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<blockquote data-quote="ccr" data-source="post: 1605353" data-attributes="member: 28887"><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/qzWHb2cw" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/qzWHb2cw/stickers-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://postimg.cc/5HSc2GhK" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/5HSc2GhK/stickers-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://postimg.cc/gLRHY95n" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/gLRHY95n/stickers-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>wished i didn't know what they was. sticker = sandbur (grassbur) is listed as a noxious weed in 46 states. it is in the grass family being an annual from the genus cenchrus and early in the spring is hard to distinguish from other grasses, but once it forms the spiny, sharp spurs (stickers) it is vicious. they have needle sharp burs that if you walk thru a patch of them, you will have stickers stuck to your body, shoes and pants and they are a pain in the behind to get out of your clothes.</p><p></p><p>if you buy hay with stickers you are apt to have sticker plants the following spring. once they grow and have the stickers (which contain seeds) they can get on cows or other animals and trans located to other parts of your property. if you are unaware there are sticker plants and you drive over them you then plant them unknowingly wherever you drive.</p><p></p><p>they are difficult to control post emergence because most herbicide that will kill the stickers will also kill or suppress desirable grasses, and even if you do kill the plant the seed will still germinate later. pre-emergent herbicide (prowl h2o) applied before germination gives good control. each individual sticker has several seeds inside the sticker. there can be be hundreds of seeds with one sticker plant.</p><p></p><p>i've spent way to much time pulling stickers where i put out round bales because i didn't want the stickers to be picked by cattle, other animals, or driving over them, then inadvertently planted in a new location. they can be a big problem. we had sticker plants covered in a 7 acre coastal field that was newly planted, probably brought in with equipment. after a couple of years of post emergent (pastora) and pre emergent herbicide they were sticker free, and still are 15 years later. we spray pre emergent herbicide every late winter to keep from having these noxious plants (the sticker seed can last for years in the soil).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccr, post: 1605353, member: 28887"] [url=https://postimg.cc/qzWHb2cw][img]https://i.postimg.cc/qzWHb2cw/stickers-1.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://postimg.cc/5HSc2GhK][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5HSc2GhK/stickers-3.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://postimg.cc/gLRHY95n][img]https://i.postimg.cc/gLRHY95n/stickers-2.jpg[/img][/url] wished i didn't know what they was. sticker = sandbur (grassbur) is listed as a noxious weed in 46 states. it is in the grass family being an annual from the genus cenchrus and early in the spring is hard to distinguish from other grasses, but once it forms the spiny, sharp spurs (stickers) it is vicious. they have needle sharp burs that if you walk thru a patch of them, you will have stickers stuck to your body, shoes and pants and they are a pain in the behind to get out of your clothes. if you buy hay with stickers you are apt to have sticker plants the following spring. once they grow and have the stickers (which contain seeds) they can get on cows or other animals and trans located to other parts of your property. if you are unaware there are sticker plants and you drive over them you then plant them unknowingly wherever you drive. they are difficult to control post emergence because most herbicide that will kill the stickers will also kill or suppress desirable grasses, and even if you do kill the plant the seed will still germinate later. pre-emergent herbicide (prowl h2o) applied before germination gives good control. each individual sticker has several seeds inside the sticker. there can be be hundreds of seeds with one sticker plant. i've spent way to much time pulling stickers where i put out round bales because i didn't want the stickers to be picked by cattle, other animals, or driving over them, then inadvertently planted in a new location. they can be a big problem. we had sticker plants covered in a 7 acre coastal field that was newly planted, probably brought in with equipment. after a couple of years of post emergent (pastora) and pre emergent herbicide they were sticker free, and still are 15 years later. we spray pre emergent herbicide every late winter to keep from having these noxious plants (the sticker seed can last for years in the soil). [/QUOTE]
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