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Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it         


Author: plutonium.archimedes
Date: May 3, 2008 11:29

Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly
dock increase.

I am not going to spray chemicals. So I am looking for the ideal tool
to mechanically
remove the Dock. So far a long serrated knife works well. But I wonder
if I can design
a better tool such as a spade like instrument that does not harm the
grass around
the dock as I spade out its taproot.

Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design
tool.

Archimedes Plutonium
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whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies
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long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it         


Author: plutonium.archimedes
Date: May 4, 2008 22:59

plutonium.archime...@gmail.com wrote:
> Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly
> dock increase.
>
> I am not going to spray chemicals. So I am looking for the ideal tool
> to mechanically
> remove the Dock. So far a long serrated knife works well. But I wonder
> if I can design
> a better tool such as a spade like instrument that does not harm the
> grass around
> the dock as I spade out its taproot.
>
> Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design
> tool.
>
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Re: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it         


Author: bae
Date: May 5, 2008 05:34

In article <65ace2b3-f4d5-4d88-ae91-a58bb19f9bb0@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>plutonium.archime...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Well I have a horse and llama on pastures and beginning to see curly
>> dock increase.
>>
>> I am not going to spray chemicals. So I am looking for the ideal tool
>> to mechanically
>> remove the Dock. So far a long serrated knife works well. But I wonder
>> if I can design
>> a better tool such as a spade like instrument that does not harm the
>> grass around
>> the dock as I spade out its taproot.
>>
>> Curly Dock is a weed that deserves its own special engineered design
>> tool.
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Re: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it         


Author: plutonium.archimedes
Date: May 5, 2008 09:20

>
> There are innumerable gadgets for going after taprooted weeds, from the
> basic dandelion digger, a flat blade with a sharpened notch at the
> business end, to tools of increasing elaboration that let you dig the
> weeds from a standing position with one stab.
>
> Large hardware stores and every garden center will have a selection of
> these tools. If you take these questions to rec.gardens you'll likely
> get opinions on various types.

Is there an animal that eats curly dock?
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Re: long serrated and stiff knife is best Re: Curly Dock weed and the best tool to combat it         


Author: Oz
Date: May 6, 2008 22:35

plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com writes
>Is there an animal that eats curly dock?

homo sapiens gardeniensis.

--
Oz
This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious.
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