Homemade Remedy to Kill Poison Ivy
The three-leaved poison ivy plant can invade your yard. The plant causes a person’s skin to break out in a bumpy rash. Instead of spending a lot of money on a commercial weedkiller, you can make a natural solution with items around your home to kill the poison ivy. Removing the poison ivy plant from your yard naturally will protect the environment from dangerous chemicals.
Combine 4 cups of white vinegar with 1/4 cup of table salt in a spray bottle.
Add 1 tsp. of liquid dish soap to the solution.
- The three-leaved poison ivy plant can invade your yard.
- Instead of spending a lot of money on a commercial weedkiller, you can make a natural solution with items around your home to kill the poison ivy.
Shake the spray bottle to dissolve the salt.
Spray the homemade mixture onto the poison ivy plant. Cover the leaves and the soil around the poison ivy plant to ensure that you kill it. The soap helps the solution to stick to the weed, which will allow the salt and vinegar to soak into the plant and deprive it of moisture.
Spray the solution on the poison ivy daily. When it is dead, wear gloves to protect your hands, dig up the poison ivy and dispose of it.
Kill Poison Ivy With Bleach
Poison ivy is a nasty plant to have creeping around your yard. The solution is also very effective at treating irritations on the skin caused by contact with the plant. Obtain an empty plastic spray bottle. Add half a cup of hydrogen peroxide. Mix the solution together. Allow the salt to dissolve. Spray in large sweeping motions over the poison ivy.
- Poison ivy is a nasty plant to have creeping around your yard.
- Add half a cup of hydrogen peroxide.
Kill Poison Ivy With Bleach
Poison ivy is a nasty plant to have creeping around your yard. The solution is also very effective at treating irritations on the skin caused by contact with the plant. Obtain an empty plastic spray bottle. Add half a cup of hydrogen peroxide. Mix the solution together. Allow the salt to dissolve. Spray in large sweeping motions over the poison ivy.
- Poison ivy is a nasty plant to have creeping around your yard.
- Add half a cup of hydrogen peroxide.
Warning
The solution may kill other vegetation around the poison ivy.
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Warnings
- The solution may kill other vegetation around the poison ivy.
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Angela LaFollette holds a Bachelor of Arts in advertising with a minor in political science from Marshall University. LaFollette found her passion for writing during an internship as a reporter for "The West Virginia Standard" in 2007. She has more than six years of writing experience and specializes in topics in garden and pets.
