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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: poison ivy and boston ferns
Message-ID: <745@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 16:59:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 16:59:22 1985
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In article <6700004@prism.UUCP> dawn@prism.UUCP writes:
>
>	My mother once observed that you can not find poison ivy growing near
>	these ferns in the woods-- maybe planting some of them in your garden
>	would kill off the poison ivy! :-)
>
	Well, *maybe*. If I remember my eastern forests right, this is
likely due to differences in light requirements. Poison Ivy requires a
good bit more light than the fern, and the fern probably will not grow
well in open sunlight(where p.i. grows quite well).
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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