I have this weed in my garden and this year it has gone mad! I try to control it by digging as much of the root out as possible. It does come back but the growth is much thinner & weaker. The use of chemicals is not possible because of leaching into the stream which borders our garden. It is a mammoth task but one which hopefully, will decrease. You have to remove all pieces of the plant though. I just go out on a daily basis.
I put lidl 23p vinegar on horsetail weed that's all over my gravel it did kill it off going brown and dried up after a few days. it has came back this year should I have tried to pick up the bits? Area is far too big to dig and garden smells like a chippy all summer?? What to do?? More vinegar?? Girl in lidl must think im a weirdo :$
Have had trouble of lots and lots of mares/horse tails coming into my plot from the one next door, which has not been cultivated for years!
Luckily it has only got as far as the path dividing our plots and not into the growing area!
I sprayed it with gypsophate which had little or no effect, but last year I tried Verdone extra and it worked a treat no more showing through the remaining part of the year!
I also covered some after spraying with black plant pots with a brick on top, this killed them even quicker!!
But they have returned again this year, though not so many, I have just sprayed them again this week, so hopefully this will weaken them further as they go so deep as if trying to reach Aussie land!!
One strong word of caution Verdone contains Clopyralid which should not be used on land that is for growing vegetables as it gives them a taste and makes them inedible!
This terrible, terrible weed is driving me insane, I can deal with any other weed but not this one, when I see it growing right in the middle of a beautiful lupin, , delphinium, lavender, & many more beautiful plants I know they are going to suffer,I try to dig it out but I know its root is still there, how can I spray anything on it without killing my plants, I am so sad as amI now thinking of just putting gravel down & having just a few dotted plants, I know I wont be happy as I have always had a cottage garden, before I so I will ask the farmers around me what they use, sorry for sounding so sad but I am!
It grows through gravel. Mines appeared through weed membrane and gravel. Fighting it with glosphated by bruising it abs eubbibg it in. It dies back but still getting shoots. Hopefully if I keep at it I'll fight it back next door
I have horsetail between my roses, can I take the roses out in winter and dig out my borders to eradicate the horsetail and then plant my roses back in the border?
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I have this weed in my garden and this year it has gone mad! I try to control it by digging as much of the root out as possible. It does come back but the growth is much thinner & weaker. The use of chemicals is not possible because of leaching into the stream which borders our garden. It is a mammoth task but one which hopefully, will decrease. You have to remove all pieces of the plant though. I just go out on a daily basis.
Have had trouble of lots and lots of mares/horse tails coming into my plot from the one next door, which has not been cultivated for years!
Luckily it has only got as far as the path dividing our plots and not into the growing area!
I sprayed it with gypsophate which had little or no effect, but last year I tried Verdone extra and it worked a treat no more showing through the remaining part of the year!
I also covered some after spraying with black plant pots with a brick on top, this killed them even quicker!!
But they have returned again this year, though not so many, I have just sprayed them again this week, so hopefully this will weaken them further as they go so deep as if trying to reach Aussie land!!
One strong word of caution Verdone contains Clopyralid which should not be used on land that is for growing vegetables as it gives them a taste and makes them inedible!
Margaret - vinegar won't kill it. It only burns the top growth - the roots go down 20+ feet and live to fight another day
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This terrible, terrible weed is driving me insane, I can deal with any other weed but not this one, when I see it growing right in the middle of a beautiful lupin, , delphinium, lavender, & many more beautiful plants I know they are going to suffer,I try to dig it out but I know its root is still there, how can I spray anything on it without killing my plants, I am so sad as amI now thinking of just putting gravel down & having just a few dotted plants, I know I wont be happy as I have always had a cottage garden, before I so I will ask the farmers around me what they use, sorry for sounding so sad but I am!