Thistle Control in Austin, TX

Magic Pest and Lawn’s weed control experts provide Austin’s safest, most effective weed killer for thistle in grass and gardens.

Magic Pest and Lawn’s Austin weed control and lawn care professionals have the experience to help you with your thistle control and weed management problems–no matter how big or small. If you spot a plant in your Austin lawn, garden or an open field that is out of place that has grown in a group of flowering plants that have long leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, you may need Magic Pest and Lawn’s Thistle control services. Thistle or also known as Asteraceae and is a common weed problem in the Austin area because it grows and thrives in warm climates and love dry soil.

There are many species of Thistle (Asteraceae) but the most common is what grows on lawns caused by not properly watering the lawn. Although, Bee’s and Butterflies love the nectar of Thistle there are adverse effects. Typical adverse effects are competition with crops and interference with grazing in pastures, where dense growths of spiny vegetation suppress forage plants and repel grazing animals from eating either the thistle plants or neighboring forage. Some species, although not intensely poisonous, do affect the health of animals that swallow more than small amounts of the material.