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alpha010 · 05-27-2009, 07:04 PM

I have a bit of a weed problem that is a bit umm, problematic.....wild thistle. I can't seem to get rid of this terribly invasive weed, no matter what I do! I used to have it in my main front and back yards and it only popped up occasionally in my beds, but, I had a company for 2 years fertilize and weed my yard. But, they were bought by chemlawn and I never got the same results with them so I dropped 'em. NOW, I do the weed n feed myself (I use Scotts brand and apply every 6 weeks on the major holidays). Since I bought the half lot next to me and had it graded and I put grass in, the thistle is taking that over but not the established lawn...yet. The scotts doesn't seem to be affecting it and now it is popping up in my garden and everywhere else in the half-lot no matter how many 12" long roots I pull up or how many times I break one over and spray root-kill herbicide down the hollow center.

Any ideas or testimonies of what works against this? I'm looking for everything short of total erradication with commercial herbicide of the entire area and pulling out the top 18" of soil and sterilizing and refilling.

Thanx
Shaggy

05-27-2009, 07:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
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