Producers Have Options for Spring Musk Thistle Control

摘要

Manhattan, Kansas (May 19, 2009)--The musk thistle control season has arrived, and the Kansas-wide noxious weed is alive and doing well, said Walt Fick, range and pasture management specialist with Kansas State University Research and Extension. Knowing the musk thistle life cycle is important to getting a good control strategy in place, Fick said. The weed is primarily a biennial or winter-annual plant.