The rain dances paid off but.............
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (113258)
El Paso, Texas
July 18, 2021 8:33pm CST
now I have a yard full of weeds. Tis the season I suppose. 
In the above photo I took you can see the yellow strands which is some kind of fungus that forms and then there is some kind of round leaf succulent of sorts and of course PUNCTURE VINE also known as goat heads. I've put a red circle on the tiny yellow blossom of one.
I have a ton of them and they're all beginning to bloom. These bare pretty little yellow flowers that ants end up pollenating, I have a ton of them as well. I think carpenter ants like them because the lizards that eat them don't go into the large puncture vine patches you'd see in the desert.
I already feel sorry for Roscoe, he's going to get his feet hurt with those stupid things. and of course he'll probably track them inside as well.
I'm hoping to find a natural way to eliminate them as I refuse to use chemical herbicides.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions on natural ways to kill these damn things?
In the above photo I took you can see the yellow strands which is some kind of fungus that forms and then there is some kind of round leaf succulent of sorts and of course PUNCTURE VINE also known as goat heads. I've put a red circle on the tiny yellow blossom of one.
I have a ton of them and they're all beginning to bloom. These bare pretty little yellow flowers that ants end up pollenating, I have a ton of them as well. I think carpenter ants like them because the lizards that eat them don't go into the large puncture vine patches you'd see in the desert.
I already feel sorry for Roscoe, he's going to get his feet hurt with those stupid things. and of course he'll probably track them inside as well.
I'm hoping to find a natural way to eliminate them as I refuse to use chemical herbicides.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions on natural ways to kill these damn things?https://rangeplants.tamu.edu/plant/goathead-puncturevine/
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@allknowing (141284)
• India
20 Jul 21
Manually pulling them out with roots is the only way I think
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@allknowing (141284)
• India
20 Jul 21
@rebelann As and when tiny plants come up after you have weeded you will have less work the next year.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
19 Jul 21
Without a chemical treatment or goats that would eat it, the only remedy I can think of is hot water. If you pour boiling water onto it several times it won't survive. You'll still have to remove the roots from each patch or they may return.
Make sure to cover the foliage as well as the base.
It's not perfect but it WILL destroy them without chemicals.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
19 Jul 21
@rebelann
Burn them with boiling water.
Make evil noises when you do it, it might help.
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@dgobucks226 (36142)
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22 Jul 21
Dish soap, vinegar and a spray bottle are all you need for making your own weed killer. The acetic acid in vinegar “sucks out the water” from the weed, which dries it up. 
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Jul 21
every drop of rain is an inch of weed growth!!!!
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@rebelann (113258)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jul 21
Probably more here. Before that first rain fall all I had was dirt now it's all covered in weeds that are at least 2 or more inches tall and now telling how wide. I have a half acre so it's going to be time consuming to get rid of those weeds.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Jul 21
@rebelann now is the time to add a goat to the mix! less weeds in a very short time!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Jul 21
@rebelann that is scary, i though you were just talking about standard weeds!
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@snowy22315 (185554)
• United States
19 Jul 21
I really don't know, but I hope you get some good suggestions.
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@rebelann (113258)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jul 21
Thanks anyway. Yeah, maybe someone has an idea to share with me.
@kaylachan (75327)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jul 21
I've really never seen anything like that.
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@florelway (23355)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Jul 21
If it's in acre that would be hard to clear.
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@florelway (23355)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Jul 21
@rebelann yes, that's still a wide area.
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