Poison Ivy for sale?

**dukedogsmom** · 10-06-2005, 08:11 PM

I've got poison oak in our woods. It spreads like crazy, though. Too bad you just can't nuke the horrible neighbors. I know you've been throgh way too much with them.

**Scooby4** · 10-07-2005, 08:54 AM

Karen there is such a plant that was imported to the United States from Japan. It is an "Ivy" type plant. I forgot the name of it (Japanese ????Kudzu?). It was brought over for some kind of "weed control" or other similar property. It is NOT poisonous.
However, something went seriously wrong. The plant outgrew it's containment and is OUT of control. It takes over EVERYTHING and is nearly impossible to kill. You will see it pretty prevalent on the side of the road here in the South. It is spreading soo fast that nothing can be done. Entire forrested areas are covered in it choking the other plants and killing them.

I wouldn't recommend planting this stuff. It is a nightmare and may be illegal now to plant in other states. Certain plants are restricted believe it or not.

**Karen** · 10-07-2005, 08:59 AM

It is kudzu. People often don't think about consequences when they introduce non-native plant species. I know Florida also spends tons of money every year clearing water hyacinth out of canals and waterways it otherwise chokes to unnavigability, destroying animal habitats and native plants as well.

**LKPike** · 10-07-2005, 09:50 AM

theres one area of east tennessee that was nothing but kudzu it seemed. I haven't been there in years but would be interesting to know if they did anything.

my mom told me she has some pi in her yard

I told her we'd be more than happy to take care of it for her. planting it next to their fence that faces woods, instead of next to ours.

**lv4dogs** · 10-07-2005, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by LKPike

planting it next to their fence that faces woods, instead of next to ours.

Like others have mentioned pi grows fast & spreads all over. If you plant it near you at all it will come into your yard.

If they throw things in that area then they probably don't step there do they? So what good would PI or a pricker bush do anyways?

I'd just report them. Dumping is illegal.

**jackie** · 10-07-2005, 01:21 PM

Wouldn't doing something like that just create more tension with your neighbor? Sorry, it does not sound like a good idea.

I have a INSANE neighbor as well, this summer I had two operations on my knee, so walking the dogs was a huge problem. I couple of times I took them out without a leash, and she went crazy, even knowing the reason why they were leash-less From that day on I have just ignored her. She just got more and more irate to the point she came up to me when my family was on holiday and started screaming how she was going to report me, then went door to door trying to get me kicked out of the complex. I told my boyfriend what had happened, he want calmly to the door, spoke to her husband and told him if his wife ever came up to me again, I would got to the police station report her, and the next step would be getting a restraining order. One of my other neighbors backed me up, and she realized she could have a big problem on her hand. I could have done horrible things to her ,they only use their bungalow as a weekend home, so I would have all week to post prawns and cockroaches through the mailbox. But at the end of the day being calm and rational worked much better.

**LKPike** · 10-07-2005, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by jackie

But at the end of the day being calm and rational worked much better.

sorry, after we went through about 800$ worth of vet bills thanks to them, and after we spent 1400$ for a new chainlink fence to keep our puppers safe, they began throwing trash, dead birds & etc, over the fence - causing us to spend an additional 1800$ for a privacy fence on one side of the yard. that still didn't stop her and her kids from screaming 4 letter obscenities and harrassing us when we go into our front yard.

currently they are claiming my husband hit their fence causing major damage. yet theres no dent or scratch on his vehicle and I did not, neither did any other neighbor, hear or see the huge bang and drag sound that simple *bleep* says she heard. She also didn't call police, which is what any other person would do if it'd actually happened to them.

I'm PIing their yard.

In addition to calling police and filing a report if they continue to hound my husband about the fence.

**Ally Cat's Mommy** · 10-10-2005, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by LKPike

planting it next to their fence that faces woods, instead of next to ours.

I can sympathise re the bad neighbours, but I have a HUGE problem with anyone deliberatly planting an INVASIVE species - and it's made even worse by the fact that you are planning to plant it close to the WOODS? Why would you knowingly endanger a natural habitat?