Yesterday while spraying my apple trees I stooped over and pulled a clump of grass from around the base of one of the trees using my left hand, this morning my entire hand is swollen and my fingers are swollen so badly I can't bend them. I suspected the problem was the grass clump so I went out to look around the tree and sure enough I spotted small sprouts of the evilest weed on Earth -POISON IVY!!!! I HATE this stuff and it obviously hates me! I am so susceptible to the stuff I am almost afraid to type the words poison ivy and this puffy swollen and extremely itchy hand is the reason why. Anyone else have this much problem with this diabolical scourge of the plant world?