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| Paulette Rees-Denis |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 9:30:01 PM
OK, I am now the thistle queen, they have overtaken my veggie and flower gardens...any organic advice besides hands and knees and body armor?
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| CherryMeDarlin |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 09:00:04 AM
Thistle is my kryptonite! I can't get anywhere near it because I'm allergic to it like most people are to poison ivy or oak. Hurts like the dickens, welps me up and swells horribly for days. I once brushed up against it accidentally and it hurt so bad, I started crying like a baby, and the hubs tossed me in the freezing cold pool! That actually helped, so now if I happen to get too close, I put a freezer pack on it and that takes some of the sting away. But the way I get rid of it is to use the hubs. 
~~Cherry~~
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| Paulette Rees-Denis |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 07:16:19 AM
Hey ladies, thanks so much!
I love the old farmer antidote! seeing that there are only a few days left in august I better off my knees and get a move on!
Farmgirl Sister #521
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clatskanie, OR
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 05:48:39 AM
We had a terrible thistle problem in our yard when we moved here 7 years ago. Every day through the sprring/summer/fall, my husband would go outside and dig them completely up. We have an acre lot, so it took about 2 years, but he got rid of them for good! They are horrible & spread quickly. Good luck eradicating them from your garden.
Dawn in IL |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 11:15:09 PM
This is August-----
We used to have Thistles in the pastures and and old (and I mean old) farmer told me to cut them down in August and they won't come back. And, by golly, it worked. Something about the sun, the heat etc. Well it worked for us. Try not to let them go to seed as they spread in the wind. Whack 'em. MB
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 07:43:46 AM
Try a HULA hoe it cuts them off at ground level. I do about 15 min work a day with it and has really stopped the weeds.
Diana
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| Paulette Rees-Denis |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 07:17:57 AM
Thanks gals, I was thinking a blow torch might do it :)
Farmgirl Sister #521
farmgirrrl divas,
clatskanie, OR
dancing trees pygoras, and
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| Annab |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 03:39:33 AM
It might help to know that if you have goldfinches in your part of the country, they love thistle seed
I'd love to put some in a bird feeder, but DH has put his foot down on this issue for your same reason |
| Annab |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 03:37:53 AM
Sorry, don some gloves and a sharp shovel to get the whole root or most of it.
We fight the battle of pokeweed and that smelly jimpsonweed. Even the tiny plantlets reek.
I pluck the seed pods before they can spread and burn them just before they open, and are dry enough to not smell when cut. |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 9:38:22 PM
We just dig ours up.
Maggie |
