[blades]

Can anyone confirm 100% if this is ragwort or not please..... I'm new at this and want to be sure for the sake of livestock.

Thanks in advance

[HappyHippy]

It looks like ragwort to me.
HTH
Karen

[Bionic]

It certainly looks like it to me 
Sally

[robert waddell]

yes more so the second picture

[piggy]

Same as above.

[JulieS]

Yes, ragwort.  Looks like it's started going to seed, pull it up as soon as possible getting all the roots up.  Make sure you wear gloves and long sleeves when you are doing it.

[blades]

Thank you alll.... That's my weekend sorted! 

[Fronhaul]

And when you have pulled it the bad news is that you need to burn it.  The good news is that it is relatively easy to pull compared to some weeds.  We tend to keep a dustbin style incinerator going at this time of the year and dump any we pull in there with the lid on and light it every so often before it gets too much in there.  The intervals between lightings are getting less frequent so hopefully we are winning.

[Simon O]

When we moved in last year I pulled up a load of what I took to be ragwort - yes it looked like your picture - and took it to the farmer next door for positive ID. He said yes it is but laughed at me for pulling it up and said it's not that bad he doesn't worry about it. However I am still pulling.

[robert waddell]

simon o your area it can be quite bad for ragwort    just you carry on with your eradication       ian would need a work party from shotts prison to pull the acreage he has

[blades]

I plan to go around and dig them up this weekend..... do you guys just use a fork to lift them or the specific tools like a lazy dog??

[skidley]

We have found the ragforks really good, they definately help to get more of the roots up, we then spray in the hole thats left with roundup just to be sure, and burn the plants as soon as posssbile

[robert waddell]

skidly that will be the two condom remedy       roundup only works sprayed onto green foliage or sponged onto green foliage
it is bad enough getting that heady smell from  ragwort you are doing yourself in with the effects of roundup 

[blades]

We have found the ragforks really good, they definately help to get more of the roots up, we then spray in the hole thats left with roundup just to be sure, and burn the plants as soon as posssbile

Thank you.... just wondered, if you do this as you mention and spray in the hole using round up.... how long would you have to leave the paddock empty before allowing animals back into it?
I thought round up only worked on green leaves?

Is it round up pro biactive you use?

[bazzais]

Pull ragwort with the same principle you should use a shovel with - use your leg as leverage and you body weigh to apply force - dont use your back.

Hold the top of the ragwort against your thigh and over your knee - lean your body back.

'Put your back into it' was and old phrase - never pull them with your back or you wont be pulling long

Baz