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Once your plant has produced a flush of buds, which you will cut off and eat, experts recommend that you cut off the old flower stalks just below ground. This supposedly stimulates new shoots to grow.
Protect your garden and lawn by attacking invasive thistle. These weeds thrive in hot summer weather, so it is essential to prevent their spread.
Expert Tips to Get Rid of ThistlesThistle is tricky because birds and butterflies love it, but gardeners and farmers hate it. We asked our gardening expert for advice on how to get rid of thistle ...
Improving your soil will weaken thistle and help desired plants grow better. We recommend investing in a $9 soil test kit from your local extension office. Thistle has an extensive root system.
Improving your soil will weaken thistle and help desired plants grow better. We recommend investing in a $9 soil test kit from your local extension office. Thistle has an extensive root system.
Q:When we moved in to our house six years ago, the previous owner had allowed the thistles in the corner of a flowerbed to get so large it was an actual bush. We ripped it out, put heavy plastic an… ...
Three species of sow thistle grow in Florida — spiny sow thistle (Sonchus asper), common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceous) and field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) — but none is the type… ...
Also known as Barnaby’s thistle, golden starthistle, or yellow knapweed, it sends deep roots into the soil, depleting the moisture so no other plant species can establish. It outcompetes native ...
Our Mystery Plant (Tall thistle, Cirsium altissimum) is a thistle, and I was able to enter a patch of this stuff on a recent field trip in the upstate of South Carolina.Spiny stuff! It is, in fact ...