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Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / May 2008Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it
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 www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies plutonium.archime...@gmail.com wrote: > Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly > dock increase. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design > tool. 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 www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies >plutonium.archime...@gmail.com wrote: >> Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design >> tool. 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. b...@cs.toronto.no-uce.edu wrote: > There are innumerable gadgets for going after taprooted weeds, from the > basic dandelion digger, a flat blade with a sharpened notch at the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > these tools. If you take these questions to rec.gardens you'll likely > get opinions on various types. Is there an animal that eats curly dock? plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com writes >Is there an animal that eats curly dock? homo sapiens gardeniensis.  SignatureOz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. |
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