contact with the oils.
fast forward 2020. How to dress outside during covid
Truly! But I also here because I have time on my hands to tackle the poison ivy.
Hope they don't gotta go to the bathroom, trust me, it's not nice. I know. I hate the crap, I have caught it every season, every month of the year. I'm older now and am way more cautious, but even still if I'm downwind and the plant is dry enough it still gets me, that's right the stuff can get you and you don't even have to touch it. Hate it, can't say that enough
Becawz. How wata opens up yaw pawz.
You don't need to be that careful, all you need to do is wash yourself off really well when done. Soap is far less important that scrubbing with something that creates a lot of friction (wash cloth) . You only get a rash when you let the poison ivy oil remain are your skin for more then a few hours.
This is incorrect. I washed literally 10 minutes after I realized I had touched the massive amount in my yard and am now on week three of fighting the rash.
@@kaylam-pacheco3303 Because you washed improperly doesn't mean that Jacob is wrong.
Did you wash your clothes?
Did you wash your shoes? Or did you take off your shoes after you washed off?
Were you infected BEFORE you realized that poison ivy was in your yard?
Do you have pets?
I can pick poison Ivy by hand, wash my skin off PROPERLY, and not be affected, or I can touch a pet or a person that had touched it and be itching two days later for no reason.
There are MANY variables when it comes to how poison ivy gets on you.
Spray it with roundup and go away. Don’t ever touch it. This is crazy.
Round up is even crazier nasty. Poisons your land, and you can't get rid of it.
@@eavening4149correct!
Roundup is a poison, and a known carcinogen.
When you poison the earth around you, you are poisoning yourself.
Cold waata
Dry it and smoke it
I have many 1/2, 1 inch 2, and 4 inch vines and it covers about a 2 and a half acres, I need the real crap man. This is granny video
Sounds like you’re screwed. Lol. I don’t even know if a professional will touch that. If they do the price would be thousands.
Well, I went ballistic on it, kerosene mixed with Brush Master. Picking my days, to B low humidity at low temps just trying not to get too much on the ground wearing pain spray coveralls, and a charcoal respiratory. Doing it bit by bit & it is working.
@@TheAcerpalmatum - glad to hear that. Poison Ivy is very hard to kill. Most weed killers only kill the leaves it comes back. But sounds like what you are doing will get rid of it for good.
The Brush Master with kerosene did not take care of it. It requires a second application. How ever the temperatures are too hot right now to spray any form of herbicide, it will vaporize and float in the air making it possibly deadly for a child or a person in the area.
You might want to think about getting naked and throwing away those clothes or you could loan them to the guy that’s cheating you’re with your wife
LMAO! That’s good. Yes I would be afraid to wash them. It may not all come out and could get on the next load of wash.
"Your Cousin, from boston" .
Rip it out by hand? Are you guys nuts????
Tom Castelli Yeah, and sit on the ground or crawl on your knees. _no thank you_
Why can't I view the 1 reply?
15% of people are NOT allergic to poison ivy. Im one of them.
Ditto. I have no fear of the leaves of three.
Once it's in the bag you send it to an ex .... or burn it for your neighbors
Pretty ridiculous video because the poison ivy urushiol will be completely adhering to both men's shirts, pants, belts and shoes and soon as they take off those gloves and touch their clothes they've got poison ivy all over them!! So I think it was stupid to release this video. They should have used poison ivy spray killer and never touched the plant. Listen to me. Listen to what I just said, never touch the plant.
Wear special disposable suits, if you must, plastic gloves under work gloves.
Ray W I pulled some this year, took the same precautions and still got it even after washing. Ivy was terrible this year, am going to get a goat as I can't even go on the woods
Jim26D deer eat poison ivy too. So if you see a deer eating a three leaved plant when your out hiking or whatever, that doesn’t mean that the plant is safe for humans. A lot of people don’t know that poison ivy isn’t poisonous to every animal, and deer and other animals eat it. Hell, the other day, one of my outdoor cats laying in a bit of poison ivy that has popped up where we had a tree cut down last year (tree was dead) because now there is sunlight where there used to be shad from the old tree and the other trees that are still there. And if you go out hiking with a pet dog, it’s best give the dog a bath when you get home because it could have rubbed up against a poison ivy plant, and when you touch the dog next, you could get the poison ivy in you. You don’t even have to touch the plant to get a rash, which is the scary thing. And everything I just said applies to poison oak and poison sumac. And if you are allergic to one, you are allergic to the other two because they all have urushiol in them, which is the oil that gives most people a bad rash.
Or get goats to eat it
They both ended up with a terrible case of poison ivy
then you take everywhere you a wearing and throw it in the dumpster 😂
Just say it Park the car in Harvard yard
Jonah Pomraning at the haaabuur
*ITS CALLED FIRE*
Now when you take your shoes off and clothes off you get it all over you....bad advice
Yes I was looking to see if anyone knew this. They are showing you how to get it. The hand washing was horrible also.
Or you could get some goats to eat it