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By the freaking ragwort this yr
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,must be ideal weather for the damn stuff!Now we dug out a good amount last yr,but this yr,we have had to dig out LOADS
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,it seems to have gone mad,we did one of our fields (they were all done just this one in particular was a problem)before i went on holiday,when i came back 2 wks later,there were bits that were 2 and a half ft high,in that same field
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,i cant believe with it being toxic to humans as well as animals it isnt more strictly controlled
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,i have known people in the past grow it in their gardens because it looks pretty
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,purely because they have no idea how toxic it is!
 
urgh dont even get me started, in our fields it is ridiculous, its like breeding quicker than we can blink endless digging

ETS: i even had a massive go at my dad the other day cos he had some in his garden and refused to dig it out. he said 'i dont have horses' and i said DAD it spreads like wildfire not make horse peoples life harder lol
 
It is BANANAS over here, I have never, ever seen so much.


I was speaking to my Dad, he remembers inspectors coming to his farm in the 60s and 70s to check docks and ragwort in the fields, as certifiable plants.
They don't seem to bother any more.

He said people put it in their gardens but I didn't believe him.
 
Its crazy isnt it,i actually drove down the ermmm(bit of motorway on the way to sheffield..m18 i think???not sure though,lol),and was astounded,i saw at least 3 fields,with more ragwort than grass in it....with horses turned out in it
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,i was more than a little disgusted i can tell you!
 
there is absolutely loads of it, just whe you think your on top of it another load of it appears
some people dont care though, a field about 5 mins from me had a distinct yellow tinge to it from the ragwort (think rapeseed field) and it was cut and baled for hay
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I've never known anything like it. I have always religiously cleared it and given that I have lived here 15 years there really shouldn't be any at all. But this year I have been constantly removing it
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The trouble is that when you dig/pull you only need to leave a tiny bit of root for the plant to be able to regenerate. The seeds are spread by the wind so if there is any ragwort in your area you will get some new plants every year, no matter how careful you are about removing the dreaded stuff from your own land.
Near me we also have people who grow it in their gardens, horse owners/breeders who leave it to seed in their fields and grass verges on the roads & motorways which are full of ragwort.
 
If you have a serious amount of Ragwort then the only way to get rid of Ragwort is to get it sprayed off by someone that knows what they are doing , has the equipment and has a spraying licence so that they can use a commercial/farm spray.

Digging up is rarely sucessfull as parts of the root are left in the ground and they regenerate to form a new plant.

For instance you could fence part of the field off and have it sprayed. Allow the ragwort 4 weeks to die off and then remove/collect it and then burn it. Repeat this for the next part of the field and so on. You will probably have to repeat the following year but after that you should have got rid of most of it and it will just be a matter of viligant maintenance.
 
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