Last autumn I mulched a large bed with homemade compost only to spend most of spring weeding mats of stachys seedlings. Admittedly they're not hard to pull up but it's very time consuming. It's not only roots we have to be wary of. Lesson learned and there have been more trips to the tip this year.
GWRS I've not found anything to stop it. I'm on the point of living with it and just pulling off shoots whenever I see them. Never, ever, put in the compost bin though.
LesleyK , our allottment has bought some chemical weed killer for horsetail and it seems to be working , I used the last of it last week on a patch , needed to wear a respirator thou
I have also found a spray in , only some g/c sell it
I'll find out the names and put it on this site for you
Just found a horsetail plant website to find out what it is, as I'd never heard of it, and, guess what?....it tells you how to grow the stuff. I didn't bother to save the link
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Last autumn I mulched a large bed with homemade compost only to spend most of spring weeding mats of stachys seedlings. Admittedly they're not hard to pull up but it's very time consuming. It's not only roots we have to be wary of
. Lesson learned and there have been more trips to the tip this year
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Hoed weeds also add to soil nutrient.
I do my best jo. One day the world will be a grey fuzzy place or is that my brain?
I'm with you Barry.
The best weedkiller in the world: a stainless steel hoe.
Stainless steel hoe doesn't stop horse tail , in fact it can make it worse !
GWRS I've not found anything to stop it
. I'm on the point of living with it and just pulling off shoots whenever I see them. Never, ever, put in the compost bin though.
LesleyK , our allottment has bought some chemical weed killer for horsetail and it seems to be working , I used the last of it last week on a patch , needed to wear a respirator thou
I have also found a spray in , only some g/c sell it
I'll find out the names and put it on this site for you
GWRS, thanks for that. I don't like to use chemicals so would only use it on the block paved drive as it has been looking like a mini forest.
LesleyK , we didn't want to but it is the only way to stop horse tail
Just found a horsetail plant website to find out what it is, as I'd never heard of it, and, guess what?....it tells you how to grow the stuff. I didn't bother to save the link