<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I doubt it’s about the money - more about an approach with less of a chemical footprint. I know zip about that chemical foot print of the compounds discussed here so I leave it to others to decide if that chemical footprint is worth a concern or not. I also leave everyone with the reminder that not all chemical footprints are well known, regardless of the labeling and short term general consensus.<div><br></div><div>Personally I just use roundup on the low, bushy poison ivy. The climbing vines I hack a 1’ section out of it. When that vine re-emerges I hit it with round up. Works great.</div><div><br></div><div>I have to have round-up for the grasses and weeds that try to tear up the edges and cracks of our private asphalt road. So the cost of a little extra round-up for poison ivy control is of no financial/chemical footprint concern to me.</div><div><br></div><div>I have very little reaction to poison ivy. I pretty much have to roll around in it for me to even get a few blisters. But my poor wife really suffers. She generally gets it in early spring. I assume she’s getting into the roots of the poison ivy while she’s planting annuals and working beds before the low bushy stuff emerges and can been seen/identified.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Spencer</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 13, 2020, at 6:35 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">How much do you pay for vinegar? Ortho Max Poison Ivy is 8% Triclopyr and you mix 4 oz to the gallon. A 16oz jug is $8.00, so $2.00 per gallon. I'm sure it's a better value in larger quantities. I don't think I can find vinegar as cheap as $2 a gallon.<div><br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:34 PM Mike M <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com">meulenms@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I've read of the Triclopyr as well but it's pricey for the area I
need to cover. I'm going to try the vinegar solution first because
its cheap and so am I. Brush be gone would be fine if I had a small
area to clear, but I don't. I'll report back the results. Thanks all
for the info. <br>
<br>
Mike M<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Ortho Brush-B-Gone (Triclopyr)</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 5:08
PM Mike M <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I
have scads of poison ivy around my place, anyone have a secret
recipe<br>
to nuke this stuff? I'm not overly susceptible to it, but my
daughter<br>
is. Also I've read that your reaction to it can change over
time.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Mike M<br>
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