Hoeing or pulling it helps weaken it, but it's survived since the dawn of time so I think we're grasping at straws trying to eradicate it.Keeping it at bay is the best we can hope for!
I only put annual weeds in the compost bin, anything more robust goes in the brown bin. Mine was ideal for the tomato plants to seed... I now have a couple of nice ones growing in the 'box' thingy on my back fence!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
OH NO!!! I've put all manner of weeds in my bins!!!! I'm a looney learner where compost bins are concerned. So I'll spend next year weeding you say...marvellous!
Horse tails/mares tails, now even I know about those! A company called Progreen sell a product called Kurtail which, if it doesn't kill them, certainly gives them a serious kickin'!!!! Mine are quite bad so therefore will require repeat treatments. I'll let you know how that goes.
Hi everyone I've just joined, this is my first post, and wondering about what Gloriousconfusion said about the web sites info about growing horse tail!!! If they give advice on how to grow it. That implies there must be a use for it? What could it be?
While I'm here does anyone have a definitive answer to, Is it ok to put privet cuttings on the compost?
What I do with them normally is leave them on the floor for a couple of days and then run the mower over them, it mulches them up very well. The pub parliament tells me that they are too acid.
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Hoeing or pulling it helps weaken it, but it's survived since the dawn of time so I think we're grasping at straws trying to eradicate it.Keeping it at bay is the best we can hope for!
I only put annual weeds in the compost bin, anything more robust goes in the brown bin. Mine was ideal for the tomato plants to seed... I now have a couple of nice ones growing in the 'box' thingy on my back fence!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
OH NO!!! I've put all manner of weeds in my bins!!!! I'm a looney learner where compost bins are concerned. So I'll spend next year weeding you say...marvellous!
Horse tails/mares tails, now even I know about those! A company called Progreen sell a product called Kurtail which, if it doesn't kill them, certainly gives them a serious kickin'!!!! Mine are quite bad so therefore will require repeat treatments. I'll let you know how that goes.
Hi everyone I've just joined, this is my first post, and wondering about what Gloriousconfusion said about the web sites info about growing horse tail!!! If they give advice on how to grow it. That implies there must be a use for it? What could it be?
While I'm here does anyone have a definitive answer to, Is it ok to put privet cuttings on the compost?
What I do with them normally is leave them on the floor for a couple of days and then run the mower over them, it mulches them up very well. The pub parliament tells me that they are too acid.
welcome The Ref.
I'd happily put the mown privet in the compost bins.
I think you can use horsetail for scrubbing pans. It contains a lot of silica. But I can think of easier ways of doing the washing up...