Noxious Weeds

SylviaS · 08-06-2012, 02:05 PM

Friends, I am having an awful problem with Canada thistle, but I don't want to use chemicals. It seems that the more I dig them up and get as much of the root system as I can, the better they come up :( I have had some success with planting Dutch White Clover, but it's the wrong time of year for that, so I am going to plant buckwheat until I can plant clover in the fall.

Does anyone have any success stories with controlling these infernal weeds?

Hoosier Girl · 08-13-2012, 12:59 PM

I believe this is why the thistle is the national symbol for Scotland. If you don't want to use chemicals it is a war of attrition. I will take thistle over bindweed any day, however. At least thistle stays in its place and feeds the finches.

08-06-2012, 02:05 PM	#1
SylviaS Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ellensburg, WA Posts: 1	Noxious Weeds Friends, I am having an awful problem with Canada thistle, but I don't want to use chemicals. It seems that the more I dig them up and get as much of the root system as I can, the better they come up :( I have had some success with planting Dutch White Clover, but it's the wrong time of year for that, so I am going to plant buckwheat until I can plant clover in the fall. Does anyone have any success stories with controlling these infernal weeds?

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08-13-2012, 12:59 PM	#2
Hoosier Girl Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Indiana, zone 5B Posts: 72	I believe this is why the thistle is the national symbol for Scotland. If you don't want to use chemicals it is a war of attrition. I will take thistle over bindweed any day, however. At least thistle stays in its place and feeds the finches.