Chemical Disposal If you use chemicals in your yard or garden, systemic herbicides or herbicides are a quick fix for poison ivy. Repeated applications may be necessary because, although herbicides suppress poison ivy in an instant, the plant can grow back from the roots. Use scissors or clippers to remove the stems. Do not tear or tear the vines, as this may disperse urushiol into the air.
Sheet padding consists of covering an area with a couple of layers of cardboard and then covering it with one or two feet of wood chips. Let it sit for a while. This method uses the sun to smother and solarize any remaining live poison ivy roots. I have poison ivy growing between my fence and my neighbor's (they're about 8 inches apart), so I can't dig up the roots, I can't cover them with cardboard, etc.
Once you've finished the job and you've packed it up and discarded the poison ivy, use a degreaser, isopropyl alcohol or vinegar to wash your garden tools. If poison ivy sneaks into your living spaces from the edge of a forest, installing a physical barrier between the two ensures that poison ivy doesn't re-enter. It seems that if you want to call this a permaculture approach to poison ivy, you need to reconsider it by suggesting that people buy a bottle of poison to apply to the landscape. The two most commonly used chemical herbicides in the war against poison ivy are Roundup and Brush-B-Gone, whose respective active ingredients are glyphosate or triclopyr.
Salt to put on winter sidewalks kills everything, stack it on the roots of a vine, if you can cut it, better yet, I have cut live trees, I have poured a bag of rock salt on the stump, and it will never grow again. It works by disrupting a vital amino acid process and the only way it should be used is to apply it to vigorously growing plant material. Realizing that there is poison ivy growing on your property, most people ask for a store-bought herbicide. I learned the hard way that just because you're not affected by poison ivy doesn't mean you can develop a reaction.
Awesome burns like a devil, but that just means it works, it's like an ointment for poison ivy. I must say that I did a little happy dance when you started this post with the role that poison ivy plays in the ecosystem. I did the same thing, but you have to keep in mind that every time you are exposed to poison ivy you are creating an immune response and eventually with enough exposure you will react. If you've ever had a poison ivy rash, you know that this plant isn't your friend, and you definitely don't want it to lurk in your garden.
Once you're sure that poison ivy is dead and that you won't have to treat the area again, it's time to replace poison ivy with more attractive plants.
