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Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2012

Can anyne tell me the name of this weed and what you can use to kill it? Children and pets in area!
Thanks

Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2012

try again

BushogPapa · May 27, 2012

Nope..can't even see it..!!

larry@stinescorner · May 27, 2012

thistle?

plow hand · May 27, 2012

bobs old iron · May 27, 2012

got some in my back yard, didn't know either what it was until my niece told me to get rid of it,,amazing what diesel fuel can do to it...

paul · May 27, 2012

What location are you in?

It looks like some sort of thistle.

If it's the Canadian thistle - good luck! They have a huge root mass that will take several applications to kill. Best time to kill them is in fall. In spring the sap is flowing up, to feed the flower & seed. You can burn the top off, but it won't kill easy. In fall it sends the sap down to the root to build the root mass - that's when you can get Roundup, or the better broadleaf killers (24D, dicomba product, etc.) on it.

Waxy leaf, so takes a surficant to help out.

Now if you have just the one, you can pull it - repeatedly - with leather gloves. Or hoe it - repeatedly. But this often leads to the massive root sending out several shoots, and unless you are on top of killing each & every one, it will end up maintaning itself and be back stronger next year.

--->Paul

Goose · May 27, 2012

Russian thistle?

paul · May 27, 2012

Oh, meant to say, there are specific sprays for Canadian thistle, but they are harder to find and tend to be very persistant in the soil and could be hard on the vegitation next to it... Milestone, Stinger, and some others.

--->Paul

Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2012

Looks like a canadian thistle, you can kill that with a chemical called kertail (sp)

Eric in IL · May 27, 2012

Looks like Prickly Lettuce to me.

Hay hay hay · May 27, 2012

Looks like it is in a garden or driveway. Paint a little Crossbow on it with a 1" brush. Then, Keep the kids away for a few days.

Huskers86 · May 27, 2012

Milkweed is what we call it around here. Break the leaves or stem and a white "gluey" substace leaks out. I can't tell you the proper name for it.

Huskers86 · May 27, 2012

Bye the way...hit it with roundup and it'll be gone quick, or use banvil, 2-4-d,clairity, etc to get rid of it. They die fairly easily.

Jimmy King · May 27, 2012

Musk Thisle

Aaron SEIA · May 27, 2012

Prickly Lettuce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola

Roundup or 2,4-D would work. The RU would be better if you have flowers around.
AaronSEIA

RalphWD45 · May 28, 2012

Wild lettuce, get it before it seeds! It's not the problem that Can thistle is!I use Roundup.

SweetFeet · May 28, 2012

My folks always called it Hog Thistle. Pigs love to eat it.

It is not milk weed - that has oval leaves and no thorns. Monarchs eat milkweed.

Traditional Farmer · May 28, 2012

Frost kills mine 100% about the end of Oct every year.

kito169 · May 28, 2012

I think it is Russian Thistle. We have a lot of it in Central Texas. A shot of white venegar kills it immediately.

Dean · May 28, 2012

It's not Canadian Thistle. Canadian Thistle is a perrenial and can be a real problem.

Cannadian Thistle got started in my hay ground after it was tilled in 1988 when we had a very bad drout and nothing grew. I finally got rid of all of it, mostly by hand and spot treating with Round UP but it took about twenty years.

Dean

huskers86phone · May 28, 2012

(quoted from post at 13:34:59 05/28/12) My folks always called it Hog Thistle. Pigs love to eat it.

It is not milk weed - that has oval leaves and no thrns. Monarchs eat milkweed.

I know its proper name isn't milkweed but it is a type of milkweed.

donb2 · May 28, 2012

I'd say it's milkweed. If it matures it will form pods that release a fluff that carry the seeds a long way in a breeze.

Anonymous-0 · May 28, 2012

Rock lettuce is what they call it, around here. Roundup, or a variation of 3way broadleaf weed control will control it.

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