Can you chip up Ivy

[Glenn123]

Hi I no sounds stupid but can you chip up large amount of Ivy and put it through a chipper 

[Khriss]

Well- yes , if its clean and yr not bothered abt yr lungs from the dust , K

[Mick Dempsey]

Of course! If you’ve pulled it off a wall however there may be plaster in it.

 

Off a tree it’s fine.

[Will Heal]

You can, just feed in long bits as normal, and use a push stick to feed in tangled and short bits

[Glenn123]

That was great thanks guys I just wasn't shore if it would do anything to the chipper much appreciated ???

[ABtrees]

Hi Glenn.  Just a note of caution when cut it gives off chemicals that can cause serious irritation (skin and lungs) English Ivy poisoning.  Info link below:

 

https://healthyliving.azcentral.com/treatment-and-symptoms-of-english-ivy-rash-12316341.html

 

Had a bad case of it last year - bad for a week or more - problems breathing, couldn't eat because I couldn't swallow - really unpleasant but hey on the upside lost nearly 1/2 a stone !!!  Oh yeah there's NO treatment/cure - you just have to sit it out !

[Steve Bullman]

4 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

Hi Glenn.  Just a note of caution when cut it gives off chemicals that can cause serious irritation (skin and lungs) English Ivy poisoning.  Info link below:

 

https://healthyliving.azcentral.com/treatment-and-symptoms-of-english-ivy-rash-12316341.html

 

Had a bad case of it last year - bad for a week or more - problems breathing, couldn't eat because I couldn't swallow - really unpleasant but hey on the upside lost nearly 1/2 a stone !!!  Oh yeah there's NO treatment/cure - you just have to sit it out !

How have I never heard of this before?

[Rough Hewn]

Hmmmm.
Not sure that's true.
Been rolling in ivy since I was a kid.

[ABtrees]

56 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Hmmmm.
Not sure that's true.
Been rolling in ivy since I was a kid.

Unfortunately it is very real - it took me 2 or 3 days took work out what it was.  That said, I am sure that like any allergic reaction it will affect different people to a greater or lesser extent.  Rolling around in it wouldn't necessarily have the same effect - it releases these chemicals when cut (which is why I thought to post - chipping ?!!!!).  I think the circumstances are also crucial (as I have posted before on this).  I was working on a hot day and was in a confined space with the cut material. Both things (I found out later) you absolutely shouldn't do !!!  It started with a tickly cough then my throat closed up and by day 2 it became genuinely too painful to swallow and (happily for some !) I lost my voice. It took about 10 days to go completely.

[Khriss]

Nope-never come across that. Thought it was a yank thing. Unless you unluckily have a patch of Non Native Invasive, k