Posted by JD Seller on March 09, 2015 at 17:38:59 from (208.126.198.123):
In Reply to: Should I Burn?? posted by Bryce Frazier on March 09, 2015 at 14:54:08:
They are burning just to get the dead debris off the grass. It will green up faster and cleaner. Also some types of prairie grass seed requires a burn to actually germinate. Burning will have zero effect on thistles.
Since you can't/won't use chemicals than pulling or hoeing are about your only choices in thistle control.
Like some of the other fellows posted. thistles are considered a noxious weed. In most states you are required to control them on your property. Also you not supposed to sell hay that has thistles in the hay.
I wish you luck because I have hay and pasture fields that would be over run with thistles if I did not spray them regularly to keep the thistles under control.
If it is a very small area then you maybe able to keep them under control by hand but you will need to starve the root system out by not letting it have much leaf area/time. It will take years to do as well.
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