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Possible horsetail contamination?! Help!

Gaughan.davidGaughan.david Posts: 80
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In a bit of a panic..

A friend of mine gave me a shot of his fancy push-mower last weekend to see if I liked it. I do. It's wonderful, but that's not the point.

the point is that, when I dropped it off today, I saw that there are horsetails in his lawn. Not many, but some.

is my lawn at risk of contamination?! I can't believe it!

David

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  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Well that would worry me to be honest, but is there any chance you misidentified horsetail? Could it have been achillea/yarrow? common lawn weed. 
  • Gaughan.davidGaughan.david Posts: 80
    a1154 said:
    Well that would worry me to be honest, but is there any chance you misidentified horsetail? Could it have been achillea/yarrow? common lawn weed. 
    Definitely horsetail, sadly...

  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    You should be ok unless his mower pulled up some root. It is rarely troublesome in grass as regular mowing keeps it in check. It's seed heads looks a bit like dandelion ones but i doubt in a lawn it grows long enough to produce them.
  • Gaughan.davidGaughan.david Posts: 80
    K67 said:
    You should be ok unless his mower pulled up some root. It is rarely troublesome in grass as regular mowing keeps it in check. It's seed heads looks a bit like dandelion ones but i doubt in a lawn it grows long enough to produce them.
    GREAT. I doubt he's managed to pull up some root. At worst some segments and spores, but even then, it was a few days since he'd used the mower..

    Thanks!
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