Last fall, after the drought had killed off most of the competition, a certain weed took advantage of the opportunity to germinate and flourish. And now, the thistle is hurting productivity on many ...

Last fall, after the drought had killed off most of the competition, the thistle took advantage of the opportunity to germinate and flourish. The weed is now hurting productivity on many Missouri ...

Mechanical topping just before flowering is one of the best non-chemical methods of controlling major troublesome perennial ...

Non-native thistles are much more aggressive, invading pasture lands, open fields, and home lawns. Canada thistle is the most common thistle in home lawns. It produces a cluster of ground-hugging ...

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) is an aggressive, creeping perennial weed that infests crops, pastures, rangeland, roadsides and noncrop areas. Generally, infestations start on disturbed ground ...

Goldfinches use the down from the non-native thistles, but also from native thistles including pasture thistle. Thistles provide food to pollinators including butterflies, ...

Weeds can reduce the quantity and the stand life of desirable forage plants in pastures and hayfields. By Steve Morgan - University of Georgia Extension Updated September 26, 2024 03:58 PM ...

In 1947, the Hawke’s Bay provincial executive of Federated Farmers wanted nodding thistle declared a noxious weed. Photo / Unsplash / Stephen H. Thistles were everywhere back in the day, whether ...

In pasture, the most effective way of controlling Californian thistle is to apply glyphosate (using a 5% solution of Glyphosate 360, or 500 ml to 10 L water) to the weed foliage using a rotary weed ...

What grows in your pasture? Ideally, abundant forage that is nutritious to horses. However, a perusal of most Kentucky horse pastures will uncover 20 plant species, many of which are weeds.

Non-native thistles are much more aggressive, invading pasture lands, open fields, and home lawns. Canada thistle is the most common thistle in home lawns. It produces a cluster of ground-hugging ...