I know that the big purple thistles will bloom and create viable seeds from flower buds not yet bloomed with the plant was pulled (very spooky)....
One other question that I forgot with my first post: It appears to me that it's safe to just yank them out and drop them. The unopened flower...
I'm hoping that some other people here have tackled starthistle and might have good pointers. I'm trying to eradicate it on 3.5 acres of hilly...
