No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Poison IVY AND DEET #6594689
08/14/19 05:29 PM
08/14/19 05:29 PM
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,928
NY
Canvasback2 Offline OP
trapper
Canvasback2  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,928
NY
Well, tried a little experiment to see if it was really true. So, I sprayed a 3 x 3 section of Poison Ivy with 25 % DEET , to see if it would kill the Poison Ivy. Did that yesterday. Took a look at it a few minutes ago. That section of Poison IVY is flattened to the ground , brown and burned up. Looks like it had been hit with a Flame Thrower !

Anyone know if that stuff will kill down to the roots?

Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Canvasback2] #6594708
08/14/19 05:52 PM
08/14/19 05:52 PM
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,097
South Ga - Almost Florida
S
Swamp Wolf Offline
trapper
Swamp Wolf  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,097
South Ga - Almost Florida
...and folks put it on their skin....


Thank God For Your Blessings!
Never Half-Arse Anything!

Resource Protection Service

Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Canvasback2] #6594713
08/14/19 05:59 PM
08/14/19 05:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,958
St. Louis Co, Mo
B
BigBob Offline
trapper
BigBob  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,958
St. Louis Co, Mo
Kinda spendy for a weed killer, now if will clear up a dose of PI that quickly....


Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.

Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.

Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Canvasback2] #6594714
08/14/19 05:59 PM
08/14/19 05:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,799
Greene County,Virginia
R
run Online sick
trapper
run  Online Sick
trapper
R

Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,799
Greene County,Virginia
Thanks, canvasback. Now I know what to use it on.


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Swamp Wolf] #6595146
08/15/19 08:30 AM
08/15/19 08:30 AM
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,177
Albany, NY
B
bobsheedy Offline
trapper
bobsheedy  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,177
Albany, NY
Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
...and folks put it on their skin....


2X

Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Canvasback2] #6595167
08/15/19 09:04 AM
08/15/19 09:04 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 62,657
Minnesota
330-Trapper Offline

trapper
330-Trapper  Offline

trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 62,657
Minnesota
I dont know about the root kill, but thats wild.


NRA and NTA Life Member
www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com




Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Canvasback2] #6595976
08/16/19 02:30 PM
08/16/19 02:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 577
robertson co ky
S
sako22 Offline
trapper
sako22  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 577
robertson co ky
Regular OFF bug spray will kill grass dead!. Where I sit outside in the backyard and spray my lower legs the grass is dead in a circle around where my feet rest

Re: Poison IVY AND DEET [Re: Canvasback2] #6595983
08/16/19 02:43 PM
08/16/19 02:43 PM
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,520
Champaign County, Ohio.
K
KeithC Offline
trapper
KeithC  Offline
trapper
K

Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,520
Champaign County, Ohio.
I would guess the ethanol and isopropyl myristate in bug repellents are what kills plants, not the tiny amount of deet.

Keith

Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread