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Canada Thistles
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Canada Thistles
- From: Jeffrey Newman <newman@bcinternet.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:56:42 -0700
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- Organization: JN Web Design - http://www.jnweb.com/
- References: <LYR75901-68893-2000.07.23-00.01.19--newman#bcinternet.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
I realize we had a length discussion on this topic a while ago but I don't think this
aspect was covered.
A friend of mine is looking for ways to control/reduce the large Canada thistle crop
on his pasture land. It is cattle/horse grazing land in the Cariboo area of central
British Columbia, Canada. Despite its name, this thistle is not native to Canada and
is in fact classified as a "noxious weed." There are large areas with high
percentages of thistle and the only economically-viable way he has come up with is to
cut them down with a tractor-pulled mower, a method which apparently has a low
success rate.
If you need more information in order to make a suggestion, please let me know.
- Jeffrey Newman
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