killing Equisetum Arvense by injection
I've had a go at killing japanese knotweed using the National Trust approved technique of cutting and injecting glyphosate into the cut stems, followed by burning the cut material on site. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...vironment/w-na ture/w-nature-projects/w-nature-projects-japanese_knotweed.htm Its too early to say whether its worked. I'm sure there will be some mopping up to do next spring and anyway, we're supposed to watch the site for three years. It occurred to me that it might be possible to do the same with mares-tail (Equisetum Arvense). If you cut the stems it should be possible to dribble liquid in which would go down to the root. It would be slower work than spraying but would have the advantage of being far more accurately targeted. I did a web search and found that Monsanto already suggest you can do this http://www.monsanto.com/ito/pdfs/Rou...rateHollow.pdf Has anyone tried this? It doesn't seem much more labourious than the suggestion to bruise the stems, then spray. |
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