Posted by Tom in TN on June 21, 2022 at 13:43:02 from (172.58.83.202):
In Reply to: Milkweed posted by Texasmark on June 21, 2022 at 07:27:53:
I walk my fields and pull it but the fact is, it's so dang hot and dry right now, I seldom get the roots with the weed. The stalks break off right at ground level. I still pull it, but I'm not too sure how much good it does.
Many years ago when I first moved onto this farm, the hayfield had a lot of milkweed. I walked the field and pulled the weeds. I unloaded the trailer that I had used to transport them into a corner of my pasture intending to burn them as soon as they dried down. I went out the next morning and found one of my calves dead next to the pile of milkweed. I assumed that the calf ate a bunch of the weeds and poisoned itself over night. I've been really leery of having milkweed in my hay since then.
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