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Comments (4)I have heard of Guildwood Canna's but have not ordered from there. I've become quite hooked on cannas as well. What varieties do you grow? At present I have tropicanna, pretoria, wyoming and red king humbert. I ordered the pink starburst from Dominion last year but they never grew; I think everyone was given a refund on those as they got a poor shipment. I tried some dwarf varieties last year but they did not survive the winter in storage. I would like to try the stuggart but it seems more difficult to find this year. To answer your question, I think that stuggart is recommended for a shadier spot as they tend to scorch and I think that most of the others will do okay in a partly shaded spot. Most of the major mailorders such as Veseys and Dominion, etc have cannas available in the spring but for more varieties you would probably need a more specialized nursery such as guildwood....See MoreCanadian Thistle Help Please
Comments (21)We got Canadian thistle under control glyphosate (studies that do not have friends of Monsanto involved or other conflicts of interest show it as 'carcinogenic' or 'probably carcinogenic' - it just wasn't worth the risk to my loved ones and neighbours). We moved into our house 5 years ago - 100' x 50', so the thistle seemed to take over our little yard. It was a nightmare. They grew in hardpan here, so pulling up WITH their roots is literally impossible without heavy equipment (the roots supposedly can grow up to 20' down). Here's what we tried: 1) On advice from experts we tried cutting them back when they were still young. They kept growing back, and more - probably from the roots getting stronger. 2) On advice from more experts we tried cutting them down just before flowering - the theory being that all their energy goes into flowering and they will eventually die this way. They kept growing back. Options 1 and 2 were very time-consuming and only a band-aid to the problem, so I tried number 3: 3) I did extensive research and found that the USDA did a study in 2002 and found that 20% vinegar (acetic acid) killed 80-100% of Canada thistle. So we sprayed them - young/small and old/large. I even tracked some that I sprayed to see if they regrew from the same roots, and those did not. For the really large ones (3-ish ft tall), I cut them back to 6" or less, then sprayed. Needed to hit them a few times because their root systems are probably very strong. I even sprayed a 3' tall one through the fence, in the neighbour's yard, and it worked - that one surprised me! For the first 2 years, we had to spray all summer because there were so many. Now we only need to spray weedlings occasionally - mostly in the hottest part of summer. Most of our neighbours still have a problem with them - they either don't spray with acetic vinegar or only spray after they have a lot of mature thistles. Canada thistle is now my least problematic weed. Still haven't gotten those dandelions under control, and oh, the horsetail weed! I know this is an old thread, but hope this helps anyone who finds it in search of help for this tenacious weed....See MoreProblem with Ontario (Canada) Lottery payout
Comments (12)There was an old man, Bob Edmonds, who claimed that he'd been done out of his rightful prize win, and fought the Lottery Corporation in court for three or four years, though it now appears that they'd been aware of a number of unusual claims by a number of their purveyors for some time. His story was told some time ago by an investigative program on our National Broadcaster's TV system. In the original settlement of his $250,000., he was to keep quiet. He fought for a longer time to be allowed to talk about the issue, and to have his lawyer's and court costs of $72,000. covered by the OLGC. Eventually he won. The OLGC agreed just before the weekend to cover his lawyer's and court fees, and to apologize. He knew about that, and the message arrived at the beginning of the week. His lawyer says that he knew that it was coming, but had not seen the letter ... when, after fighting cancer for several years, he died on the weekend. One wonders - did all of the hassle about the Lottery Corporation cause a greater deterioration in his health? Or - did he stubbornly keep going longer, refusing to be bulldozed?? We'll never know - but we do owe the old guy a vote of thanks for having pursued the issue, and to the national broadcaster, as well. ole joyful...See Morethistle help
Comments (16)Sorry for the late response, but if you're still needing to deal with this in the upcoming season (or for new people to this thread), I found a solution that works here in western Washington. 20% acidic vinegar does the trick (https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2002/spray-weeds-with-vinegar/). This is much stronger than household vinegar. I found online: https://www.factorydirectvinegar.com/?gclid=CNWfk4W7g88CFU9qfgodxrYPnw, but if you live in a larger city, you might be able to find it locally. This is caustic stuff, so be careful! Wear gloves and eye protection, do it on a sunny day of about 70 degrees or more, non-windy day, no chance of rain, etc. I do it when I know the neighbor kids are at school - there's no fence dividing our yards. If you cover the whole plant, they say it goes into the root to kill it. One particular thistle I did this to, has had no thistle growth in that spot yet - and it had a good amount of hot weather to come back up again. We'll see what happens this season in that spot. From everything I read, tilling Canada Thistle only makes more thistles - by sprouting new ones from all the broken pieces. And this vinegar doesn't seem to work as well on other weeds. Good luck!...See MoreBlue247365 Blue247365
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