While I've been hiking for 40+ years, I've either never contacted poison ivy or I'm not allergic. And I've gone through some thick brush and touched lots of trees. Having said that, you just taught me things I didn't know. I just avoided anything hanging or reddish in color. Great info! Just in time too as I, at 53, am going on my first overnighter in the woods next weekend! Thanks!
Read my mind. I can catch that stuff thinking its around. I swear I damn near went blind as a kid around a campfire, learned the hard way that you can catch it from smoke. When I watched the video that you'd put the hammock up in I was thinking, I wish he'd do a video on that. Wish granted! Another video in my favorites list! Thanks again Josh, I've already caught it once this year. You just salvaged my summer!
I live on the banks of the Chesapeake, it's our official plant. We have huge vines running up the sides old gum and locust trees. If you keep goats, they will clear it from your property. They love poison Ivy, plus they are hilarious creatures to have around.
Thank you for the explanation of the different vines.. especially the old one in winter, and not to burn it. My Aunt burned some once when we were cleaning up some woods near our home. It messed her up bad! Be careful peoples!
Keep in mind that even if you are not allergic to it now, our allergic sensitivities can change as we age. Someone who is not allergic can become so. Best just to avoid it and not find out. :)
Never had a reaction to poison ivy, the poison ivy we have here in this part of Maine is just a ground cover, it doesn't grow into vines that cling to trees, I am thankful for that.
I’m highly allergic, found out in Maryland while In the Navy. Two weeks SIQ and scars on my legs. Feet were so swollen I couldn’t put boots or flip flops on.
I'm definitely not allergic. I use to go to a campground which had these ALL OVER the place and not a single friggin' warning sing. I walked through somewhat carefully in shorts and sandals, knowing what it looked like, but I was busy hanging my tarp and no problem. Thanks for the info.
Nice, had 2 questions when you started. Fully informed now. Many thanks. A friend said you all got wet in AR. PS, dearly love short vids with great info.
Good video. Concise and informative. Thank you. Could you do one on making pine needle tea? Sorry if you already have but if not I’d really like to hear your thoughts on it. I’m sure many other subscribers would.
When I was growing up in NE Illinois I could spot Poison Ivy from a distance. We only had the ground variety. I was ALWAYS allergic to that stuff. Now I live somewhere that I don't have to deal with it.
My brother could almost roll around in the stuff as a kid in Ohio but after clearing a fence row and burning the ivy, which he inhaled, he now has an ugly reaction to it. Not life threatening but a true misery for him. He immediately sees a doc because it spreads on its own
I really appreciate a fellow Ohioan doing these great videos. I've seen this kind of Poison Ivy a lot. I also notice leaves that look like the red leaves of three growing straight out of the ground. I'm assuming that that is poison ivy, too.
Yea, this is true of any allergy. Even for things we know ourselves to have no allergy to, repeated exposure to it can result in one day becoming allergic. I suspect it is an immune response gone wrong. Perhaps even one triggered by something unrelated, but the body decides it is 'this strange substance' which is the likely cause.
My sophomore year in high school I had a biology teacher argue with me that I I'd the plant that I brought in as poison ivy and she said it wasn't because it has green seeds and not white and i would be broken out because i wasn't wearing gloves. Then she smelled it and ask were I got it from. Needless to say she was Highly allergic and missed 2 weeks When she came back she apologized to me. Funny how karma works hun. I became her favorite student afterwards. O and I am not Allergic .
I had a buddy who wiped his butt with poison ivy or sumac by accident and every time he went to the latrine you could hear him scream. Sad and hilarious at the same time 🙃
I am highly allergic to it and I actually have it right now. I know exactly what it looks like but I can get it just being near it, especially if I am sweating.
I have never had poison oak, (grew up where there is no poison ivy) I have handled it, cut down trees surrounded by it but I wont say I am immune because everyone I know who has, has come down with a case of it the next day. Good luck, I hope the curse passes you by. :-)
You certainly wouldn't want to dry those vines and build bonfires with them upwind from a camp of foreign invaders. The people in Geneva might call that unconventional.
Im not allergic either but a doctor told me that you could not be allergic then one day boom your'e allergic.I don't know if that's true or not but haven't been bothered by it in 58 yrs.
Just all I had in the area I was in. The stuff growing out of the ground is part of a vine also if you aren’t allergic and take the time to trace it out.
I'm well versed about the vines. The giant cottonwood trees behind where I grew up had them, some as big around as baseball bats. As for on the ground, I didn't realize they were a ground vine. I'm not going to explore that because I am allergic 😣. I never was, and then one day I would almost breakout from the sight of it (I'm guessing from daily exposure). I swear though that it could also grow as a shrub. I've never seen one though.
Jeff Thompson all possibilities, the only ones I have seen coming out of the ground were small runner vines. Doesn’t mean there aren’t others by any means.
Poison ivy doesnt do a thing to me. poison oak does for some reason though but not really that bad. Now poison sumac, especially w/e variety grows down in fort polk, it actually really effs me up. I did a test where I took all three, and marked separate location on my arm with them, and the ivy nothing, the oak a slight itchy rash, and the sumac well it scabbed up pretty good and burned and itched lol Probably not the best method to go about that but at least now I know. Also, man, down in fort polk, jrtc, theres just these huge pockets of oak, and it was wet one day, and we had to do a movement through there and my pants got soaked.. yea with the poison oak, that ended up doing a number on my legs. But yea still poison ivy, doesnt do anything to me. Idk th science behind that but there ya go lol
Grumpy Grunt don’t know if this is true or not...maybe someone can reply....but I’ve heard that once you are allergic to poison ivy honeysuckle can cause same reaction. I love to make honeysuckle tea!!!!
Every year someone comes to my garden and takes all my flowers in spring time. This year they also cut all my roses down. Left me with nothing. It's so unfair. Can I paint some of this oil on my stems? Does anyone have any recommendations? Its not fair that I work so hard in my garden to have someone come make full flower arrangements. The person even pinched all the other flower bulbs when they left on purpose so that I would have nothing. I mind my own business. I have never even had any altercations with any neighbor. Thanks! I need a booby trap suggestion.
@@kevinonthedrums7495 I already called the Police. I live in a liberal, sanctuary city. The police said they wouldn't do anything unless the value was over $800 dollars. That I would be on my own and would have to identify them myself, serve them, and take them to court.
Man, I can't believe this guy is going to put his hammock on the same tree with poison ivy! HA! Just kidding! Thanks for the chemical warfare tip on don't gas yourself with poison ivy smoke.
I'm a simple man. I get a notification of a new GBGB video. I hit like. I learn. Keep up the fire.👍
While I've been hiking for 40+ years, I've either never contacted poison ivy or I'm not allergic. And I've gone through some thick brush and touched lots of trees. Having said that, you just taught me things I didn't know. I just avoided anything hanging or reddish in color. Great info! Just in time too as I, at 53, am going on my first overnighter in the woods next weekend! Thanks!
Enjoy it! The woods are where we belong
Great point about PI as a tinder. It works just like birch bark, but one whiff and you're in a world of hurt. Best to leave it alone.
Been making the same point about "leaves of three" and "milky sap" for decades. Plenty of useful plants with either of those characteristics.
Read my mind. I can catch that stuff thinking its around. I swear I damn near went blind as a kid around a campfire, learned the hard way that you can catch it from smoke. When I watched the video that you'd put the hammock up in I was thinking, I wish he'd do a video on that. Wish granted! Another video in my favorites list! Thanks again Josh, I've already caught it once this year. You just salvaged my summer!
Great video. I am one to go for walks and hikes in wooded areas. Now I know what to look for. Great educational video.
I live on the banks of the Chesapeake, it's our official plant. We have huge vines running up the sides old gum and locust trees. If you keep goats, they will clear it from your property. They love poison Ivy, plus they are hilarious creatures to have around.
@1:02 yikes, looks like those two fireflies got a spark goin ;) aahh, springtime is in the air. lol
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Seriously sir, I have needed this for so long!!!!!! VERY USEFUL!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the explanation of the different vines.. especially the old one in winter, and not to burn it. My Aunt burned some once when we were cleaning up some woods near our home. It messed her up bad! Be careful peoples!
Keep in mind that even if you are not allergic to it now, our allergic sensitivities can change as we age. Someone who is not allergic can become so. Best just to avoid it and not find out. :)
Texas Hillbilly certainly true if you have aged without being around it, or had significant health issues! Thanks for the info.
Thanks. Leaves of 3. I learned something new. Blessings!
THANKS SIR, ALWAYS GREAT INFO. I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY, AGAIN,,BIG THANKS.
Thanks
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Never had a reaction to poison ivy, the poison ivy we have here in this part of Maine is just a ground cover, it doesn't grow into vines that cling to trees, I am thankful for that.
Thanks for sharing very helpful
Amazing what I learn on your channel!! I had know idea what it looks like in the winter. Thanks
Thank you, that was very well
explained . I appreciate the lesson. 😊
Very informative thank you
Thank you!
Joshua, thanks for sharing, always great content. Atb brother !
Just healing up from exposure to it. Thanks for the info!
hey another awesome video very informative
Thanks for this info 👍
Whoa, I just thought Poison Ivy was the red-headed super villain from Batman! This changes everything! All kidding aside, great video as always!
Very good. Thank you very much
Thanks for the video. I am allergic to poison ivy and learned the leaves of three let it be, when I was a boy.
Fortunately, I'm not allergic. My wife is and she gets it every spring. Good tip about burning it. Or rather not burning it.
I’m highly allergic, found out in Maryland while In the Navy. Two weeks SIQ and scars on my legs. Feet were so swollen I couldn’t put boots or flip flops on.
I'm definitely not allergic. I use to go to a campground which had these ALL OVER the place and not a single friggin' warning sing. I walked through somewhat carefully in shorts and sandals, knowing what it looked like, but I was busy hanging my tarp and no problem. Thanks for the info.
Thanks Josh! Always good refresher info
Nice, had 2 questions when you started. Fully informed now. Many thanks. A friend said you all got wet in AR. PS, dearly love short vids with great info.
Good stuff!
Good video. Concise and informative. Thank you.
Could you do one on making pine needle tea? Sorry if you already have but if not I’d really like to hear your thoughts on it. I’m sure many other subscribers would.
Sounds like a good one
Liked before watched as always thaks fella! Have a great long weekend
When I was growing up in NE Illinois I could spot Poison Ivy from a distance. We only had the ground variety. I was ALWAYS allergic to that stuff. Now I live somewhere that I don't have to deal with it.
Thank you.
Ahhhh...poison ivy, NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Thanks (scratch) for the(scratch) Info on (scratch) poison ivy (scratch), J.
had no idea poison ivy looked that way in the winter thanks man
👍thank you.. I'll make sure i don't use that to wipe with...LOL
My brother could almost roll around in the stuff as a kid in Ohio but after clearing a fence row and burning the ivy, which he inhaled, he now has an ugly reaction to it. Not life threatening but a true misery for him. He immediately sees a doc because it spreads on its own
great info, thank you!
I really appreciate a fellow Ohioan doing these great videos. I've seen this kind of Poison Ivy a lot. I also notice leaves that look like the red leaves of three growing straight out of the ground. I'm assuming that that is poison ivy, too.
It is, and if you aren’t allergic and dog around a little and trace them you will usually find they are actually on a vine growing across the ground
Im allergic to oak, ivy, and sumac. Had my first run in with creeper that two scars on my forehead. That crap is no joke
I didn’t use to allergic to poison ivy. In my older age I somehow have become allergic. Be advised human bodies are weird and change.
Yea, this is true of any allergy. Even for things we know ourselves to have no allergy to, repeated exposure to it can result in one day becoming allergic. I suspect it is an immune response gone wrong. Perhaps even one triggered by something unrelated, but the body decides it is 'this strange substance' which is the likely cause.
If weather permits getting poison ivy ment a good day at the beach to help get rid of it. Works everytime.
good
thats real cool thanksyou. it turns out my one cousin is immune to nettle
nice video .I just want to say What doesn't kill you makes you stronger ..Nowadays people are soft way too soft ..
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The key to identifying poison ivy is the center leaf has a stem!
For me poison ivy is in the same category as CS gas .... MISERY !☠️😢
Poisen ivy in the lungs sounds like a really bad time. I'm pretty sure I am not allergic but knowing what to stay away from is always a good thing
Thank goodness.. not allergic. Great info though
I seriously just got done with a trail run where I encountered some.
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would be of great help to many who do not know English upload subtitles in Spanish I would really appreciate it, sir
I think UA-cam handles the subtitles and I am not sure how they handle other languages
My sophomore year in high school I had a biology teacher argue with me that I I'd the plant that I brought in as poison ivy and she said it wasn't because it has green seeds and not white and i would be broken out because i wasn't wearing gloves. Then she smelled it and ask were I got it from. Needless to say she was Highly allergic and missed 2 weeks When she came back she apologized to me. Funny how karma works hun. I became her favorite student afterwards. O and I am not Allergic .
I had a buddy who wiped his butt with poison ivy or sumac by accident and every time he went to the latrine you could hear him scream. Sad and hilarious at the same time 🙃
Haha. I remember my wife telling me that she wasn’t allergic to poison ivy. I also remember the first time she got a rash from it...😂
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A R even R rated ones!!!! LOL! Love the sense of humor!!!!
3 leaves and shiny is bad for the hiney.
I am highly allergic to it and I actually have it right now. I know exactly what it looks like but I can get it just being near it, especially if I am sweating.
I have never had poison oak, (grew up where there is no poison ivy) I have handled it, cut down trees surrounded by it but I wont say I am immune because everyone I know who has, has come down with a case of it the next day. Good luck, I hope the curse passes you by. :-)
Still good so far, was handling it today teaching it on a plant walk
You certainly wouldn't want to dry those vines and build bonfires with them upwind from a camp of foreign invaders. The people in Geneva might call that unconventional.
… "a really, really bad day"... hahaha
Im not allergic either but a doctor told me that you could not be allergic then one day boom your'e allergic.I don't know if that's true or not but haven't been bothered by it in 58 yrs.
It can happen that way but it has never happened with me so far. I’m in it every day. Just handled some today teaching on a plant walk
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I'm wondering why you only covered the vine variety?
Just all I had in the area I was in. The stuff growing out of the ground is part of a vine also if you aren’t allergic and take the time to trace it out.
I'm well versed about the vines. The giant cottonwood trees behind where I grew up had them, some as big around as baseball bats. As for on the ground, I didn't realize they were a ground vine. I'm not going to explore that because I am allergic 😣. I never was, and then one day I would almost breakout from the sight of it (I'm guessing from daily exposure).
I swear though that it could also grow as a shrub. I've never seen one though.
Jeff Thompson all possibilities, the only ones I have seen coming out of the ground were small runner vines. Doesn’t mean there aren’t others by any means.
Poison ivy doesnt do a thing to me. poison oak does for some reason though but not really that bad. Now poison sumac, especially w/e variety grows down in fort polk, it actually really effs me up. I did a test where I took all three, and marked separate location on my arm with them, and the ivy nothing, the oak a slight itchy rash, and the sumac well it scabbed up pretty good and burned and itched lol Probably not the best method to go about that but at least now I know. Also, man, down in fort polk, jrtc, theres just these huge pockets of oak, and it was wet one day, and we had to do a movement through there and my pants got soaked.. yea with the poison oak, that ended up doing a number on my legs. But yea still poison ivy, doesnt do anything to me. Idk th science behind that but there ya go lol
I just look at that 🤬 and I break out with it.
Grumpy Grunt don’t know if this is true or not...maybe someone can reply....but I’ve heard that once you are allergic to poison ivy honeysuckle can cause same reaction. I love to make honeysuckle tea!!!!
Every year someone comes to my garden and takes all my flowers in spring time. This year they also cut all my roses down. Left me with nothing. It's so unfair. Can I paint some of this oil on my stems? Does anyone have any recommendations? Its not fair that I work so hard in my garden to have someone come make full flower arrangements. The person even pinched all the other flower bulbs when they left on purpose so that I would have nothing. I mind my own business. I have never even had any altercations with any neighbor. Thanks! I need a booby trap suggestion.
You don't need to make this difficult. Set up a security camera and then file a police report.
@@kevinonthedrums7495 I already called the Police. I live in a liberal, sanctuary city. The police said they wouldn't do anything unless the value was over $800 dollars. That I would be on my own and would have to identify them myself, serve them, and take them to court.
Hopefully you get to the bottom of it. Pretty certain I am not allowed to give booby trap suggestions on a public forum though
Lol apparently an aphrodisiac for bugs 😰
And a couple of bugs doing something thats probably not pg13 xD
Simple enough ! What would you rate that if not PG 13 ? Lol hmmmm?
I am going to test if I am allergic now. Jk
Man, I can't believe this guy is going to put his hammock on the same tree with poison ivy! HA! Just kidding! Thanks for the chemical warfare tip on don't gas yourself with poison ivy smoke.