Northwestern IL. I’m not sure if I touched any before noticing
by comfortless14
Northwestern IL. I’m not sure if I touched any before noticing
by comfortless14
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Yeah all 3 🙁
Yes, all the plants with 3 leaves. but not the bigger plant that has 5 leaves, that’s Virginia creeper
Yup, the big center one is poison ivy.
You can go with leaves of three and the oily sheen, but my give away is the center leaf is usually symmetrical and the side leaves are asymmetrical and look like mittens. Dead give away for poison ivy.
Since you aren’t sure if you may have touched any, the best protocol is to wash any exposed skin with dish soap and *cold* water. Dish soap cuts oils, which is what people are reacting to when they react to poison ivy.
You can also toss any clothes you’ve been wearing into the wash if there’s any chance they’ve come into contact with the plant and/or you may have transferred oils from your hands to your cloths.
It typically takes between 4 to 6 hours to react to ivy, so you have time to prevent one if you act fairly soon after coming into contact with it.
Diesel. Soak them all in diesel. Then, do it again.