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Vinegar for Poison IvyMore Lawns Solutionsby Annie Berthold-Bond, Care2.com
Producer, Green Living Channels
The land around our home is overrun with poison ivy. It is everywhere; a vine
has even wrapped abundantly around the tree that holds the end of the
clothesline so we can’t fix the rope pulley that is broken there. After a few
years of passively accepting that I can’t hang clothes on the line, or that
various family members get terrible rashes every summer, I’ve decided to do
something about the scourge.
I won’t ever use herbicides out of concern for health and the environment, so
I’ve been trying out various “down home” remedies.This one really works.
Simple Solution:
Before I tell you about what I’ve found that works, let me tell you of another
alternative solution to herbides: Goats! For some reason, Spanish and Angora
goat breeds absolutely love poison ivy. Make sure you get those particular
breeds; most others don’t like poison ivy for their main meal.I would love to
have goats, but my family won’t let me… !
Here is the homemade poison ivy vegetation killer spray that I’ve found is safe
and effective:
Poison Ivy Vegetation Killer
1 cup salt
8 drops liquid detergent
1 gallon vinegar
Combine the salt and vinegar in a pan and heat to dissolve the salt. Cool the
vinegar, add the detergent, and pour some of the liquid into a large spray
bottle.Spray the vegetation. (You can also just pour the mixture onto the
weeds.) Refill the spray bottle as necessary. Note that this formula will kill
all the vegetation, so make sure that you are only spraying the plants you want
to kill.If you need to use a lot of this spray, avoid spraying it near wells,
as the salt can leach into your water supply.
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