I live in upstate NY.
I have never had poison ivy and have been in the area of it planty of times where other people have all got it and I was fine.
I was recently doing some yard work and pulling some vines off of my fence as well as ripping up a ton of creepy charlie from my garden.
Over the last few days I've developed some very itchy spots as well as a small rash. Trying to figure out so I know how to better handle on the future.
I've also pulled these before but didn't experience many issues.
by Ok-Measurement1259
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Yes, it’s poison ivy
“Leaves of three, let it be”
Agreed, poison ivy.
The best trick I ever learned was that alcohol inactivates the urushiol, which causes the rash. Have a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol around or, in a pinch you can use hand sanitizer.
Be cautious because if you start getting sensitized to it, you can get MORE sensitized and react more if you touch it later.
Yes
I spray it with brush killer. My wife puts on heavy rubber gloves and pulls it up, then washes everything that touched it.