Ragwort question

[Welshwoodsman]

Witnessed with my own eyes this very evening....

 

Our neighbour who leases Cornwall council fields adjacent to our place, walking the fields hand pulling Rag.

 

I walk the dogs 30mins after he's left and there's the pile he pulled cast on the verge where his car was parked.

 

Words fail me...,

 

 

Some total male chicken did that outside one of my fields 20 years ago. Unfortunately by the time I found it, one of my horses had reached over the fence and eaten the now dry and crunchy plants. Anyone who says that ragwort is harmless, should have seen my face the next day when the vet put my beloved friend to sleep. The liver/kidney damage is irreversible.

[sueonmull]

Some total male chicken did that outside one of my fields 20 years ago. Unfortunately by the time I found it, one of my horses had reached over the fence and eaten the now dry and crunchy plants. Anyone who says that ragwort is harmless, should have seen my face the next day when the vet put my beloved friend to sleep. The liver/kidney damage is irreversible.

 

That's horrible, so sorry.

[SteveA]

Some total male chicken did that outside one of my fields 20 years ago. Unfortunately by the time I found it, one of my horses had reached over the fence and eaten the now dry and crunchy plants. Anyone who says that ragwort is harmless, should have seen my face the next day when the vet put my beloved friend to sleep. The liver/kidney damage is irreversible.

 

I don't think anyone here is saying Ragwort is harmless, and neither is the website I linked to earlier.

Any animal eating a large quantity of Ragwort is only going to result in bad things.

Unbelievable that somebody would be so dim to leave a pile where a horse can reach it.

[aspenarb]

I never had RW on my land until Merrist Wood Ag college let the land they were leasing to play farming on go to ruin. My fields are down wind to these and I have had to do battle with the weed ever since.

 

Its a bad picture but there is loads of it in there which all came from the higher ground in the next door farm.

 

[SteveA]

I never had RW on my land until Merrist Wood Ag college let the land they were leasing to play farming on go to ruin. My fields are down wind to these and I have had to do battle with the weed ever since.

 

Its a bad picture but there is loads of it in there which all came from the higher ground in the next door farm.

 

 

Must be a bad picture because I can't see a single stem of Ragwort in there. cheers

[mendiplogs]

I never had RW on my land until Merrist Wood Ag college let the land they were leasing to play farming on go to ruin. My fields are down wind to these and I have had to do battle with the weed ever since.

 

Its a bad picture but there is loads of it in there which all came from the higher ground in the next door farm.

 

 

Hi BOB SORRY to hear this mate sounds a night mere hope fix it soon thanks Jon

[farmer rod]

Must be a bad picture because I can't see a single stem of Ragwort in there. cheers

 

Steve, I rented a field up till two years ago, and although you dont know much about me you could take a fair shot at where I stand on grazing and ragwort. Yesterday I took a picture of that field, I had seen a few stems by the gate, but I was horrified when I got out of my truck to take this picture. How can anyone allege that ragwort is not invasive.

[twobyfour]

We did manage to hold it back this season with an early application of a glycosphate based herbicide (Nomix `Blade`). This was in its florette stage though.

 

I`ve spent many a summer digging it out on our horses paddocks. Glad theyre not field kept anymore.

 

Bees seem to love it though.

[sueonmull]

Steve, I rented a field up till two years ago, and although you dont know much about me you could take a fair shot at where I stand on grazing and ragwort. Yesterday I took a picture of that field, I had seen a few stems by the gate, but I was horrified when I got out of my truck to take this picture. How can anyone allege that ragwort is not invasive.

 

Oh bugger, poor you.

I bet someone will pick you up on the invasive word. Funnily enough I’ve just been having a long twitter conversation with someone about how the word is used. As a layman I use the term invasive probably as you do – for something that basically is unwanted and encroaching somewhere I don't want it to. However naturalists use the term invasive ONLY to describe non-native species of flora or fauna.

So whilst most will understand perfectly what you are saying, anyone who wants to nit pick will say your maligning a native plane which is an excuse to tell you you don’t know what you’re talking about!

You have my sympathy.

[SteveA]

Steve, I rented a field up till two years ago, and although you dont know much about me you could take a fair shot at where I stand on grazing and ragwort. Yesterday I took a picture of that field, I had seen a few stems by the gate, but I was horrified when I got out of my truck to take this picture. How can anyone allege that ragwort is not invasive.

 

Would be interesting to know what they've been doing with the field. I've seen fields with far more Ragowrt than that.... which I believe is from over-grazing with sheep.

cheers