Ragwort

[cliffo88]

Flowering Ragwort
Spray with Barrier H
Knapsack, tractor, contractor.
Drone or helicopter
Share costs with neighbours.
If they're lazy report them to the local authorities

Don't give up

 

[MissTyc]

Helicopter?

Can I borrow yours, please.

 

[cliffo88]

Helicopter?

Can I borrow yours, please.

Morning
We have a couple of dairy farms in nz.
We tend to respond to problems depending on its size and difficulty and estimated costs.
We don't own a helicopter. If we farmed outback Australia we probably would have.
Our farming operation has flats and hills.
We use Helicopters to apply fertilizer and spray weeds on our hills.
You can always get an estimate or quote from contractors.

 

[Exasperated]

Morning
We have a couple of dairy farms in nz.
We tend to respond to problems depending on its size and difficulty and estimated costs.
We don't own a helicopter. If we farmed outback Australia we probably would have.
Our farming operation has flats and hills.
We use Helicopters to apply fertilizer and spray weeds on our hills.
You can always get an estimate or quote from contractors.

Lucky you’re not in GB: greenwash numbskulls would be tying themselves in knots!

 

[Exasperated]

Flowering Ragwort
Spray with Barrier H
Knapsack, tractor, contractor.
Drone or helicopter
Share costs with neighbours.
If they're lazy report them to the local authorities

Don't give up

Sadly, GB local authorities are some of the worst offenders - roadside verges and public open spaces absolutely RIDDLED with the bloody stuff, despite the legislation.

 

[sunnyone]

Can't help it but if "green wash numbskulls tie themselves in knots" do you get knotweed?

 

[FieldOrnaments]

I thought the law was basically that it's not illegal to have ragwort growing on land you own, the legal bit is landowners with it on their land have a duty to control it so it doesn't spread to livestock pasture. So it's control not removal per se so highways can (+ probably do) argue they're not breaking the law.
Though it always interests me that ragwort is the one 'noxious plant' mentioned in the act people get upset about when there are actually 5 species mentioned, including docks. The code of practice for ragwort wasnt introduced until sometime in the early 2000s I think.

 

[Exasperated]

Can't help it but if "green wash numbskulls tie themselves in knots" do you get knotweed?

Not us personally, but it’s on the march, out of gardens and coming to a field near you….

 

[Exasperated]

I thought the law was basically that it's not illegal to have ragwort growing on land you own, the legal bit is landowners with it on their land have a duty to control it so it doesn't spread to livestock pasture. So it's control not removal per se so highways can (+ probably do) argue they're not breaking the law.
Though it always interests me that ragwort is the one 'noxious plant' mentioned in the act people get upset about when there are actually 5 species mentioned, including docks. The code of practice for ragwort wasnt introduced until sometime in the early 2000s I think.

The issue is the particular toxicity of ragwort, as well as its predilection for spreading and contaminating crops.
Not much eats docks, even goats, and could feed them your dad’s old slippers, if desperate.
If the highway verges (with said noxious weeds) either border or are within x metres of grazing or crop land - highway authority is breaking the law allowing it to continue there.
If concerned, you should contact the highway authority with all relevant details (and they should reply, sharpish), and if not, or if nothing forthcoming, get directly onto Natural England about the case.
If it is your own local council, involve your local councillors, too; also MP since a matter of statutory law, although local councils are not answerable to the MP.