Post #2567235
2026-05-14 19:11 UTC
@trachelipus@masto.ai UGH
UGH
Much commiseration
am thinking, would I want to use a synthetic tarp on poison ivy? Sure I want to kill it, but the whole thing about my use of tarps is that I reuse them over and over, and I don't want to worry about urushiol (?) on the tarps
BALES of plain cardboard on the baleful vine?
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@trachelipus@masto.ai 2026-05-15 00:01
@clew@ecoevo.social I've usually used large sheets of paper, (newspaper or butcher's paper,) with mulch over it. I don't see why cardboard wouldn't work too. The paper usually lasts a year or two, by which point the mulch is decomposing anyway. I add another layer of paper and more mulch if I want to continue suppressing plant growth in that spot. Eventually it all decomposes.