you have to pull it..the roots are runners, but come up fairly easily..pull..pull..pulll..then go back at it when it reappears..you can eradicate it in 2 seasons if you keep at it. not what you wanted to hear, probably, but that's how i got rid of mine. donna

Donna,
I'm just grateful to have someone say that it can be eradicated without herbicides and that low tech worked for them.
Ann

I have also heard that if you keep pulling or cutting it back and then allow it to form a single new leaf---you will need precious little herbicide to finish the roots. The idea being the plant is starving for sunlight from the constant pulling and cutting and then when it finally gets that first leaf it is very dependant on it for survival. A small bit of herbicide to that single leaf will finish the plant.

Now I dont claim to be a scientist....but I did use this method with English Ivy and it worked. YMMV

:o)

Ronda

I got rid of it in Hixson by pulling and pulling and pulling and pulling. I finally got it down to two "roots", the mother plants and then worked on them with a weed stick. It took several seasons and a certain amount of obsession.

Ditto. I've been fighting to reclaim my big hill from the junk that grew after the builders cleared it. I spend every winter pulling up every thorny viney invasive thing I don't want. I admit I let the honey suckle go a bit because I do like it, but I cut it back as soon as it blooms. Now that the pine trees we planted are taking over and shading everything, it's getting a bit better.

Frankly I'd rather have poison ivy than virginia creeper or these freaking brambles I have. It's easier to get rid of.