Posted by Matt E. on April 10, 2018 at 11:02:00 from (173.216.243.47):
In Reply to: new weed posted by mmidlam on April 09, 2018 at 21:58:35:
Grew up in western Montana, knapweed is thick out there. The only control of it is spraying or irrigation. It doesn't like too much water and that was really the only way to keep it out of the hay fields. Eventually it would take over the alfalfa since we didn't irrigate and Dad would plow it under to start over. He figured out it was more profitable to just plant oats yearly for hay over the cost of alfalfa seed every 4-5 years.
We moved from Minnesota so Dad thought he could mow the road ditches for free hay out there. Nope, not worth it after we did it a couple seasons. Too much knapweed mixed in with the native grass. The horses and cows would pick through the hay and push aside the knapweed. Had to fork it out of the bunks every day before feeding.
The stems dry slowly and you can tell immediately if there is much knapweed in the bale, super heavy. Also it tastes very bitter, the dust while baling would taste bad. Once you taste it or smell it, you won't forget it.
I never heard of bee keepers being happy with knapweed but was never around one to know. You'd think bees would do well out there, plenty of knapweed for them.
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