[Market-farming] organic thistle control
Chuck Evans
mongotrout at mchsi.com
Tue Apr 14 18:56:16 EDT 2009
You might want to look at this
http://attra.ncat.org/new_pubs/attra-pub/thistlecontrol.html?id=Pennsylvania
We had these weevils take up residence last year, and they killed almost all
of our thistles. I hope that they come back next year. The only problem is
that you need to leave the live thistles in the field for the weevils to eat
in order to carry over more of the friendly bugs for next year. If you dig
or otherwise kill the thistle plants the weevils will disappear. I have
seen the weevils for sale on line, but cant remember where.
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We have one field with a tremendous thistle problem and low organic matter.
I applied heavy amounts of compost this week based on the weeds denote
imbalance principle.
We also have a spader that can till 10 inches deep.
Any suggestions for strategy? Thanks,
Scott
Scott Breneman
Farm Manager
Goodwilll at Homefields Farm
PO Box 38
150 Letort Rd
Millersville, PA 17551
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