It looks like I picked up a 10 hour gig walking a property and marking Poison Ivy vines for later treatment with herbicide.
The property manager intends to paint the lower part of the Poison Ivy trunks with a mixture of diesel oil and triclopyr. By using a trim roller and only painting a strip of the stem, he can avoid killing the tree the vine is growing on.
He intends to do this after leaf-fall when there are fewer visitors to the property.
This is a good gig for me because I have the ability to identify Poison Ivy by its growth form, so even if it lost its leaves early I will still see a bunch of them.
The time estimate might go out the window because there is a LOT of P.I. on the property and I expect to tag one about every 90 seconds. I will need to be nimble and efficient. The plan is for me to tie fluorescent surveyor's tape to a stick near the vine. Pipe cleaners might be faster but are much less visible.
I'm lazy and a Hollander. I am lazier than I am Dutch. I would spring for the fluorescent spray paint.
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"The time estimate might go out the window "
ReplyDeleteSo what !!!!
It's a nice walk in the woods !!!
And no need to tip the caddy.
DeleteThat will keep you busy for a while!
ReplyDeleteI'd go with ground marking spray paint.
ReplyDeleteThey make extensions so you don't even have to bend over.
No, keep the sticks and tape.
ReplyDelete1. they're above ground, easier seen from a distance
2. audit your work, Sharpie a mark, tie a tape knot to show that location treated - multiple marks, multiple treatments
3. keep up till you know the location verified no new growth
There's a reason we hang flags/streamers on aircraft with their associated pins, locks, and covers. You can look at a distance and see what's going on.
Alan E.
The devil is in the details.
DeleteFirst order estimate of the number of PI vines is 10 per acre and there are 44 acres to be surveyed. The plan is to walk a parallel track search with the lines 15' apart.
440 paint marks large enough to see is a lot of paint. The tape comes in "hockey puck" sized packages that hold 150', so that is three hockey-pucks. Much easier and cleaner to carry than paint.
The utility marking paint has a lot of merit for marking the vines that get treated.
The points about being able to find targets while tooling along on a golf-cart is on-point. Bright tape at 5' elevation is about perfect.