Poison Ivy -- HELP!!!

[MadDogDriver]

Hazmat,

How'd you merge these threads? Or are you one of our TBN members with Super powers?

 

[weldingisfun]

In case y'all are wondering why there seems to be two different titles to this thread - it's because I merged my thread with this one - since they are exactly the same topic at near the same time, why be redundant?

Let us know what the daily rate is on rental goats - in the meantime, I'm going to pick up some brush be gone.

I'll rent a couple dozen to you, cheap! But, you have to pay transportation and my goats won't settle for less that "First Class Seats".

 

[woodlandfarms]

In the Pac North West most people I talk to have mixed results with Round-up and Brush B Gone. Crossbow seems to be the hero of the day but boy is it nasty stuff...

Also, there is an old farmers trick of putting in a cup of Ivory Soap for every 5 gallons of mixed solution. I guess it helps stick to the leaves....

Carl

 

[MikeB44]

Is electric fencing the only way to go, or do goats do well on a tether?

Possibly, depends on what they are used to. Some places that rent goats will set up the temporary fence and fencer for you. One reason for the fence is to deter dogs or other predators from getting in. ( A Chattanooga farmer lost a number of his rental goats to dogs. I believe he was doing clearing work along the roadways for the state.)

 

[fishpick]

...A Chattanooga farmer lost a number of his rental goats to dogs. I believe he was doing clearing work along the roadways for the state...

With respect MikeB44 - this is a very Tennessee post!

From my experience with goats - a goat on a tether as seen by you is a goat with food attached to its neck as seen by the goat.

MikeB44 is right - a fence protects the munching, chewing, eating everything is sight little buggers from being dinner for critters higher up the food chain.

 

[AlanB]

How effective are the goats? There is a guy with goats in a pasture about 4 houses up from me, and the pasture seems mighty overgrown, all though admittedly I have no idea how many goats are there, or how big the pasture is.

I have to think the goats are cheap (I am thinking $50 each?) or maybe I am crazy, but if I could buy a roll of field fence, and a pair of goats, and work through some of the underbrush on my place, I would be all for that.

However, if they got out and decided to eat the wires on the backhoe, or something else expenisve, it would be time for goat stew.

Anyone with first hand experience?

 

[hazmat]

Hazmat,

How'd you merge these threads? Or are you one of our TBN members with Super powers?

I don't know about "super" but perhaps "special" powers.

 

[1bush2hog]

I investigated the goat idea too. Goats require protection from predators, fresh water source, and proper vet. care.

Also, free or cheap goats may have existing health issues - so beware.

Regarding herbicides, I use Remedy as both foliar and cut stump application. Some of the vines on my trees are 5-6", so I cut these at the base of the tree and then treat with more concentrated mix of herbicide and vegetable oil.

Regardless of what type of method you choose to use, you will probably have to fight this battle more than once, meaning it is unlikely you will totally eradicate poison ivy the first go around.

 

[schmism]

I have been useing a combination of spray and mechanical removal via my FEL and bucket teeth. Used to scrape it up and push it into a pile.

I spray, mechanical removal, then spray again.

All area's ive worked have remained clear and ive been able to seed with grass to keep the ivy which has "profited immensely from the "edge effect", enabling it to form lush colonies in such places" (Edge effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) out.

 

[RobT]

For vines that I have growing on my barns, I use straight WD-40.