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Post by liveoak on Jun 13, 2022 14:52:32 GMT -5
Nice 
I guess I'll be glad it's only on my arms, leg, stomach & face. Maybe I'll trying scrubbing with palmolive!
Fun Fact # 4 - It's annoying
Patty
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Post by mohs on Jun 13, 2022 15:55:46 GMT -5
I had this annoying problem In my ear canals An annoying itch it would only show up when I was trying to go to sleep ha Anyway the relief was over the counter triple antibiotic ointment This itch would only show up about once every three days Predominantly in right ear. would then put a little yabbadabbado on Q-Tip and insert  It would relieve the itch pretty quick & I could drift off to to dream land ha This went on for years I figured it was mild case of  Eczema or some allergic reaction> Last couple years it as cleared up completely !  Whatever it was Benefit of aging I suppose Never tangled w/ poison ivy Remember Remohs talking about as kid growing up in New Jersey... |
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Post by 1dave on Jun 13, 2022 23:05:48 GMT -5
During boot camp at Leonard Wood Mizzu  they ran out of things to do with us.  "Let's have them gather up and burn all this excess vegetation. That'll keep them out of trouble!" It did!  It put 3/4ths of us in the hospital. I seemed to be immune to it, and being one of the few still ambulatory bored troops, I collected a few leaves and rubbed them vigorously on my left ankle. After a while that spot started turning red. With the Clorox at hand, I doused it good and it went away. At 85, so far that has been my only encounter.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2022 0:28:00 GMT -5
I've been infected by it every year for at least 35 years due to working in the forest on the farm and being in the wild plant business.
Sometimes 2-3-4 times in a year. But the cases are all mild.
No idea why some are so sensitive to it. The medical field is perplexed as to why some are allergic and some not.
Most people in the southeast will not enter the forest because of it.
In Georgia clay soils the vines will reach 4 inches in diameter and climb to the top of an 80 foot tree.
A machete will cut the vine and kill it but the dead vine will remain actively poisonous until it rots away.
Wearing full cover clothing and bathing well with soap and hard scrub with washcloth is a great prevention method.
Even at that it can get on your hands and transfer to any place you touch and any one you touch.
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Post by 1dave on Jun 14, 2022 2:33:39 GMT -5
 Four inch diameter  I had NO IDEA!
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Post by tumblee on Jun 14, 2022 3:25:18 GMT -5
 Four inch diameter  I had NO IDEA! Stem cells may help... |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2022 7:34:45 GMT -5
Four inch diameter I had NO IDEA! It grows to that size in about 5 years in favorable conditions. It displays beautiful fall colors. A poison ivy fence hedge is an easy project. There would be no better security fence. Along with signs "Beware of Poison Ivy Fence" |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2022 7:56:30 GMT -5
I healthy 4 to 5 inch vine. www.thetreecareguide.com/how-to-get-rid-of-poison-ivy-on-tree/ The way to kill it, the vine is soft and gives way to a machete easily. Chainsaw peppers you with poisonous particles unless using top side of blade so particles fly away from operator.  Winter view. Like I said it makes a great hedge either vertically or horizontally. Probably killed this tree. In this case dress heavily and get the chainsaw out. Good winter project. Note branches.  Summer foliage is the best time to spot it in a larger forest situation.  It will die just looking at Glycophosphate. Easy to kill. |
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Post by rickb on Jun 14, 2022 14:10:49 GMT -5
Poison ivy and poison parsnip. I am terribly sensitive to them. My blisters and scabs last for weeks, the scars last for years. FUN FACT#1: Blistered skin has no UV protection and thus you can get a serious sunburn in addition to your poison ivy. Even covered by a shirt and SPF 30. My hand looked like something from a horror movie, and the stabbing pains were awful. FUN FACT#2: Dishwashing detergent (for hand-washing dishes, not for machine-washing)is good at removing the nasty toxic plant oils. FUN FACT#3: These plant oils can get transferred from surface to surface, for example, from plant to hat to hands. And that's how I got poison ivy inside my ear. I used to pick it up from our dogs when they wandered through a patch. Scratch or pet your dog and get poison ivy. |
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Post by lookatthat on Jun 16, 2022 12:49:47 GMT -5
Those pics of poison ivy vines would do well in a horror movie.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 16, 2022 16:04:38 GMT -5
Holy cow! As a guy who is super affected by poison oak, ivy and sumac, those pics make me cringe and itch just looking at them. When I get into one of those plants the nurses take me around to show others how bad it can get. That wood would have to be replaced by gold to lure me into that Hell hole.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 17, 2022 20:09:16 GMT -5
rickb most people don't want to see where their dogs go. They don't dodge ivy. lookatthat - drug lords need fence hedges of ivy around their compounds. Sabre52 it puts some in the hospital and others it has no effect. Mysterious
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Post by jamesp on Jun 17, 2022 20:15:36 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2022 22:38:47 GMT -5
jamespThose are nice! The third is my favorite!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 18, 2022 10:52:26 GMT -5
Dang James, some of those cuts with the streaks sure do have a palm fiber look to them. Do you ever see indications of the fiber "dots" when cut another way?
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 18, 2022 12:40:10 GMT -5
Dang James, some of those cuts with the streaks sure do have a palm fiber look to them. Do you ever see indications of the fiber "dots" when cut another way? tagging jamesp for ya. |
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Post by 1dave on Jun 18, 2022 12:45:50 GMT -5
jamesp How can those colors be so selective about where they want to be?  how can those
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Post by jamesp on Jun 19, 2022 10:29:47 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jun 19, 2022 10:52:28 GMT -5
Dang James, some of those cuts with the streaks sure do have a palm fiber look to them. Do you ever see indications of the fiber "dots" when cut another way? Tough question Mr. Mel. Please check over the photos: www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/albums/72177720299313846#1 Not a single knot out of many sawn suggests palm. #2 Vertical parallel lines in the grain direction exactly equally spaced suggests a vascular structure other than a woody. #3 Very slight growth ring patterns when cross cut not equally spaced suggests wood. #4 Palm fiber pipes in some of the edges where replacement is better detailed is curious. #5 Some have what appears to be a bark layer It is hard to say if these are termite damages or palm fibers at edges. Or something else...  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 19, 2022 14:24:38 GMT -5
ashley 1daveThis one more interesting than I thought. The bands are running with the wood grain as usual.   May get fuzzy if magged more. center of tree at top, bark at bottom(or reversed):  No idea why band colors are oriented in such a fashion Dave.
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"Let's have them gather up and burn all this excess vegetation. That'll keep them out of trouble!"
It put 3/4ths of us in the hospital.
Four inch diameter 
I had NO IDEA!
Four inch diameter 
I had NO IDEA!
