Re: Thistles
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Thistles
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:54:12 -0700 (MST)
I agree with Arthur.
Here we pick a warm day when the plants will be pumping the sap up pretty
quickly. Cutting the plants with a hoe or spade just below soil level seems
to really knock them back - my father says they bleed to death, by which he
means that the shock of losing the top and all the moisture on a warm drying
day is too much. Sometimes they regrow, but repeating this method seems to
work. Not practicable on a large scale, but ideal for getting odd ones in the
borders.
Hope this helps.
Graham Spencer,
Croftway Nursery, Barnham, West Sussex, UK
croftway@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/croftway/
