It’s what I use, very occasionally, to deal with the odd deep rooted weed in the front lawn. It saves treating the whole lawn with a lawn weed & feed type chemical. Mine sits in the garage and has lasted years ... a couple of dabs the size of a teaspoon each year is all I use.
Have we actually concluded which type of thistle it is? Creeping thistle is totally different from other thistles and almost impossible to eradicate in a lawn. Any photos?
If you treat creeping thistle as I’ve described it will die. Of course, if it’s been allowed to seed more will grow, but if you continue to treat them as they appear eventually you will control them.
However if there’s a stand of them anywhere in the area the seeds will continue to drift into your garden and germinate and grow in the future. Nothing you can do about that other than to be vigilant and continue to treat them as they appear.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just had a look they do look different now as I applied weedkiller on Sunday,I have let them grow longer and it's the first time that I have seen that they have a yellow flower,which was a surprise to me,and made me wonder for a moment are they even a thistle,I thought that they were because they have a hairy rough leaf.
As I said they will be harder to identify now that they are wilting from the glyphosate application but I have taken a couple of photos,the flower stems are thin and wirey and the leaves grow very flat and hold tight to the grass.I now think they may be a catsear after looking at photos online
They could be Cat’s Ear ... hard to tell now the weedkiller is obviously working. Take the flowers off so they don’t seed while the weedkiller is taking effect.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They could be Cat’s Ear ... hard to tell now the weedkiller is obviously working. Take the flowers off so they don’t seed while the weedkiller is taking effect.
We have loads of this all over the place but then we don't have a lawn, just places where grass and wildflowers grow. I like it a lot more than some of the stuff that's appeared since we left a lot of it to grow long to see what we got that would attract insects for the swallows and co.
It's good for attracting all sorts of pollinators and butterflies and, it seems, has medicinal and culinary value too. I might start adding the flowers to our salads and stir fries.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We have loads of this all over the place but then we don't have a lawn, just places where grass and wildflowers grow. I like it a lot more than some of the stuff that's appeared since we left a lot of it to grow long to see what we got that would attract insects for the swallows and co.
It's good for attracting all sorts of pollinators and butterflies and, it seems, has medicinal and culinary value too. I might start adding the flowers to our salads and stir fries.
Yes that's interesting,I have a lot of it in the back garden but I will leave that alone as my tortoise lives there so I can't use any weedkillers,I do see him eating parts of the lawn and perhaps that's what he eats, that's great when I run out of kale.I only just read today that it's edible and some places it's considered a culinary treasure.
Good that you're feeling better about it then but I do understand your trying to make a front lawn look smart.
OH is doing the same with our bit of grass at the front and one small section at the back but it's an ex-farmhouse on a 4 acre plot full of old buildings, foundations of old barns long demolished and the tracks that led to them plus pasture so it's full of crud and coarse grass and wildflowers.
It's also so dry here at the mo that if it's green its a weed and there are moles too.........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Good that you're feeling better about it then but I do understand your trying to make a front lawn look smart.
OH is doing the same with our bit of grass at the front and one small section at the back but it's an ex-farmhouse on a 4 acre plot full of old buildings, foundations of old barns long demolished and the tracks that led to them plus pasture so it's full of crud and coarse grass and wildflowers.
It's also so dry here at the mo that if it's green its a weed and there are moles too.........
Hi yes it's the front lawn that I'm trying to salvage,I'm not too worried about the back lawn as it's out of view.I'm feeling a lot better and this morning the grey clouds above my head had lifted.I had a wobble over the the last couple of weeks.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks,I shall do that this afternoon.
It's good for attracting all sorts of pollinators and butterflies and, it seems, has medicinal and culinary value too. I might start adding the flowers to our salads and stir fries.
OH is doing the same with our bit of grass at the front and one small section at the back but it's an ex-farmhouse on a 4 acre plot full of old buildings, foundations of old barns long demolished and the tracks that led to them plus pasture so it's full of crud and coarse grass and wildflowers.
It's also so dry here at the mo that if it's green its a weed and there are moles too.........
Hi yes it's the front lawn that I'm trying to salvage,I'm not too worried about the back lawn as it's out of view.I'm feeling a lot better and this morning the grey clouds above my head had lifted.I had a wobble over the the last couple of weeks.