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 Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it |
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Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly
dock increase.
I am not going to spray chemicals. So I am looking for the ideal tool
to mechanically
remove the Dock. So far a long serrated knife works well. But I wonder
if I can design
a better tool such as a spade like instrument that does not harm the
grass around
the dock as I spade out its taproot.
Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design
tool.
Archimedes Plutonium
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:59 am Post subject: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock weed an |
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plutonium.archime...@gmail.com wrote:
[quote]Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly
dock increase.
I am not going to spray chemicals. So I am looking for the ideal tool
to mechanically
remove the Dock. So far a long serrated knife works well. But I wonder
if I can design
a better tool such as a spade like instrument that does not harm the
grass around
the dock as I spade out its taproot.
Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design
tool.
[/quote]
I tried several things and concluded that getting on the ground with a
long
serrated knife works the best. Of course it is Spring here with the
ground
moist, and whether the knife works as well in dry soil remains to be
seen.
It works fast, and faster than any spade and less damaging to the
grass.
Whether it kills the Curly Dock is doubtful but if I continue to
cut them out, perhaps the grass will kill them.
Or maybe there is a animal that enjoys eating curly dock? Perhaps
goats
eat it? I rather doubt it.
Archimedes Plutonium
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock wee |
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b...@cs.toronto.no-uce.edu wrote:
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There are innumerable gadgets for going after taprooted weeds, from the
basic dandelion digger, a flat blade with a sharpened notch at the
business end, to tools of increasing elaboration that let you dig the
weeds from a standing position with one stab.
Large hardware stores and every garden center will have a selection of
these tools. If you take these questions to rec.gardens you>ll likely
get opinions on various types.
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Is there an animal that eats curly dock? |
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock wee |
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In article <65ace2b3-f4d5-4d88-ae91-a58bb19f9bb0@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
<plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com> wrote:
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plutonium.archime...@gmail.com wrote:
Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly
dock increase.
I am not going to spray chemicals. So I am looking for the ideal tool
to mechanically
remove the Dock. So far a long serrated knife works well. But I wonder
if I can design
a better tool such as a spade like instrument that does not harm the
grass around
the dock as I spade out its taproot.
Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design
tool.
[/quote]
There are innumerable gadgets for going after taprooted weeds, from the
basic dandelion digger, a flat blade with a sharpened notch at the
business end, to tools of increasing elaboration that let you dig the
weeds from a standing position with one stab.
Large hardware stores and every garden center will have a selection of
these tools. If you take these questions to rec.gardens you>ll likely
get opinions on various types. |
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: Re: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock wee |
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plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com writes
[quote]Is there an animal that eats curly dock?
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homo sapiens gardeniensis.
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Oz
This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. |
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