Very informative video, thanks for uploading. I have dealt with poison ivy vines in trees nearly this size. I am very sensitive to the oil so I am very cautious. Instead of using an axe with all the chips flying around I use a limb saw to cut off the vines. Then I immediately "paint" the exposed end of the vine next to the ground with a systemic herbicide called Tordon. It is very effective at killing the roots. "Painting" with the Roundup concentrate containing triclopyr straight from the bottle is not quite as effective since it is a foliage herbicide but will work to an extent. As you hinted at in the video you can spray any new foliage that pops up from the ground later on. Also, I will spray poison ivy foliage on tree trunks, being cautious not to spray tree leaves, and have never had a problem with it affecting the trees. Good that you showed the clean up of tools afterward as that is very important.
Poison ivy is hell to get rid of. Some people don't know what it looks like. I personally have never had a reaction to poison ivy. I would protect my eyes and a mask of some sort to prevent me from inhaling it. You are spot on about protecting yourself.
I’ve had very minor reactions on random occasions. But I know I’m exposed to it regularly. The biggest problem we have had is when it gets on me and then rubs off on someone else. So it’s just not something to mess around with. It takes years to get rid of even with chemicals. The only way to get rid of it is continuous cutting and trimming. Like many other woody weeds, it cannot survive constant grooming.
Our vines are horrible. Once you cut the vine, does the vine going straight up in tree eventually fall off or stay there still for a long time? They are wrapped around pretty good!
0:36 - 0:44 Those are boxelder bugs. They typically feed on maple, ash, and boxelder maple trees but the chances of them killing your tree are very unlikely. The biggest problem with these bugs is they sometimes will congregate along the sides of your house in large masses, take refuge along the sidings and then find their way inside your home during the winter (these bugs love hot weather). They will not cause any damage to anything inside your home and they are not vectors for diseases but they will poop all over the place, which leaves stains on your valuables and also on your walls. Other than that, they are harmless. Growing up, the home I used to live in was sometimes infested with these bugs, probably because we had 3 boxelder maples in the backyard. When they got out of control my mother would have me go out and spray the sides of the house with dish soap out of a hose sprayer and that usually kept their populations in check. Anyway, TL;DR these insects are harmless to yourself, pets, your tree, and for the most part, your home. Hope this helps.
Nice video. I just cleared off quite a few vines going up the tree in my front yard with some pruning shears. Not quite as thick as the ones you did, but most were pretty darn close. I was able to clip at the base and pull away from tree and some were even able to be pulled down out of the tree. But like yours, some of the thicker ones attached to the tree that high, I wasn't able to get down. Hopefully they just disintegrate after not being fed. Yeah, the bugs behind it when the vine peeled off the bark....gah!!!!!
I was just trying to research the vine I cut down with a tree 2 days ago...splattered liquid(springtime here) from the vine landed on my arms and it made a mess... and itches pretty bad. Thankyou for the visual confirmation on the vines being POISON IVY! lol
Great video. I get poison ivy so bad, really bad but I have to be around it for work. It sucks but I get in multiple a year, spring and summer. I have it right now something terrible. We put it through a wood chipper cause we cut trees and then its airborne. Its just awful stuff.
I had those huge hairy vines on my trees. I cut about a one foot section out near the ground, before it started branching off. Carefully!!!! drilled a hole in the bottom part and poured diesel in the hole. Killed the root and the vines on the ground.
I love the bird songs on this video!!! We just bought a property and I discovered this on several trees in our yard. I don't think we're as brave as you...not sure what to do!
Cut it with a small saw, don't use an ax it will send urishiol everywhere. Try to pull as much out of the ground as possible. It's ok to let the vine die in the tree. Always wear protection: gloves, long sleeves, pants, maybe even face protection.
Who am I to say you did something incorrect. You did a great job and I thank you for showing how you got rid of your poison ivy. Keep up the good work. God bless you and your family.
I have that stuff all over my property and my sons property next door, I’ve ripped it off with my bare hands and cut it down with chain saws as well as burned it and yes I’ve had the rash several times, just had some last week after burning some that was near my garden, I wash good and take Benadryl and I have some prescription steroid cream that it use and it’s been manageable for me, but years ago I had a couple of bad cases where I needed shots to treat it, I’m not afraid of stuff but it can be bad so I wouldn’t recommend people be as careless as I am but so far I’ve been pretty lucky with it.
You are right and I'll add also to not throw the vines in a burn pile. That's real bad. It can get in your lungs and then blood which is absolutely not good. That happened to me one time. A shot got rid of it finally but it was miserable.
Word to the wise. If you get poison ivy really easy, do not use an ax to chop it. I did one year and woke up the next day unable to see out of my one eye because my face had swelled up from the poison ivy. It was the side closest to the big vine when i chopped it. A trip to the doctor for some steroids to fight the swelling and some lotion for the itch. Don't try to burn it either, that's no good. Some people can roll around and mess with it and it never affects them. I'm not one of those people.
My kids can make a fort out of poison ivy/oak and play in it all day long. Nothing! First time I mow the back lawn I’m covered with a rash swelled up and got it for two weeks! I HATE this stuff soooo bad. I kill every single piece I see no matter where I am.
So I've got a vine just like this in my backyard. I went ahead and took maybe about a foot or two off the bottom. So basically just wait it out after that? I also have it climbing up the entire tree but I'm hoping it will die off. Also, there seems to be some bark damage behind the vines on my tree. Do I just leave it as is or are there things I can do to help the bark?
@@GroovesAndLands Very late to this comment but the vine died on the rest of the tree although it is still up there. At this point the tree is dying from something else so I don't really care. Every once in awhile I will have to remove a new vine popping up from the ground, there's a serious network of roots down below I'm thinking.
@@sirtee-jayii9532 The rest of the vine dies on the tree and you will have to rip the rest of it off yourself. In my case I get new vines every once in awhile trying to creep back up the tree, you just have to be diligent about removing them as well but it will take years for a serious thick vine to sprout up.
@@10DollarProductions I bought a Tyvek jumpsuit, some concentrated glyphosate, dish gloves and a cheap pruning saw. I waited until the leaves on the ivy were changing colors in the fall, because I read that's when the rhizome is actively pulling nutrients/moisture from the foliage. I donned my protective gear and loaded a condiment bottle with full-power glyphosate. I went from tree-to-tree, cutting a several inch long chunk from the vine. Then I poisoned the vine "stump" with the glyphosate - hoping my fall-timing was such that the rhizome would suck that poison down into the roots... I carefully removed my PPE and took a shower, carefully scrubbing every inch of my body with a soapy washcloth. No rash! Over the next few weeks, some of the vine stumps oozed out a black tar like substance. It was highly variable; the amount of tar didn't seem to be dependent on how large/small/mature the vines were. Some oozed out a LOT, some only a little. I wonder if that is concentrated urushiol?? Dunno. One of my vines was over 3" in diameter and I counted 42 rings! That was a couple of years ago. I think the poison worked because I don't see any new growth, but I cut at least 40 vines and I can't say I've inspected every area thoroughly. The remaining vines in the trees are thoroughly dead and looking fairly dry-rotted now. The wind actually blew one of the smaller (about 1/2" diameter) vines out of the tree. I didn't dare touch it. I'd really like to know at what point those old dead vines are safe to touch.
at the base of the tree, pull a section of the vine away from the trunk with a pry bar, and saw a one foot chunk out of the vine. It will dead the following year.
I have a dead poison ivy question. I recently tasked myself to cut down two dead pine trees. One had poison ivy growing to the top of the tree. Not knowing how to remove the poison ivy entangled in the tree after it is cut down and on the ground, and cutting the branches, we opted to cut the vine at the tree base so it would die in the tree. We used RoundUp to poison the vine below the cut. We determined we would come back in 6 months to cut the tree down and chop up the branches and trunk. QUESTION: After 6 months, how potent are the remains of the poison ivy in the tree?
One last thing....people become more and more sensitized to urishol oil the more and more they are exposed to it. That said, you may not get much of a reaction now but the more you expose yourself to it, the more likely you will end up with a rash. I used to never get reactions until a few years ago after repeated exposure over the years.
No, don’t burn them. The smoke is dangerous to inhale and can cause a terrible reaction. Put the vibes in a garbage bag, then double bag it to prevent the sanitation workers from coming in contact with the oils.
You know I appreciate this guys effort but I'm not sure about this when I was younger I could be around this stuff never bothered me when I got older I just look at it and it gets on me LOL don't know why but I would never chop at it with an axe
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Very informative video, thanks for uploading. I have dealt with poison ivy vines in trees nearly this size. I am very sensitive to the oil so I am very cautious. Instead of using an axe with all the chips flying around I use a limb saw to cut off the vines. Then I immediately "paint" the exposed end of the vine next to the ground with a systemic herbicide called Tordon. It is very effective at killing the roots. "Painting" with the Roundup concentrate containing triclopyr straight from the bottle is not quite as effective since it is a foliage herbicide but will work to an extent. As you hinted at in the video you can spray any new foliage that pops up from the ground later on. Also, I will spray poison ivy foliage on tree trunks, being cautious not to spray tree leaves, and have never had a problem with it affecting the trees. Good that you showed the clean up of tools afterward as that is very important.
Poison ivy is hell to get rid of. Some people don't know what it looks like. I personally have never had a reaction to poison ivy. I would protect my eyes and a mask of some sort to prevent me from inhaling it. You are spot on about protecting yourself.
I’ve had very minor reactions on random occasions. But I know I’m exposed to it regularly. The biggest problem we have had is when it gets on me and then rubs off on someone else. So it’s just not something to mess around with. It takes years to get rid of even with chemicals. The only way to get rid of it is continuous cutting and trimming. Like many other woody weeds, it cannot survive constant grooming.
Our vines are horrible. Once you cut the vine, does the vine going straight up in tree eventually fall off or stay there still for a long time? They are wrapped around pretty good!
@@adriennemartin7497 They eventually fall, but it takes a while. My neighbor's fence has some, but they seem to wash away in an intense storm.
@@adriennemartin7497if it has no roots reaching the ground it will eventually dry up & fall off... Just like English Ivy will, too.
0:36 - 0:44 Those are boxelder bugs. They typically feed on maple, ash, and boxelder maple trees but the chances of them killing your tree are very unlikely.
The biggest problem with these bugs is they sometimes will congregate along the sides of your house in large masses, take refuge along the sidings and then find their way inside your home during the winter (these bugs love hot weather). They will not cause any damage to anything inside your home and they are not vectors for diseases but they will poop all over the place, which leaves stains on your valuables and also on your walls. Other than that, they are harmless.
Growing up, the home I used to live in was sometimes infested with these bugs, probably because we had 3 boxelder maples in the backyard. When they got out of control my mother would have me go out and spray the sides of the house with dish soap out of a hose sprayer and that usually kept their populations in check.
Anyway, TL;DR these insects are harmless to yourself, pets, your tree, and for the most part, your home. Hope this helps.
don't hit them with an axe without a respirator on; same reason you don't burn it; you can end up inhaling it.
How’s that?
@adrienne Martin you can have an internal allergic reaction that can prevent you from being able to breathe.
Don't burn poison oak, either ! Poison ivy is a Vine, Poison Oak is a bush !! Just learned the difference !!!
IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING A RESPIRATOR PAIRED WITH A TYVEK SUIT DO NOT MESS WITH VINES THIS BIG! BEWARE, YOU WILL SUFFER.
It makes me itch watching this ...
Nice video. I just cleared off quite a few vines going up the tree in my front yard with some pruning shears. Not quite as thick as the ones you did, but most were pretty darn close. I was able to clip at the base and pull away from tree and some were even able to be pulled down out of the tree. But like yours, some of the thicker ones attached to the tree that high, I wasn't able to get down. Hopefully they just disintegrate after not being fed. Yeah, the bugs behind it when the vine peeled off the bark....gah!!!!!
I was just trying to research the vine I cut down with a tree 2 days ago...splattered liquid(springtime here) from the vine landed on my arms and it made a mess... and itches pretty bad. Thankyou for the visual confirmation on the vines being POISON IVY! lol
Great video. I get poison ivy so bad, really bad but I have to be around it for work. It sucks but I get in multiple a year, spring and summer. I have it right now something terrible. We put it through a wood chipper cause we cut trees and then its airborne. Its just awful stuff.
I had those huge hairy vines on my trees. I cut about a one foot section out near the ground, before it started branching off. Carefully!!!! drilled a hole in the bottom part and poured diesel in the hole. Killed the root and the vines on the ground.
I love the bird songs on this video!!! We just bought a property and I discovered this on several trees in our yard. I don't think we're as brave as you...not sure what to do!
Did you figure any thing out, I just found out my next door neighbor tree has it all up in hers too now I am afraid to use my new patio set
Cut it with a small saw, don't use an ax it will send urishiol everywhere. Try to pull as much out of the ground as possible. It's ok to let the vine die in the tree. Always wear protection: gloves, long sleeves, pants, maybe even face protection.
Who am I to say you did something incorrect. You did a great job and I thank you for showing how you got rid of your poison ivy. Keep up the good work. God bless you and your family.
I guess I’m not allergic to poison ivy 🤷🏻♂️
My neighbor is highly allergic but he has plenty of fresh air
@@YanasaTVevery one has a reaction you just been lucky. It’ll get you keep messing with it
This has taught me so much about poison ivy! I am studying for a project.
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I see what you did there
I have that stuff all over my property and my sons property next door, I’ve ripped it off with my bare hands and cut it down with chain saws as well as burned it and yes I’ve had the rash several times, just had some last week after burning some that was near my garden, I wash good and take Benadryl and I have some prescription steroid cream that it use and it’s been manageable for me, but years ago I had a couple of bad cases where I needed shots to treat it, I’m not afraid of stuff but it can be bad so I wouldn’t recommend people be as careless as I am but so far I’ve been pretty lucky with it.
Great video! I use a small recip saw for cutting the lower growth which I think is easier than an axe.
Always use cold water when washing poison ivy/oaks oil off. Warm water opens your pores which could lead to a greater allergic reaction.
What about the residue that is on the tree once you take the vines off???
The crowbar technique is a cool idea thank you. I’m just gonna use a polesaw once I get them separated from the tree.
Pathfinder II works great for all vines..... basial treatment. Easy to use !
Fels Naptha laundry soap works the best for getting rid of Poison Ivy oils and is also cheap.
Thank you! You’re my boy Yanasa!
Thought those were kissing bugs at first but on closer look they appear to be boxelder bugs
what kind of boots are you wearing?
Nice videos.. 👍
interesting - thank you
You are right and I'll add also to not throw the vines in a burn pile. That's real bad. It can get in your lungs and then blood which is absolutely not good. That happened to me one time. A shot got rid of it finally but it was miserable.
yes, completely bad idea. I developed puss pockets in my throat from that one time. I hate the ivy.
Agreed! Absolutely ‼️ Two of my sons got sumac in his lungs one time and that sent him to the hospital.
That tree has a face. So cool
Word to the wise. If you get poison ivy really easy, do not use an ax to chop it. I did one year and woke up the next day unable to see out of my one eye because my face had swelled up from the poison ivy. It was the side closest to the big vine when i chopped it. A trip to the doctor for some steroids to fight the swelling and some lotion for the itch. Don't try to burn it either, that's no good. Some people can roll around and mess with it and it never affects them. I'm not one of those people.
Brake cleaner works great for tools and any skin that came in contact
Chlorinated kind is best. Tetrachloroethylene is by far the best metal degreaser on the planet
ive got those vines on two of the trees in my yard. guess ive got some work to do.
My kids can make a fort out of poison ivy/oak and play in it all day long. Nothing! First time I mow the back lawn I’m covered with a rash swelled up and got it for two weeks! I HATE this stuff soooo bad. I kill every single piece I see no matter where I am.
So I've got a vine just like this in my backyard. I went ahead and took maybe about a foot or two off the bottom. So basically just wait it out after that? I also have it climbing up the entire tree but I'm hoping it will die off. Also, there seems to be some bark damage behind the vines on my tree. Do I just leave it as is or are there things I can do to help the bark?
Hows that working out for you? I've got at least a dozen huge vines growing up trees in my backyard. Trying to decide how to tackle it.
Did anyone cut it what your results?
@@GroovesAndLands Very late to this comment but the vine died on the rest of the tree although it is still up there. At this point the tree is dying from something else so I don't really care. Every once in awhile I will have to remove a new vine popping up from the ground, there's a serious network of roots down below I'm thinking.
@@sirtee-jayii9532 The rest of the vine dies on the tree and you will have to rip the rest of it off yourself. In my case I get new vines every once in awhile trying to creep back up the tree, you just have to be diligent about removing them as well but it will take years for a serious thick vine to sprout up.
@@10DollarProductions I bought a Tyvek jumpsuit, some concentrated glyphosate, dish gloves and a cheap pruning saw.
I waited until the leaves on the ivy were changing colors in the fall, because I read that's when the rhizome is actively pulling nutrients/moisture from the foliage.
I donned my protective gear and loaded a condiment bottle with full-power glyphosate. I went from tree-to-tree, cutting a several inch long chunk from the vine. Then I poisoned the vine "stump" with the glyphosate - hoping my fall-timing was such that the rhizome would suck that poison down into the roots...
I carefully removed my PPE and took a shower, carefully scrubbing every inch of my body with a soapy washcloth. No rash!
Over the next few weeks, some of the vine stumps oozed out a black tar like substance. It was highly variable; the amount of tar didn't seem to be dependent on how large/small/mature the vines were. Some oozed out a LOT, some only a little. I wonder if that is concentrated urushiol?? Dunno. One of my vines was over 3" in diameter and I counted 42 rings!
That was a couple of years ago. I think the poison worked because I don't see any new growth, but I cut at least 40 vines and I can't say I've inspected every area thoroughly.
The remaining vines in the trees are thoroughly dead and looking fairly dry-rotted now. The wind actually blew one of the smaller (about 1/2" diameter) vines out of the tree. I didn't dare touch it. I'd really like to know at what point those old dead vines are safe to touch.
Anyone try copper nails in the vines??
at the base of the tree, pull a section of the vine away from the trunk with a pry bar, and saw a one foot chunk out of the vine. It will dead the following year.
No one notice these vines until now ???? Someones sleeping !
Was that a lantern fly??
I have a dead poison ivy question. I recently tasked myself to cut down two dead pine trees. One had poison ivy growing to the top of the tree. Not knowing how to remove the poison ivy entangled in the tree after it is cut down and on the ground, and cutting the branches, we opted to cut the vine at the tree base so it would die in the tree. We used RoundUp to poison the vine below the cut. We determined we would come back in 6 months to cut the tree down and chop up the branches and trunk. QUESTION: After 6 months, how potent are the remains of the poison ivy in the tree?
The poison ivy oil can remain for years. I would still use gloves and bag it up. It will become very brittle
5 years is the rule of the thumb for poison ivy oil toxicity.
That just seems stupid to me with experience I've had with this stuff
Maybe a saw
I used an axe and pulled all that off my black oak tree
That’s monstrous 😮
i used a electric pole saw to cut my poison ivy vines in March, I; am allergic to poison ivy
arms are bare. those gloves are ridiculous and as he's chopping it pieces are flying. i can't think of a worse example.
A great video on what not to do. He'll be itching badly for weeks.
For an allergic person this is true, but some people are not sensitive to it at all.
I have a Huge poison ivy issue! Is why I am researching...lol..
Should have used 2 crow bars
As saw is less explosive
Wouldn’t a sawzall be much easier to just cut the vine
im beaking out just watching
One last thing....people become more and more sensitized to urishol oil the more and more they are exposed to it. That said, you may not get much of a reaction now but the more you expose yourself to it, the more likely you will end up with a rash.
I used to never get reactions until a few years ago after repeated exposure over the years.
Then put unlabeled bag to curb for town workers to get exposed
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Not only that look at all the chips flying everywhere…. Sheesh better to clip it and remove a 1” section
Dude go all lumber jack on a tree that you hoping less harm? What about all the axe chips, still got oil on them
Can you burn the vines after
No, don’t burn them. The smoke is dangerous to inhale and can cause a terrible reaction. Put the vibes in a garbage bag, then double bag it to prevent the sanitation workers from coming in contact with the oils.
No! Can be deadly.
Very nerve wrecking watching you cut and grabbing the vines.
You know I appreciate this guys effort but I'm not sure about this when I was younger I could be around this stuff never bothered me when I got older I just look at it and it gets on me LOL don't know why but I would never chop at it with an axe
You were always allergic to it you just never got it good everybody’s allergic to it regardless what they say everybody has reaction to it
Use hand grenade to eradicate
u shouldn't be using latex gloves n should be using work gloves!!
4:10 "If I spray these vines, I'll end up hurting the tree"...... Hey, someone bring me my double sided ax and a chainsaw please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!