[permaculture] Mulching Out Thistle
leandro tavares
leandrotavares at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 15 21:26:31 EDT 2009
Hello! I want to open a small juicer stand at a farmers market and want to pedal power the juicer, anyone knows how can i built the juicer with the bike or where i can buy one?
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:51:46 +0100
> From: tomasremiarz at cooptel.net
> To: permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Mulching Out Thistle
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> i find that with thistles, as with many other tough perennials, frequent
> cutting is a good way of getting rid of it. Another way is mulching with
> straw/hay, then wait till the thistles/docks or whatever come popping
> through, lift the mulch layer with a fork and drop it back on the weeds.
> after repeating that procedure a few times, the weeds usually give up.
>
> tomas
>
>> Does anyone have experience with mulching out thistle? We have a thistle
>> that only spreads by seed, so I'm wondering if mulching it out is an
>> option,
>> or if generally thistles are too vigorous. Although, since it only
>> spreads
>> by seed, I suppose that we could mulch and if it didn't work then deadhead
>> later on.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
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