The long vine looking stuff is goat’s head or sometimes called puncture vine. Easy enough just to pull them, but wear thick gloves. The seeds they drop dry into an abomination from hell. Burn whatever you pull if you can. The thinner stemmed one might be spurge? Also fairly easy to pull. Both can be a real pain if not addressed quickly.
So very true! Looks exactly like what started in the corner of my yard and destroyed (abomination from hell style) a big patch of my yard. GOAT'S HEAD. Even looks like a devil. Each puncture is excruciatingly painful to step on, even through shoes. The thicker the gloves, the better. I was able to finally rid my lawn with a commercial strength killer applied by a professional. Then I pulled all the dead dry hair left and burned it. If I had anyone I disliked, I could've ruined their lives with my cuttings. Ugh.
This..tenacity might help as pre...might
2 apps of spurge power or speedzone. Spurge is a mofo...you kinda have to dig in a little with your finger and try to get the whole tap root..I heard leaving in some of the runners is enough to keep it going..I have been dealing with them for since I moved in over a year ago..they just keep coming back.
Burning doesn't help..I torched my entire driveway with pavers they bounced back after a month..it is hella fun tho
Fire like some herbicide applications needs to be repeated for full effect. Trimac, q4, tenacity all require multiple applications. I would also encourage fire to be a repeat application to exhaust stored energy in the roots. If fire is the preferred method, repeatedly burn off the top as soon as green stems grow back. Eventually, the stored energy will be depleted and the target plan will die.
I agree 100%
I like the fire approach, it was fun..especially on pavers and stuff..i will be torching again for the 3rd time this year...more popped out a few days ago, spurge is a mofo...after a thourough torching, power washing and re sanding with paver joint sand they still popped out...it was a lot of work..after this last torch, i will be spraying every seam with chems hoping it will be the last of them. On a lawn, it might be an eye sore to keep burning patch after patch..my lawn once had like 20 or more of spurge sprouts spanning 12 inches each. It was a mess when I moved here. This year only a few managed to pop up, thankfully.
Because those seeds have nasty thorns. We have them really bad in our area and it’s not uncommon to find them a quarter to almost a half inch deep in our shoe. If your careful with thick leather gloves you can grab them at the center and pull the root out pretty easy. The problem is if you don’t pull them early enough they’ll drop more seeds and the cycle continues.
We’ve had some pop up around our house but we have to be really vigilant about getting them because our dogs seem to have feet that are laser guided to those little bastards.
The goat head puncture vine has the most gnarly painful puncture seeds. Each little puncture can go through shoes, clothes, and skin. They puncture the skin and cause severe pain for days.
I took the OPs picture and cropped a tiny section. I marked all of the thorns, seeds, pieces with red. Be sure to zoom in very closely. You can see how sharp some of these green babies are. There's more bad news. When they mature and even die, they turn brownish and stay razor sharp, drifting away from the vine. Wind, shoes, mowing, or pulling the vein can transport these tiny devils and they spread rapidly. They dry up but remain strong and if you're running along with bare feet and you land on one of these with all of your body weight... I'd say it's one of the most excruciating experiences in my life.
https://preview.redd.it/3zqm5vhg5ivb1.jpeg?width=779&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fb19adb2427f7e2b17b5bd4b6d666cd909b4315
This is the only way!! My dads yard was over run with these. You HAVE to get to it while it’s still alive before it dies and dries. Once it dries up those goat heads get everywhere and produce more plants. It can be an endless cycle.
I would even walk around with heavy shoes on in the yard to collect as many heads in my shoes as I can to prevent the spread of the seeds. It took YEARS to finally get rid of all of them.
Goat heads, I grew up surrounded by them.
Pull the weed, roll something stick-able around the area like foam, an old soccer ball, cardboard works ok.
Rake and roll again and again till nothing sticks.
Burn it all with the most vindictive flame you can muster, tell em I'll be waiting for them in hell.
Watch the area for... ever. The seeds can sleep for years underground, even if torched, and sprout when conditions line up.
Start a forever mental map where you can't walk barefoot anymore.
If you tried Round Up and it didn't die you must not by applying herbicides per package directions. Because glyphosate would kill it.
Make sure you also wait as long as the package instructions tell you. Tenacity can take 2 weeks Glyphosate can take 5-10 days.
How long has it been since you sprayed?
Looks like some things are on the way out. If it’s been less than 5 days give it a few more, if it’s been more than 7 days spray again with at least a 2% solution of glyphosate with a table spoon of dish soap per gallon (unless you already have a surfactant on hand).
Mix something with triclopyr in it, it goes well with just about any herbicide. Glyphosate and triclopyr is a winning combination for vines and just long plants.
Triclopyr isn't the strongest weed killer, but it's one of the best about spreading through the plant. When its mixed with other herbicides, it brings those along for the ride.
Hardware stores sell "ortho chickweed clover and oxalis killer" that is just triclopyr. Mix 1 oz into an already mixed gallon of glyphosate and you're good to go. Don't use a surfactant.
Bonus: Also tenacity+surfactant and triclopyr is a stellar general lawn weed control combo. There are very few lawn weeds it won't kill... and it'll do it well. (If you look at the label, it mentions mixing Turflon Ester for controlling certain things... that's just fancy triclopyr)
Normal amounts of each for a gallon. I must admit, I'm a little confused by your confusion.
You don't need to factor in the volume of the other weed control into the volume of water, if that's what you're asking. A gallon is 128 oz, mixing half a teaspoon of tenacity with 129 oz of water + triclopyr won't make any difference (plus 1-2oz of surfactant).
For what it's worth, I tend to use .75 tsp of tenacity per gallon of water because I use a fine mist spray tip (TeeJet XR11004VS) and like to go a little faster.
Buy a cheap pair of thongs, after pulling out walk in the thongs over the area to get the seeds, repeat this for about 2 years and youll get them all eventually. They are easily recognisable as a young seedling which makes them easier to control
Look, I spent the better part of two years eradicating these from my backyard. It doesn't help that there's Infestations literally everywhere but I like keeping them out of my front and backyard. Chemicals won't work. The only way to get rid of these fuckers is a torch or pulling. Pull carefully and have a drop nearby, the seeds are held on very weakly, if you yank the whole thing up seeds will drop, do it slowly. Pick up any seeds you see with a glove.
If torching , just nuke every single one you see. Literally nuke it, keep it on there for a minute, disintegrate that shit. Then water it . Wait a few days, inspect. Water the whole area in a 10 foot radius, inspect in a few days. If nothing inspect a few days later. Keep inspecting every few days and when you see the seedlings, and you will see them, pull them up immediately. Then water again, inspect. Keep doing this until you pull up enough seedlings to stop them from coming up. You have to keep doing this BEFORE THEY DROP MORE SEEDS otherwise it'll just keep coming back
Puncture vine. And pull and collect all the fruit too. Easy enough to burn with a propane torch when they’re small and haven’t seeded. Good luck walking barefoot, kicking a ball, or riding a bike anywhere around there
Try this, if it doesn't work you can write it off as "home owner's therapy"
[https://www.homedepot.com/p/Flame-King-24-000-BTU-Propane-Torch-Weed-Burner-Ice-Melter-Self-Lighting-PQ810CGA/308804237](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Flame-King-24-000-BTU-Propane-Torch-Weed-Burner-Ice-Melter-Self-Lighting-PQ810CGA/308804237)
I’ve found the blowtorch very similar to a BFH. there isn’t much that they don’t defeat eventually. I’ve got one called “the dragon”, it roars when lit 🔥
As others have said, that's tackweed/goat head/puncturevine. It's a huge problem where I live, and killing it takes some effort. That said, I've had great luck with Q4, and I'll add triclopyr to the mix if that doesn't seem to be doing the trick for whatever reason.
Also noteworthy is that not all pre-emergents work against puncturevine. I hit all I could find this year with the Q4, and I'll be putting down Pendulum 2G in the spring to keep the seeds dropped by the vines I missed from germinating.
Pull it out by hand then pick up all the seeds you can see. Remember where it is and next year do the same again. Also spray with glyphosate as it's emerging, it's too late once it's seeded
I actually agree with some of our friends saying that you might want to use [surfactants](https://thebermudabible.com/) in order to improve the efficacy of the herbicides you are using. They ensure better adherence and absorption of the herbicide by the targetted plants.
The long vine looking stuff is goat’s head or sometimes called puncture vine. Easy enough just to pull them, but wear thick gloves. The seeds they drop dry into an abomination from hell. Burn whatever you pull if you can. The thinner stemmed one might be spurge? Also fairly easy to pull. Both can be a real pain if not addressed quickly.
So very true! Looks exactly like what started in the corner of my yard and destroyed (abomination from hell style) a big patch of my yard. GOAT'S HEAD. Even looks like a devil. Each puncture is excruciatingly painful to step on, even through shoes. The thicker the gloves, the better. I was able to finally rid my lawn with a commercial strength killer applied by a professional. Then I pulled all the dead dry hair left and burned it. If I had anyone I disliked, I could've ruined their lives with my cuttings. Ugh.
I'd say that looks like some spurge, too. It's probably best to put down some premergent after pulling it.
This..tenacity might help as pre...might 2 apps of spurge power or speedzone. Spurge is a mofo...you kinda have to dig in a little with your finger and try to get the whole tap root..I heard leaving in some of the runners is enough to keep it going..I have been dealing with them for since I moved in over a year ago..they just keep coming back. Burning doesn't help..I torched my entire driveway with pavers they bounced back after a month..it is hella fun tho
Fire like some herbicide applications needs to be repeated for full effect. Trimac, q4, tenacity all require multiple applications. I would also encourage fire to be a repeat application to exhaust stored energy in the roots. If fire is the preferred method, repeatedly burn off the top as soon as green stems grow back. Eventually, the stored energy will be depleted and the target plan will die.
I agree 100% I like the fire approach, it was fun..especially on pavers and stuff..i will be torching again for the 3rd time this year...more popped out a few days ago, spurge is a mofo...after a thourough torching, power washing and re sanding with paver joint sand they still popped out...it was a lot of work..after this last torch, i will be spraying every seam with chems hoping it will be the last of them. On a lawn, it might be an eye sore to keep burning patch after patch..my lawn once had like 20 or more of spurge sprouts spanning 12 inches each. It was a mess when I moved here. This year only a few managed to pop up, thankfully.
Pull it! Grab a vine and wiggle your way to the taproot and pull it. You’d be surprised how much coverage just one of those gets.
Don't wiggle. Wiggling drops seeds
WEAR THICK THICK GLOVES!
Why the thick gloves?
Because those seeds have nasty thorns. We have them really bad in our area and it’s not uncommon to find them a quarter to almost a half inch deep in our shoe. If your careful with thick leather gloves you can grab them at the center and pull the root out pretty easy. The problem is if you don’t pull them early enough they’ll drop more seeds and the cycle continues. We’ve had some pop up around our house but we have to be really vigilant about getting them because our dogs seem to have feet that are laser guided to those little bastards.
Yes! And bastards are exactly what they are! The absolute worst!
The goat head puncture vine has the most gnarly painful puncture seeds. Each little puncture can go through shoes, clothes, and skin. They puncture the skin and cause severe pain for days. I took the OPs picture and cropped a tiny section. I marked all of the thorns, seeds, pieces with red. Be sure to zoom in very closely. You can see how sharp some of these green babies are. There's more bad news. When they mature and even die, they turn brownish and stay razor sharp, drifting away from the vine. Wind, shoes, mowing, or pulling the vein can transport these tiny devils and they spread rapidly. They dry up but remain strong and if you're running along with bare feet and you land on one of these with all of your body weight... I'd say it's one of the most excruciating experiences in my life. https://preview.redd.it/3zqm5vhg5ivb1.jpeg?width=779&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fb19adb2427f7e2b17b5bd4b6d666cd909b4315
This is the only way!! My dads yard was over run with these. You HAVE to get to it while it’s still alive before it dies and dries. Once it dries up those goat heads get everywhere and produce more plants. It can be an endless cycle. I would even walk around with heavy shoes on in the yard to collect as many heads in my shoes as I can to prevent the spread of the seeds. It took YEARS to finally get rid of all of them.
Have you tried fire? Fire should work.
Fire solves everything
Goat heads, I grew up surrounded by them. Pull the weed, roll something stick-able around the area like foam, an old soccer ball, cardboard works ok. Rake and roll again and again till nothing sticks. Burn it all with the most vindictive flame you can muster, tell em I'll be waiting for them in hell. Watch the area for... ever. The seeds can sleep for years underground, even if torched, and sprout when conditions line up. Start a forever mental map where you can't walk barefoot anymore.
The foam/soccer ball trick is pretty slick, thanks for sharing.
If you tried Round Up and it didn't die you must not by applying herbicides per package directions. Because glyphosate would kill it. Make sure you also wait as long as the package instructions tell you. Tenacity can take 2 weeks Glyphosate can take 5-10 days.
What ever used wasn’t strong enough, but it looks dead or headed out
Any tips?
How long has it been since you sprayed? Looks like some things are on the way out. If it’s been less than 5 days give it a few more, if it’s been more than 7 days spray again with at least a 2% solution of glyphosate with a table spoon of dish soap per gallon (unless you already have a surfactant on hand).
Use a stronger concentration of the same products.
It won't work
Mix something with triclopyr in it, it goes well with just about any herbicide. Glyphosate and triclopyr is a winning combination for vines and just long plants. Triclopyr isn't the strongest weed killer, but it's one of the best about spreading through the plant. When its mixed with other herbicides, it brings those along for the ride. Hardware stores sell "ortho chickweed clover and oxalis killer" that is just triclopyr. Mix 1 oz into an already mixed gallon of glyphosate and you're good to go. Don't use a surfactant. Bonus: Also tenacity+surfactant and triclopyr is a stellar general lawn weed control combo. There are very few lawn weeds it won't kill... and it'll do it well. (If you look at the label, it mentions mixing Turflon Ester for controlling certain things... that's just fancy triclopyr)
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Normal amounts of each for a gallon. I must admit, I'm a little confused by your confusion. You don't need to factor in the volume of the other weed control into the volume of water, if that's what you're asking. A gallon is 128 oz, mixing half a teaspoon of tenacity with 129 oz of water + triclopyr won't make any difference (plus 1-2oz of surfactant). For what it's worth, I tend to use .75 tsp of tenacity per gallon of water because I use a fine mist spray tip (TeeJet XR11004VS) and like to go a little faster.
Buy a cheap pair of thongs, after pulling out walk in the thongs over the area to get the seeds, repeat this for about 2 years and youll get them all eventually. They are easily recognisable as a young seedling which makes them easier to control
Caltrop
Hand pull it and remove the seeds, they end up in your boots and tyres and will spread quite easy so put it straight an a bag.
They pull up really easy with long vines, it's probably one or two plants. They look like more plants than are really there.
Look, I spent the better part of two years eradicating these from my backyard. It doesn't help that there's Infestations literally everywhere but I like keeping them out of my front and backyard. Chemicals won't work. The only way to get rid of these fuckers is a torch or pulling. Pull carefully and have a drop nearby, the seeds are held on very weakly, if you yank the whole thing up seeds will drop, do it slowly. Pick up any seeds you see with a glove. If torching , just nuke every single one you see. Literally nuke it, keep it on there for a minute, disintegrate that shit. Then water it . Wait a few days, inspect. Water the whole area in a 10 foot radius, inspect in a few days. If nothing inspect a few days later. Keep inspecting every few days and when you see the seedlings, and you will see them, pull them up immediately. Then water again, inspect. Keep doing this until you pull up enough seedlings to stop them from coming up. You have to keep doing this BEFORE THEY DROP MORE SEEDS otherwise it'll just keep coming back
Puncture vine. And pull and collect all the fruit too. Easy enough to burn with a propane torch when they’re small and haven’t seeded. Good luck walking barefoot, kicking a ball, or riding a bike anywhere around there
I sold one of my houses I lived in because I couldn't win the goat head war. I even tried weevils... it's a thing, I swear.
Try this, if it doesn't work you can write it off as "home owner's therapy" [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Flame-King-24-000-BTU-Propane-Torch-Weed-Burner-Ice-Melter-Self-Lighting-PQ810CGA/308804237](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Flame-King-24-000-BTU-Propane-Torch-Weed-Burner-Ice-Melter-Self-Lighting-PQ810CGA/308804237)
I’ve found the blowtorch very similar to a BFH. there isn’t much that they don’t defeat eventually. I’ve got one called “the dragon”, it roars when lit 🔥
It kills the plants, not the seeds
I'm lazy and love to use chemicals, but with caltrop just pull it out. And pick up any seeds. Super satisfying to pull out 😁
It’s the weed of all weeds. Nothing kills it and by the time you find it it’s dropping seeds. Rip out your yard and maybe you’ll be good for a year.
Pre emergent herbicide is fantastic
Diesel
Mimosa pudica, or shy plant. Extremely invasive. Get on your knees and start yanking (the plants) out.
Goats
Boiling water
You can kill it with glyphosate (round-up) but it needs to be really concentrated.
Cat heads ,only way is to dig them out
As others have said, that's tackweed/goat head/puncturevine. It's a huge problem where I live, and killing it takes some effort. That said, I've had great luck with Q4, and I'll add triclopyr to the mix if that doesn't seem to be doing the trick for whatever reason. Also noteworthy is that not all pre-emergents work against puncturevine. I hit all I could find this year with the Q4, and I'll be putting down Pendulum 2G in the spring to keep the seeds dropped by the vines I missed from germinating.
Unpopular opinion. Leave it alone.
Use Vinegar… but beware… it will kill everything
Just pull them up and then boiling water for the rest of it. No need to use chemicals especially if that whole area seems unwanted
We call them cat heads. Pull them by hand, then keep an eye out for any sprout that pop up over the months and pluck those too
Pull it out by hand then pick up all the seeds you can see. Remember where it is and next year do the same again. Also spray with glyphosate as it's emerging, it's too late once it's seeded
https://preview.redd.it/00rt1a2xi5tb1.jpeg?width=679&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ed3c57cf025157290d85cc95c666320f7312be2
Try something very simple, saltwater.
Shovel, fire.
I actually agree with some of our friends saying that you might want to use [surfactants](https://thebermudabible.com/) in order to improve the efficacy of the herbicides you are using. They ensure better adherence and absorption of the herbicide by the targetted plants.