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Jul 30, 2022 8:11 PM CST
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Name: Jeanie
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Twin Cities, MN, this is all over my brother's yard. It gets very tall and the stickers practically grab you when you walk past.
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.
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Jul 30, 2022 11:48 PM CST
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Looks like burdock. That stuff is horrible… don't let it go to seed. Pluck it out and put in plastic bag and try in trash. Or spray with organic weed killer extra strength.
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Jul 31, 2022 5:58 AM CST
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Yes, burdock. Remember that any chemical that kills it will also kill or damage other plants. It's hard to limit the over spray on plants that large.

Burdock is a biennial, which means it has a two year life cycle. Last year it was there with big basal leaves and no stem. This year it produces a stem and seed, and when it does, it naturally dies. If you just cut the stems now, it might come back a third year, until it produces seed. IF you want it to die naturally, you will need to wait until the first sticker balls are ready to open with ripe seed. Then you can yank it out, and if you don't get all the root, it will continue to die.

If it were me, I would just get a shovel and dig it out. The plant has a deep tap root, and you will need to get all most of the root out, at least a foot down.
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Jul 31, 2022 7:51 AM CST
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Thank you so much! I will pass this on to my brother.
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Jul 31, 2022 12:16 PM CST
Name: stone
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I've planted burdock on purpose...
Very attractive... and edible... grown as a market vegetable.
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Bummer that anyone thinks this plant needs extreme efforts to be removed.

I can barely keep any of it alive down here... When I've seen it up north... I've not noticed it acting thugish.
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Jul 31, 2022 7:56 PM CST
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It thrives here on the river bank. Nothing seems to eat it.
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Jul 31, 2022 8:25 PM CST
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I like burdock, too, in the right place. The sticker pods are great in dried flower arrangements.

Bummer that anyone thinks this plant never needs extreme effort to be removed.
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Jul 31, 2022 10:58 PM CST
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Definition of a weed is a plant where you don't want it. Burdock is invading my brother's large vegetable garden and constantly sticks him as he works. So there may be places where burdock is wanted and appreciated, but he doesn't want it there.
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.
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Aug 1, 2022 6:17 AM CST
Name: stone
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Leftwood said:
Bummer that anyone thinks this plant never needs extreme effort to be removed.


If I had excess... I'd thin by digging them up with a shovel... no extreme efforts required.
foraygardengirl said: Burdock is invading my brother's large vegetable garden and constantly sticks him as he works....he doesn't want it there.


Re growing in vegetable garden... isn't that where you want to grow the edible plants?

Suggest that he researches methods of kitchen prep... make lemonade from lemons...
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Dec 17, 2022 11:59 AM CST

It could be a dangerous weed which affects plants. Best regards!
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