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When I worked for the forestry commission, we used to pull it annually, after complaints from a particular horse owner,

To get to the wood concerned, we had to drive past her place, bright yellow with tansies( local term for ragwort).

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Pulling ragwort is fools work! It'll likely grow back in the same spot from either broken off roots or old seeds in the now freshly exposed soil.[/quote

It is a shame to put people off taking positive action against this weed. Pulling it properly with the help of a ragfork will greatly reduce the amount there in subsequent years. As it is a biennial there will be some flowering next year but then you should see the benefits of your work after that.

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Doesn't it bioaccumulate? So one sheep eats very little but one human could eat lots, potentially.

 

 

No idea! As I said maybe the young plant has very little toxicity, need a biologist to come along and enlighten us:)

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When I worked for the forestry commission, we used to pull it annually, after complaints from a particular horse owner,

To get to the wood concerned, we had to drive past her place, bright yellow with tansies( local term for ragwort).

 

tansy is a different plant but easilly mistaken for ragwort.

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