FWIW I've never done the mechanical removal part as I'm extremely allergic. I spray it two or three times during the summer and let Ma Nature decay the vines away. Second year I still do a spot check just to be sure. IIRC the oil in the dead vegetation is no longer viable after about a year. Just respect the dead stuff the same way you do the green stuff during that year.

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