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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4042412" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>That looks like a nodding thistle (also called a musk thistle, IIRC). I hate those SOBs with the fire of a thousand suns--I spent years trying to eliminate them from my hay field. The state of Oklahoma hates them, too; they're legally a noxious weed, and could get you a $1,000 fine (if that law ever got enforced, which, I understand, it never is).</p><p></p><p>If you cut them off just under ground level, the plant will die, but it's usually just as easy to pull them. If you're doing it by hand, be careful and wear thick leather gloves, because those damn needles will go right through leather. I would grab them down low and pull up a little bit to bend the needles over before grabbing tight.</p><p></p><p>Fiskars makes a standup weed puller that does a really good job on the smaller plants or when they're in the rosette stage.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030MIHAU/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 4042412, member: 26737"] That looks like a nodding thistle (also called a musk thistle, IIRC). I hate those SOBs with the fire of a thousand suns--I spent years trying to eliminate them from my hay field. The state of Oklahoma hates them, too; they're legally a noxious weed, and could get you a $1,000 fine (if that law ever got enforced, which, I understand, it never is). If you cut them off just under ground level, the plant will die, but it's usually just as easy to pull them. If you're doing it by hand, be careful and wear thick leather gloves, because those damn needles will go right through leather. I would grab them down low and pull up a little bit to bend the needles over before grabbing tight. Fiskars makes a standup weed puller that does a really good job on the smaller plants or when they're in the rosette stage. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030MIHAU/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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