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Re: Canada Thistle - Oofda
[Re: run]
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06/16/21 10:57 PM
06/16/21 10:57 PM
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Central, SD
Law Dog
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Central, SD
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At least sharp hoes don't kill fish, unless you are a caveman. Years ago they dug the roots out that sounds like some hard caveman type of work.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Canada Thistle - Oofda
[Re: DakotaBoy]
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06/16/21 11:44 PM
06/16/21 11:44 PM
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Kansas
Pawnee
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Kansas
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A pint, a pound, and a pinch!!
Pint of 2-4-D
A pound of Atrazine
A pinch of (Ally) 1/16 of a oz/ac
Add pint of Dicamba too
Last edited by Pawnee; 06/16/21 11:45 PM.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Canada Thistle - Oofda
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/17/21 06:53 AM
06/17/21 06:53 AM
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Greene County,Virginia
run
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Greene County,Virginia
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At least sharp hoes don't kill fish, unless you are a caveman. Years ago they dug the roots out that sounds like some hard caveman type of work. Nice comeback.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: Canada Thistle - Oofda
[Re: DakotaBoy]
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06/17/21 10:38 AM
06/17/21 10:38 AM
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Oregon
beaverpeeler
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As many know, I have a certified organic farm and canadian thistle is one of my worst nightmares. Hoes are no good against them as all the plants you see are interconnected below ground. When they are in my perennials I sometimes will wait until they are almost flowering and after a good watering pull them out. I will get about 10" or more of tap root Which just slows them down a little. They'll be back.
My best strategy has been to use heavy duty weed barrier fabric. We also plant heavy cover/smother crops in rotation to try to control.
IN closing, I have been on the same piece of ground all 64 years of my life and still am fighting the same thistle plants that I inherited from my dad who retired in 1976.
We do have organic contact herbicides based on fatty acids. They do a top burn but are no better than hoeing as the tap root will send up another 2-3 shoots immediately.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Canada Thistle - Oofda
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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06/17/21 11:30 AM
06/17/21 11:30 AM
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Greene County,Virginia
run
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As many know, I have a certified organic farm and canadian thistle is one of my worst nightmares. Hoes are no good against them as all the plants you see are interconnected below ground. When they are in my perennials I sometimes will wait until they are almost flowering and after a good watering pull them out. I will get about 10" or more of tap root Which just slows them down a little. They'll be back.
My best strategy has been to use heavy duty weed barrier fabric. We also plant heavy cover/smother crops in rotation to try to control.
IN closing, I have been on the same piece of ground all 64 years of my life and still am fighting the same thistle plants that I inherited from my dad who retired in 1976.
We do have organic contact herbicides based on fatty acids. They do a top burn but are no better than hoeing as the tap root will send up another 2-3 shoots immediately. Thanks for sharing.
wanna be goat farmer.
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