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How to Control Ragwort
Photo: G. Bradley
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1) Manual Control of Ragwort
Pulling the ragwort plants out by hand will clean the grass crop but it needs to be done out over a number of seasons. Hand pulling can be hazardous to humans too. Protective clothing should be worn to prevent jaundice.
2) Mechanical Control of Ragwort
Cutting the plants before flowering reduces the production of seeds, but it won't destroy the plant. Cut plants left in the field remain a danger to grazing animals, so they need to be removed and burnt.
3) Chemical Control of Ragwort
No single herbicide will totally eliminate ragwort because of the biennial nature of the plant. It can be suppressed by spraying with a glyphosate once a year in the summer.
4) Biological Control of Ragwort
Ragwort is the favoured food plant of Cinnabar moth caterpillars. The Cinnabar Moth is an attractive red and black, day-flying moth, whose yellow and black striped larvae
(above) are dependant on the leaves of ragwort. They can strip a plant within a few days.
UK Safari Ragwort Page
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