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Getting rid of thistles
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<blockquote data-quote="Bigdaddy32" data-source="post: 949643" data-attributes="member: 18070"><p>I used to have a problem with thistles.My fields were covered up with them.I had goats and cattle and the goats wouldn't really eat the thistles.One goat however loved to eat the purple flowers off the top.I noticed that the ones she kept munching the heads off of died out during the winter.As an experiment,I started cutting flowers off of a group she didn't have access to.They died during the winter.It seems that the plant puts all it's energy into producing a flower and won't hold back enough to survive the winter.This year I only found 8 plants on 53 acres,and it used to be thousands.Hit them with a bush hog as soon as they flower each time and they'll die out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigdaddy32, post: 949643, member: 18070"] I used to have a problem with thistles.My fields were covered up with them.I had goats and cattle and the goats wouldn't really eat the thistles.One goat however loved to eat the purple flowers off the top.I noticed that the ones she kept munching the heads off of died out during the winter.As an experiment,I started cutting flowers off of a group she didn't have access to.They died during the winter.It seems that the plant puts all it's energy into producing a flower and won't hold back enough to survive the winter.This year I only found 8 plants on 53 acres,and it used to be thousands.Hit them with a bush hog as soon as they flower each time and they'll die out. [/QUOTE]
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