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A cash crop for what? What sells, why, and to whom?

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
It was a joke. It is everywhere. I once did a photo essay of a local abandoned insane asylum. Some of the buildings are covered with poison ivy, like English ivy (often, both). Looks pretty in the fall, though. ProTip: Don't burn it.
- onemoresoop 4y ago
  > ProTip: Don't burn it. What happens when you do? Toxic?
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    Oh, yeah. Makes mustard gas look like potpourri. I know a couple of landscapers that ended up in the hospital, because a few strands of poison ivy ended up in some brush they were burning (which they shouldn't have been, anyway).
  - stirfish 4y ago
    You basically get poison ivy (as smoke) in your eyes/hair/lungs/everywhere
    - duskwuff 4y ago
      "Lungs" being the really nasty part. Inhaling smoke from burning poison ivy can be fatal. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35703240/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35703240/
    - micahdeath 4y ago
      Some have swollen up like a balloon after breathing it from someone else burning it a few acres over.
  - marymkearney 4y ago
    Happened to me once. Big public bonfire. Poison ivy rash inside the mouth and down the throat. Hellish. Also if you buy firewood, give it a once-over before tossing it into your firepit, fireplace, or campfire.
  - IanCal 4y ago
    If I understand correctly the problematic thing is urushiol which can withstand high temperatures. So all you do is fling this extremely horrible stuff into your lungs.
  - acdha 4y ago
    Basically you need an incinerator to actually burn it - otherwise you’re just spreading it airborne. I know someone who had an older relative who did this back in the 1950s — they did a bunch of yard work, and figured they’d burn the waste. It turned out that this was a popular laundry day in the neighborhood when most houses had things drying on the line. After the third or fourth neighbor mentioned the mysterious rash, they realized what they’d done but wisely kept the secret for years.
- debacle 4y ago
  Don't weed whack or mow it either. Use shears and/or high concentrate vinegar. And if you are sensitive, find a friend that isn't.

It was a joke. It is everywhere. I once did a photo essay of a local abandoned insane asylum. Some of the buildings are covered with poison ivy, like English ivy (often, both). Looks pretty in the fall, though. ProTip: Don't burn it.

onemoresoop 4y ago
> ProTip: Don't burn it. What happens when you do? Toxic?
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
  Oh, yeah. Makes mustard gas look like potpourri. I know a couple of landscapers that ended up in the hospital, because a few strands of poison ivy ended up in some brush they were burning (which they shouldn't have been, anyway).
- stirfish 4y ago
  You basically get poison ivy (as smoke) in your eyes/hair/lungs/everywhere
  - duskwuff 4y ago
    "Lungs" being the really nasty part. Inhaling smoke from burning poison ivy can be fatal. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35703240/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35703240/
  - micahdeath 4y ago
    Some have swollen up like a balloon after breathing it from someone else burning it a few acres over.
- marymkearney 4y ago
  Happened to me once. Big public bonfire. Poison ivy rash inside the mouth and down the throat. Hellish. Also if you buy firewood, give it a once-over before tossing it into your firepit, fireplace, or campfire.
- IanCal 4y ago
  If I understand correctly the problematic thing is urushiol which can withstand high temperatures. So all you do is fling this extremely horrible stuff into your lungs.
- acdha 4y ago
  Basically you need an incinerator to actually burn it - otherwise you’re just spreading it airborne. I know someone who had an older relative who did this back in the 1950s — they did a bunch of yard work, and figured they’d burn the waste. It turned out that this was a popular laundry day in the neighborhood when most houses had things drying on the line. After the third or fourth neighbor mentioned the mysterious rash, they realized what they’d done but wisely kept the secret for years.
debacle 4y ago
Don't weed whack or mow it either. Use shears and/or high concentrate vinegar. And if you are sensitive, find a friend that isn't.