Running Arrow Bill":1c4zlt67 said:Another Cocklebur solution:
Get Some sheep to forage the pasture...they will also collect all of those "Devil's Claws" in the pasture in their wool...
Then either sell the sheep or give them to someone you don't like...
LOL.
Running Arrow Bill":1g3lzho7 said:Another Cocklebur solution:
Get Some sheep to forage the pasture...they will also collect all of those "Devil's Claws" in the pasture in their wool...
Then either sell the sheep or give them to someone you don't like...
LOL.
Craig-TX":2qj8e5ps said:When I was coming up my granddad ran sheep and cattle. He would stop the pickup just to get out and hoe up a Cocklebur. They were a rare sight then. That 'chemical free' approach was arcane but effective.
Craig-TX
Arnold Ziffle":1kmbclgf said:Now, if we could just convince some city kids to come out and go hunting for "porcupine eggs" we might be able to easily solve the problem.
Arnold Ziffle":1lqo136g said:Don't know about the herbicides, but I've used the "mechanical" methods on the relatively few that pop up on my place each spring. The small one's are easy to pull up by hand. When I get too tired and/or lazy to do all that bending down I use a hand sickle and try to get them before the burrs mature, or even form.
Now, if we could just convince some city kids to come out and go hunting for "porcupine eggs" we might be able to easily solve the problem.
Running Arrow Bill":1cy55iyh said:Another Cocklebur solution:
Get Some sheep to forage the pasture...they will also collect all of those "Devil's Claws" in the pasture in their wool...
Then either sell the sheep or give them to someone you don't like...
LOL.