Ragwort isn’t really a problem unless you have livestock and/or make hay. In fact it’s brilliant for pollinators, and is also the food plant for cinnabar moths both caterpillars and moths are gorgeous)
Ragwort isn’t really a problem unless you have livestock and/or make hay. In fact it’s brilliant for pollinators, and is also the food plant for cinnabar moths both caterpillars and moths are gorgeous)
Ragwort isn’t really a problem unless you have livestock and/or make hay. In fact it’s brilliant for pollinators, and is also the food plant for cinnabar moths both caterpillars and moths are gorgeous)
Just as a little side note, I thought cinnabar moths only ate ragwort, but I've also found them on goundsel!
I personally remove ragwort, because I do plan to have livestock in the field and I don't want it spreading everywhere, but it I didn't I would leave some.
I have never heard of it called tansy ragwort before. I have tansy as well and that gets left a lovely plant I think.
Me neither. I have tansy which comes up in one raised bed and seems indestructible. It gives me a nasty rash if I pull it without gloves. No problem with ragwort though.
Yep if you have plans for livestock then best to get rid of it.
I usually get a single ragwort pop up somewhere in the garden every year. It grows wild along the roadside a mile or two away and the seeds must travel on the wind. I've left this year's one for the pollinators as it's not in the way, but will pull it up before it can seed.
I've never seen one in the sheep fields though and tiny ones probably get eaten. Our sheep don't read the rule books, they absolutely love rhubarb leaves and we have had to reinforce the fence to stop them reaching through into the veg garden. This to protect the rhubarb rather than the sheep - last year they made a concerted effort and broke down the gate and ate everything, including all the rhubarb, with no ill effects beyond my broken heart!
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