Ragwort Control Options

farmer2018

Hi all, having big problems with ragwort this year as I hear some others are. All is flowered at this stage. I know I can pull it but I've done that in the past and it comes back. Could I spray it or would mulching it work?

Cavanjack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058419180/ragwort-control-options

Too late spraying now if they are flowering . Top them or pull them and spray if they regrow or next spring when they are only a few inches high.. Need to spray them for years if they are bad.

Birdnuts

my Shetland Sheep and Cinnaber moths are hammering mine atm🙂

_Brian

Problem now that they are at full size is if you cut them they become a poison risk. Pulling them at least removes them from that.
But ground is hard so pulling them will be hard and less successful if you don’t get the roots out.

Whatever you do it’s not something you beat in one or two years, it takes a few years of work to knock them back and even then you will need to keep on top of them.

dowlerswozere

There is a man in Tullow who makes specialised ragworth sprangs for getting up the roots I can pm you his number if you like

They grow over two years so as people have said already it takes a few years to get rid of them

I’ve been doing an hour a day and you’d be surprised how much you get done