Wild Parsnip – Beware

  • robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
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    July 10, 2008 at 9:14 pm #698058

    Great recap and tips Scott!

    Congrats again on a excellent tourney!

    Pete Bauer
    Stillwater, MN
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    July 10, 2008 at 9:25 pm #698060

    Very Cool Scott, Congratulations again!

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
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    July 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm #698061

    THAT was a very, very cool video.

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
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    July 14, 2011 at 5:45 pm #207061

    It’s all-out war on those things at my place. Talk about invasive species…..holy hannah have they overgrown in a few short years. Worse than buckthorn or others in my mind, is that the stuff is like 6 foot high Poison Ivy!

    I brushed up against some the other day and got two tic-tac sized blisters from barely touching it. They burn!

    Filling a tank of roundup and getting after it soon.

    Here’s a pic for reference – stay away when going out to hang stands this summer guys.

    Joel

    bob_bergeson
    cannon falls
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    July 14, 2011 at 6:50 pm #107345

    Thanks Joel I have an over abundance of it this year I wish the deer would eat it

    prieser
    Byron, MN
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    July 14, 2011 at 8:03 pm #107341

    As soon as it turns yellow, STAY AWAY. It can seriously leave scars from the poison inside the plant. I’m not sure if prescribed burns even gets rid of it. Pretty harty weed for sure.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
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    July 14, 2011 at 9:19 pm #107347

    I have noticed the ditches just full of the stuff. How long does the reaction last? I have had ivy a hundred times including a 3+ week bout this summer but never parsnip. I heard about it years ago and give it a wide berth like ivy and nettles.

    hangartner
    fayette,iowa
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    July 15, 2011 at 1:10 am #107352

    the burn lasts for weeks, but the scaring can go on for years, continuing to fester and break open

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
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    July 15, 2011 at 12:52 pm #107361

    we call it “poison parsnip” and that stuff is nasty.
    i am hyper sensitive to poison ivy but parsnip is worse.
    good thing is it’s easy to spot and it seems like it only grows in ditches down this way.

    tarcar
    Posts: 27
    July 15, 2011 at 2:13 pm #107363

    Wild Parsnip gets you when the plant breaks and the juice inside touches your skin. It is a “photo-sensitive” meaning when UV light hits the infected part it causes the reaction. If infected part is not covered it will react with the light, blister, fester hurt, and scar. We called it creeping crud when we were kids as the wounds would fill with pus, burst and spread. The BEST way to really get rid of it on your property is not through spraying with chemicals unless the plants are young and growing, but by wearing long sleeves, long pants, and gloves and pulling the weeds by hand. I have done acres of the stuff by hand and it sucks, but is effective.
    http://www.extension.umn.edu/horse/components/pdfs/FactSheets/FS_Wild%20Parsnip_3-8-07.pdf

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
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    July 15, 2011 at 2:15 pm #107364

    Quote:

    the burn lasts for weeks, but the scaring can go on for years, continuing to fester and break open

    Oh my f’ing god! Sounds like ivy on steroids. I hope I never get it.

    hooknfinger
    Rochester, Minnesota
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    July 15, 2011 at 5:32 pm #107372

    I am prety sure I got into this stuff a few weekends ago at my cabin when I was trimming weeds, I still have spots all over my arms. It didnt hurt at all but more or less itched. Some of them have broke open leaving scars. Nasty stuff for sure, just need to think of good story to tell about the scars other then I lost a fight with a weed.

    prieser
    Byron, MN
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    July 15, 2011 at 7:09 pm #107378

    Quote:

    wounds would fill with pus, burst and spread

    Thats the problem with it, it’s the gift that keeps on giving

    TomLester
    Buffalo MN
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    July 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm #107441

    I have never gotten poison ivy but did get into this the other day. IT IS TERRIBLE! I had blisters all over both arms and have turned to look like burn scars. The DR said I will have them for two years. I have herd that there is nothing that you can spray on them and if you burn it, it comes back twice as bad. The only way to get rid of it is by pulling it by hand and making sure you get the root.

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