- Author: Thomas J Getts
Ten years ago, Guy Kyser wrote an excellent blog on the identification of Northern California's “Big Three” invasive thistles. I encourage you to check it out, if I recall correctly, it is one of the most viewed blog posts ever posted on the UC Weed blog, which is impressive!
Driving back home from Quincy yesterday, in the Dixie fire scar on Hwy 70, there were hundreds of native “snowy thistles” growing along the steep slopes clinging to the rocks. This has to be one of my favorite plants since moving to California. Stark white, covered in hairs, with a vibrant pink flower,...
- Author: Thomas Getts
Last year about this time, I posted a blog regarding an ongoing trial investigating various herbicides for Pre-emergent Control of Medusahead. I wanted to follow up on that trial which I “deemed” unsuccessful and share some of the data collected in 2017.
The main objective of the study was to test various herbicides for medusahead control. I was interested if some of the work conducted at Colorado State with Esplanade (indaziflam) could be replicated with medusahead. In Colorado field trials, single applications of Esplanade had offered three-year...
