I said last year I would never pull another one, fully intending to winter spray with 2-4d. Didn't happen, might tackle them tomorrow, should be easier after the rainfall we've had this weekend.
Could be, but geosadán is what's sticking in my head from back then.
geosadán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~).1. (a) Soft thistle. (b) Thin, withered, stalk (of thistle, ragweed). 2. (a) Thin, weedy, person. (b) Vain, showy, person. (Var:geosandán)
Which would seem to be more describing thistles or ragweed.
Then again in North Kerry sure we probably just used it as a catch all for thistles, ragworth and anything else your having 😁😁
Same but I would had thought it was”yo-sadans”
geosadán is what we knew them as growing up
Many the day we were sent off back to the big field picking them. Hated it.
We're picking them in a field along the motorway atm. Just throwing the ones we pick across the fence
There's a grand tune - a reel called 'Up Against the Buachaláns'. Some poor fella probably came up with it one day years ago when he was sent off to clear a few fields of them!
Here it is, among other names - https://thesession.org/tunes/964
I can't find a definition of "shore" that corresponds to that with a quick google. We always said "shore" around here
My grandfather used to call Ragwort plants "Bulky shans" or "Bulky shants". I googled that just now and found a few hits on duchas.ie from old reports by schoolchildren. I think maybe that maybe comes from a bastardisation of Irish.
Google tells me the Irish for ragwort is buachalán or buachalán buí
No your still OK. , a shore is a gravel drain that runs into a shuck (sheugh)
It's an old remedy - hence the wort in the plant name.
"Women use golden ragwort for treating irregular or painful menstrual periods and symptoms of menopause. They also use it to reduce pain and ease childbirth."
Is that the woman with the purple skin and yellow hair???
Never heard of ragworth soup???
Are you sure it's not nettle soup...I've made that and I prefer vegetable or a nice fresh pea soup
I always thought ragworth is toxic for humans too?
If it is I'd steer well clear of that one and definitely don't go over for dinner!😛
I had never read "sheugh" written before. Had to google it.
But I've just realised that maybe that is what we've been saying all these years when we said "shore" for drain!
Anyone make soup with it, lady down the road does and she says it’s lovely.
Are you killing the root though. Quick kills toilet that usually mean just the top growth is killed
They will still go to seed but the seed should not travel far. One think you could do is cover them with plastic or a tarp for 4-6 weeks. Throw a few pallets and/or tyres on top of the plastic.
Should be fine...I've done something similar for years. The place only has about 10/20 a year now. They will rot down....I usually pull long before they go to seed though.
So I pulled ragwort from a field today.. And just dumped them into a deep ditch where livestock can't get at them. Just wondering if I should have put them into a bag (seeds might spread) or throwing them into a the deep sheugh might be okay.
The sheugh is well fenced off and livestock won't reach down to them but seeds might still seed...
49801 wrote: » Remove what you can particularly the seed head. Get what you can next year
Mad about baa baas wrote: » I have a small paddock that I've usually wintered horses on .. for reasons beyond my control there is ragwort in high numbers that were not pulled.. have gone to seed and if I pull I think will break apart .. any suggestions
Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: » Any time is great, just try to take the root up too or it will just regrow next year. Once the flowers are set, we usually pull the flowers off and put them in a bag by themselves and burn when dried out. And shallow bury the remainder of the plants.
duffysfarm wrote: » Dont know if its just me but i have never noticed such big lumps of clay/soil coming up with ths ragweed this year when i pull them
49801 wrote: » Assuming no animals have access growing or pulled ragwort. When is plant grown too much to be worth while pulling. As in at what stage are seeds already gone in the wind. Got a patch here it’s beating me. A bit of rain is welcome to make the pulling easier
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