Be aware, using vinegar ismjust like using anyother herbicide-- if the day is not dry, warm, and sunny, you are wasting the effort-- you kinda have to follow the directions of a the commercial herbicides-- this from an arborist who [refers to use "natural" mathods
Terry --- Paul & Renee Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have very rocky terrain so thistles love certain > areas of our property. > In the past, Paul has sprayed with Roundup, but I > wouldn't let him spray the > areas the animals graze. Of course, now the places > he sprayed years ago > looks great....and the animal grazing areas have > thistles! Yes, my sheep and > goats won't touch them! > > So last week a neighbor mentioned using vinegar so I > thought I'd try it. I > filled up a spray bottle and began squirting those > little buggers. It was a > little hard on my back (VBG) but few days later, > the leaves are turning > brown! Now, I know they have strong roots so only > time will tell as to > whether or not this will work to kill the > plants....or just kill the leaves > that got the vinegar. I also sprayed a clump of > clover and grass to see how > they react, because if this really works, I'd like > to spray the whole area, > not just each individual plant! I'll keep you > posted. > > -Renee > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Nancy Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > >Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 2:31 PM > >Subject: [blackbelly] thistle > > > > > > > We have a field with allot of thistle in it. How > do we get rid of it > >short > > > of a shovel and hoe? without hurting the sheep. > Is there a spray etc > >that > > > can be put on it? Thanks for any ideas. Nancy > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events > for advice on how to > get there! > http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at > %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
