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Dave Liquorice writes
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:34:18 +0100, Jolltax wrote:

PLUS you get the sadistic thrill of gunning the throttle as you
approach a meaty thistle knowing it is going to DIE.

Takes more than strimming the top off to kill a thistle. Only sure
fire way (short of chemicals) to remove them is to dig 'em up,
carefully. a) so you don't suffer to much from the prickles b) you get
as much of the tap root as possible.

I've just dug up three that had tap roots 1/2" dia that just went down
and down, I suspect they got buried a year or so back when we had some
excavations done, it's taken them a little while to find the surface
again...

Don't you know the old rhyme about getting rid of thistles?:

Cut them in May, they'll grow next day
Cut them in June, they'll grow again soon
Cut in July, they'll surely die
Cut in August, die they must.

But as for docks and burdock, I agree with you.
--
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.