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"George.com" wrote in message
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" Hilltop Cycle ATV" wrote in message
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The thistles are starting for the year , what are you guys using to
kill
thistles but NOT the grass ?
Thanks,
Raz

BTW Would also like to know thee to purchase the product and how to
apply
it.

what type of thistles and where are they?

I am assuming in a garden.

If they are stand alone, like a nodder thistle, then a small amount of
roundup painted on the thistle with a paint brush will kill them. If
small
enough, not surrounded by other plants and they have not gone to seed
douse
them with hot water. Alternately dig them out by hand.

Some thistles have a very extensive root network and pop up in several
places. Roundup knocks those back pretty well (although it may not kill
them
off totally).

rob


Rob,
It is not in my garden but my lawn . I live in rural Iowa and the live
next
to a pasture . Well, the deadbeat renter that rents the land next to us,
did
not spray for thistles last year .
I am not on speaking terms with him but if he doesn't spray his soon, the
ASCS office will get a call from me.

Raz

by hand with the aid of a knife if you can get them early enough, root
around in the soil and pull the entire thistle out, or if big or in clumps
roundup (I use it neat for some tough plants or watered down for others)
applied with a small paint brush to the leaves. If an extensive rooting
thistle you will be round uping for a long time but will knock it back
significantly. Provided it is possible my preference would be by hand.

rob