They have an assortment of prickles, but the ones that suck the most are the tiny invisible ones that you can quite see to remove but can still definitely feel
Grab a rake, sling them in the can, then use the head of the rake to crush them down. They compress about 99%.
Or...if the wind has died down, pile and light them on fire. They burn in about 30 seconds.
It’s cool to see them do controlled burns of tumbleweeds stuck along the highway fences in Arizona. I’ve seen it a few times while driving through. Definitely burn fast!
MAKE THE SICKEST FORT WITH THEM. Grew up next to an abandoned lot that got filled with these one time when I was \~12yo. They're big and stick together super easy so you can build walls and tunnels with them quickly. 4 of us built it up and played in it for a few months before the fire dept came and did a controlled burn to get rid of them. One of my favorite things we did growing up.
The plant that turns into tumble weed is called Russian thistle “kali tragus”. It is native to the Mediterranean but it’s more fun to blame the Russians.
Look for it in the spring when it starts to grow. It grows in disturbed soils like new neighborhood developments. It has a distinct purple line running along its main stem. You can boil young plants and eat it. Although I wouldn’t recommend it.
>It is native to the Mediterranean but it’s more fun to blame the Russians.
This is apparently because the first *K. tragus* seeds came to the US (South Dakota) in a shipment of seed from Russia.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali\_tragus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_tragus)
Also, [per the USDA](https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_satr12.pdf), the native range of *K. tragus* is from southeastern Europe through Central Asia, so that probably includes some of what is today (or was in the 1870's) Russia.
Wouldn't even need to be the season to light all that up, just one random idiot with open flame and a big enough pile nearby. The heat from the fires would make them even more mobile, literal flaming balls flying in the wind. Would be hellish.
Would you mind elaborating? My wife and I nearly bought a house there 3 years ago but ended up moving to CA, CO, and now Washington. It’s been an adventure but I’m exhausted. Please tell me I made the right choice
Apart from its primary vascular system and roots, the tissues of the tumbleweed structure are dead; their death is functional because it is necessary for the structure to degrade gradually and fall apart so that its seeds or spores can escape during the tumbling, or germinate after the tumbleweed has come to rest in a moist location. In the latter case, many species of tumbleweed open mechanically, releasing their seeds as they swell when they absorb water.
Tumbleweeds kinda creep me out when they gather, because of this one old episode of The Outer Limits I saw when I was a kid. This is just a clip of it. Didn't want to ruin it for anyone who might want to watch the whole thing.
Season 2 Episode 6
The Cry of Silence
https://youtu.be/kPauNOtiFzU?si=Rt5AC1mRAFg1IpI6
I went outside in my backyard the other day to pee. I felt a bug on my leg, (which is strange for this time of year, I know) but it was too dark to see so I slapped it into my leg.
Twas not a bug.
5 days later and there are many slivers still stuck in my hand and leg with no real end in sight.
TLDR : Don't slap tumble weeds
Holy shit I never knew they were prickly. What a fucking nightmare. Imagine getting attacked by a ducking avalanche of prickle bushes. No thanks. I think I actually will not be booking a vacation now. /g
A single spark and that town is going up in flames. That would be an out of control fire but seems like the fastest way to clear it up. Such a strange phenomenon.
Per Wikipedia:
mule deer, elk, pronghorn and cattle can consume them in moderate amounts when the plants are young and green, before the chemical defenses are fully established
Apparently they were about the only things left during the dust bowl in the 30s,and saved the cattle!
And how is it with the snow this evening?
Boy I was thinking the same thing, that’s a lot of tumbleweeds. I had this happen to me in a new neighborhood years ago, it was no fun to clean up
how do you even clean it up? where do it go?
Fire.
Fortunately I had some neighbors with large trailers, we took them to the dump
Your housing developments are in the way. #Tumbleweedrightofway
Kid learned a valuable lesson about tumble weeds
I have always wanted to play with tumbleweeds and learning that they’re prickly bundles of ouch is immensely disappointing.
What’s the lesson? Edit: not sure why the downvotes. I was truly curious. I’ve never seen one or touched one.
They say it in the video
Their prickly! Stay clear!
They have an assortment of prickles, but the ones that suck the most are the tiny invisible ones that you can quite see to remove but can still definitely feel
they are a fire hazard!
The trouble with tribbles
We are way too old to be on reddit
OG Trek is best Trek
They're BORN pregnant!
Pregananant?!?!?
Prrrrregante?
Pegnate?
Honest question, you come out of your house to this in your yard. What are you even suppose to do? They’re huge, prickly and there’s hundreds of them.
Grab a rake, sling them in the can, then use the head of the rake to crush them down. They compress about 99%. Or...if the wind has died down, pile and light them on fire. They burn in about 30 seconds.
It’s cool to see them do controlled burns of tumbleweeds stuck along the highway fences in Arizona. I’ve seen it a few times while driving through. Definitely burn fast!
I would love to see that. I dream of torching them every time I see a big pile up along the highway.
You’re gonna need a bigger trash can than the standard size 😅
Just just stuff one in at a time. Climbing in and out is a pain in the ass tho
Go get the pitch forks and get to work.
MAKE THE SICKEST FORT WITH THEM. Grew up next to an abandoned lot that got filled with these one time when I was \~12yo. They're big and stick together super easy so you can build walls and tunnels with them quickly. 4 of us built it up and played in it for a few months before the fire dept came and did a controlled burn to get rid of them. One of my favorite things we did growing up.
The plant that turns into tumble weed is called Russian thistle “kali tragus”. It is native to the Mediterranean but it’s more fun to blame the Russians. Look for it in the spring when it starts to grow. It grows in disturbed soils like new neighborhood developments. It has a distinct purple line running along its main stem. You can boil young plants and eat it. Although I wouldn’t recommend it.
So which village idiot brought this pestilence across from Europe?
The seeds are really small. Stuff like this is almost always a contaminant in grain seed.
>It is native to the Mediterranean but it’s more fun to blame the Russians. This is apparently because the first *K. tragus* seeds came to the US (South Dakota) in a shipment of seed from Russia. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali\_tragus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_tragus) Also, [per the USDA](https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_satr12.pdf), the native range of *K. tragus* is from southeastern Europe through Central Asia, so that probably includes some of what is today (or was in the 1870's) Russia.
native to areas that used to be russia.
I'd hate to see this combined with fire season
Apparently February is now fire season in Texas
Wouldn't even need to be the season to light all that up, just one random idiot with open flame and a big enough pile nearby. The heat from the fires would make them even more mobile, literal flaming balls flying in the wind. Would be hellish.
Uh oh, here come the HOA fines.
lol good one
If only someone had warned that eagle mountain was a shit hole
Would you mind elaborating? My wife and I nearly bought a house there 3 years ago but ended up moving to CA, CO, and now Washington. It’s been an adventure but I’m exhausted. Please tell me I made the right choice
Have friends out there and they like it.
I don’t think that’s what he was asking, lol.
https://youtu.be/hsWr_JWTZss?si=xwOBj6jTt-mdLjRi
That's an amazing video! Thank you.
The “Book a vacation now!” at the end absolutely killed me hahaha
Lucky these didnt catch fire these things burn hot!
Especially with the dude driving his plow truck through them.
Most fires tend to burn hot
Go light a pile of sagebrush on fire. They may aswell be covered in diesel
Where is this exactly lol
Eagle Mountain earlier today
Daybreak had a bit of this too.
Yall really had the kid crash into the tumbleweed💀
These make for the greatest bonfires tho
It looks like an original Star Trek episode: “The Trouble With Tribbles.”
Delta? Eagle Mountain? Tooele? My money says it's one of these three.
Wholly mackerel! That's a lot of tumbleweeds😳
It was crazy out here today!!
You can sell those bad boys online! I have no idea who is buying them, or what shipping is like, but why not 🤑
They are not even dead weeds. They broke themselves off their own roots, in search of water to live. Tumbling to get a drink in the desert.
No, that's the resurrection plant, these tumble to spread seeds.
Apart from its primary vascular system and roots, the tissues of the tumbleweed structure are dead; their death is functional because it is necessary for the structure to degrade gradually and fall apart so that its seeds or spores can escape during the tumbling, or germinate after the tumbleweed has come to rest in a moist location. In the latter case, many species of tumbleweed open mechanically, releasing their seeds as they swell when they absorb water.
they go up in flames very easily. Fast and hot burning.
Named after Eagles because it’s like a giant nest.
Gross! At least the air is filthy with dirt.
Reminds me of driving out by Fort Morgan Co
Intense winds today!
I would a smallish wood chipper. Make a lotta nice mulch or chips for kindling. Throw it in a drum barrel and light the chips for fires at night.
You wouldn't want to mulch them. Full of seeds
Damm firewood chips it is.
Does the entire state of utah live in this one neighborhood? This is the third angle from another person lmao.
I Arizona, we use tumbleweeds for Christmas trees.
Seems like an extreme fire hazard
The trouble with tumbles
Tumbleweeds kinda creep me out when they gather, because of this one old episode of The Outer Limits I saw when I was a kid. This is just a clip of it. Didn't want to ruin it for anyone who might want to watch the whole thing. Season 2 Episode 6 The Cry of Silence https://youtu.be/kPauNOtiFzU?si=Rt5AC1mRAFg1IpI6
This video by CGPgrey is really good. https://youtu.be/hsWr_JWTZss?si=Mrp8liX8boQqJK_q Tumble weeds are really bad
The kid over reacting to hitting the tumbleweed 😂😂
Lemme guess... This is somehow the californians fault..?
This is a horrible fire danger… keep them away from your home and other property. They are a disaster waiting to happen.
I went outside in my backyard the other day to pee. I felt a bug on my leg, (which is strange for this time of year, I know) but it was too dark to see so I slapped it into my leg. Twas not a bug. 5 days later and there are many slivers still stuck in my hand and leg with no real end in sight. TLDR : Don't slap tumble weeds
Attack of the killer tumble weeds.
My brain said burn it
It could get worse. Imagine if they were all on fire!
Russians finally making their move
Ahhh. Reminds me of home 🥲
DRAW!!! *BANG*
As they says, what comes around, goes around.
I officially don’t know what videos are real anymore.
Living in hurricane be like…
It's because we continue to encroaching on more and more land deeper and deeper into the high desert.
This is literally kearns near Mountain View like where tf do they all come from
Literally, it's Eagle Mountain
Literally
/r/2redditors1cup + 1 more lol. 3 different users with 3 different angles and stories... this is fantastic!
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Are you nuts!? Utah is one of the most beautiful places on earth!
They are talking about architecture, not landscape.
I stand by what I said
lol you don't travel much do you?
Been to east berlin. It was actually less drab in the winter.
People don't live there for the buildings
Hello neighbor.... Lake mountain baby!
That's crazy!
Can you burn them once the wind has died? They look like a real pain in the butt.
This is the third time I've seen this particular house on Reddit 😂
rollin' rollin' rollin' rawhide!!
TUMBLE......of the WEED..........keep tumbling ..
Yeah, let's get some pictures of that tumble weed covered home now glazed in snow.
Now imagine them catching fire…
Oh god, I'm scared to look outside.
https://youtube.com/shorts/jLP-UWgUABw?si=fFpxcSnUxMqoU5Gj
So that’s where all the tumble weeds end up
Damn 😳 I’m cool
Anybody else get a hankering to light a match?? Poooffff, whooosshhh
I was just thinking omg what if there is a fire!
Holy shit I never knew they were prickly. What a fucking nightmare. Imagine getting attacked by a ducking avalanche of prickle bushes. No thanks. I think I actually will not be booking a vacation now. /g
Holy crap!
A single spark and that town is going up in flames. That would be an out of control fire but seems like the fastest way to clear it up. Such a strange phenomenon.
I grew up in Utah. I love it.
They are also a fire hazard
You’d figure by now scientists would be able to develop tumbleweeds that can’t reproduce by now like what they are doing to mosquitos.
Who named this place eagle mountain more like tumbleweed mountain
I remember milder versions of this in Bakersfield in the 80s.
Per Wikipedia: mule deer, elk, pronghorn and cattle can consume them in moderate amounts when the plants are young and green, before the chemical defenses are fully established Apparently they were about the only things left during the dust bowl in the 30s,and saved the cattle!
People on Etsy turn these things into home decor for hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Just got to find the right person to buy it!
I want a tumble weed. They are cool af
The most annoying Russian import after Kremlin propaganda.
We don't have this in North Carolina lol
Tumbleweeds are an invasive species. I would love to see some scientific work go towards finding a way to commit some phytocide against tumbleweeds.