where are all the yosadawns gone? (ragworth/buchalan)

locky76 · 25-06-2010 03:17PM #1

I drove up and down to sligo yesterday from limerick and i didn't see one yosadawn in the fields, where are they all gone?
the prolonged frost must have done a job on them earlier on in the year.
I have a neighbour who has pouisoned me with his fields of yellow blowing seeds across into my place.

whelan1 · 25-06-2010 03:32PM

they are only growing now wont be flowering for a few weeks yet , just spent the morning pulling them - with gloves on:D- there are still plenty of them around:mad:

djmc · 26-06-2010 03:59PM

I think there all gone to my farm:mad:
They seem to have taken over the place this year
Brought some spray not sure wheather to top them first and spray regrowth
way too many to pull

whelan1 · 26-06-2010 04:04PM

only time to spray them is in the spring when they are just starting to grow or in the autumn , bear in mind no cattle on the ground for 3 weeks after spraying they are palatable when dying and you could loose your stock

Qualitymark · 03-07-2010 12:25AM

Don't pull them without gloves; the juice can cause kidney damage. Vicious yokes.

One of the problems is that the cities are full of them; the other is that the formerly stringently prosecuted laws against ragwort are no longer enforced.

where are all the yosadawns gone? (ragworth/buchalan)

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