We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael

michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of horsetail is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the plant?
--
Pete C
London UK

On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:



michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of horsetail is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the plant?

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and bruise
the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. ;-)
--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On May 5, 8:59*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:





michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of horsetail is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the plant?

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and bruise
the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. *;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

On 2009-05-05 21:27:48 +0100, Judith in France
said:

On May 5, 8:59*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:





michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of horsetail
is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the plant? :
)

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and bruise
the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. *;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

There's some kind of contradictiion in terms in there somewhere....... ;-))
--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:



michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of
horsetail is waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate
entering the plant?

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and
bruise the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. ;-)
--
That's what I'm doing atm
--
Pete C
London UK

Judith in France wrote:
On May 5, 8:59 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:





michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the
end of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the
plant is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than
upwards as in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of
horsetail is waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate
entering the plant?

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and
bruise the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. ;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith
You talking about me again?
--
Pete C
London UK

Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 21:27:48 +0100, Judith in France
said:

On May 5, 8:59 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:





michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give
this advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the
end of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since
the plant is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather
than upwards as in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of
horsetail
is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the
plant? :
)

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and
bruise the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. ;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

There's some kind of contradictiion in terms in there
somewhere....... ;-)) --

Not if the treat is nice

--
Pete C
London UK (in naughty frame of mind)
--
Pete C
London UK

michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael

Is there a an old medicinal use for this weed? Might be better to 'crop'
horsetail and sell it to pharmaceutical companies and stuff the veg?
--
Pete C
London UK

On May 5, 9:39*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 21:27:48 +0100, Judith in France
said:



On May 5, 8:59*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:

michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of horsetail
*is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the plant? :
)

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and bruise
the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. *;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

There's some kind of contradictiion in terms in there somewhere....... * ;-))
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Your sense of humour makes me smile :-)

Judith

On May 5, 10:07*pm, "Pete C" wrote:
Judith in France wrote:
On May 5, 8:59 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:

michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the
end of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the
plant is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than
upwards as in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of
horsetail is waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate
entering the plant?

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and
bruise the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. ;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

You talking about me again?
--
Pete C
London UK

I don't know about stomping but you could very well get a slap, young
man!!!! How is Lewis coming along now?

Judith

On 2009-05-05 22:08:20 +0100, "Pete C" said:



Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 21:27:48 +0100, Judith in France
said:

On May 5, 8:59 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:





michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give
this advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the
end of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since
the plant is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather
than upwards as in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of
horsetail
is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the
plant? :
)

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and
bruise the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. ;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

There's some kind of contradictiion in terms in there
somewhere....... ;-)) --

Not if the treat is nice

--
Pete C
London UK (in naughty frame of mind)

Not if you're a horse tail - and just be glad I said 'tail' - also ini
naughty frame of mind. ;-)
--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On 2009-05-06 09:39:51 +0100, Judith in France
said:

On May 5, 9:39*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 21:27:48 +0100, Judith in France
said:



On May 5, 8:59*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-05 19:15:44 +0100, "Pete C" said:

michael wrote:
We have quite a lot of horsetail on our allotments,and we give this
advice to plotholders.
1)In May/June whenever you arrive at your plot,spend 10 minutes
(obviously more at first)seeking out and digging up the horsetail
growth with small handfork.Horsetail needs light to grow and
continually removing it significantly weakens it.
2)In July/August start applying glysophate(strong mixture mixed up
with wallpaper paste so that it sticks to it).Applying it at the end
of the season is far far more effective than earlier,since the plant
is naturally sending back down into the roots-rather than upwards as
in Spring growth.

Several plotholders have removed horse tail in a couple of years
almost completely.This works.
Michael
Mmm, how does the paste get over the fact that the surface of horseta
il
*is
waxy which to a large extent, prevents glysophate entering the plant?
:
)

Many people have posted here on many occasions that you bash and bruis
e
the horsetail to enable it to take in the poison. *;-)
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Stomp and stamp on it, then treat it.

Judith

There's some kind of contradictiion in terms in there somewhere.......
* ;-))
--
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

Your sense of humour makes me smile :-)

Judith

I have my uses!
--
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon