ugh...poison ivy!

[svk]

I hear oral ivy is great as a preventative step.

I rarely have to deal with PI and have been careful/lucky the few times I did have to.

 

[hardpan]

Consider yourself blessed! That's nasty to get for those of us allergic to it.

But also be aware that you may develop an allergy to it at any time. Allergies are funny things, and they can come and go. Very strange.

Exactly. I went from no allergies to it, to very allergic, and now only slightly allergic. It was a 40 year cycle. Strange indeed.

 

[Oldman47]

I cut down an ash tree this fall that was dead, but looked live due to the poison ivy vines. Those vines probably came out 6 feet in diameter around the tree. Stupid me, I cut the tree with a short sleeved shirt on and I would rip off the vines as I cut. Some were 4 inches in diameter. I break out, but no blisters. Luckily I called the doctors office and they called in a script for prednisone and within a few days and a few dollars it was gone. Ended up getting quite a bit of wood from the tree, so it was worth it.

I had a guy put up a portable tree stand on the edge of my wood lot one year. The next fall I was out walking and noticed it was still there so I asked him about it. He told me it could just stay there because no way would he try to reclaim it with all of the PI that was growing on it. I guess he was one of those very sensitive people.