[Good loser]

It's ragwort lad(ie)s. No aitch.

[Dont be daft]

Yeah, I'd pull them. Cant be that many in 3 acres.

We had a 2 acre field infested with them a few years ago. Nobody seemed to be bothered about it accept me. Went out one Saturday and gave about 8hrs pulling them. Sounds like madness but I couldnt stay lookin at them. Few popped up in the same field for the last few years, maybe 10. No bother keeping them under control after that.

Wear gloves or you'll tear your hands to bits. Wait for the ground to soften up a bit often helps

[whelan1]

Originally Posted by cjmc

''I wouldn't top it and graze cattle on it, they'll eat all the dead stuff. Not too bad for youngstock that will be gone pre-24 mths, but for cows etc, you'll poison them. It builds in their system and never flushes out''

i topped a few fields that had various weeds, including ragworth recently. they're grazed by a few calves and a few 15mth bullocks.
will the dead ragworth do them any harm. kinda had it in my head that it wasnt poisionous until it'd flowered

ragworth is very palatable when dying whether in flower or not.... always poisonous