 and then you go ahead and spray the roots as the poison ivy withers on the tree, it still ain't safe to pull it off with your bare hands, is it, because the oil is still on there? Right. Yeah, the oil will still be in there. If you're allergic to it, you need to hire somebody to do it. Believe it or not, there are some landscape companies that have people on their crews that are not allergic to poison ivy. It always amazes me.