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27-05-2004, 04:33 PM
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"Brian" wrote in message
... "martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 May 2004 18:23:12 +0100, "Brian" wrote: "martin" wrote in message .. . On 24 May 2004 13:17:35 GMT, emon (Rhiannon S) wrote: Subject: mares tail From: Judith Lea Date: 24/05/2004 14:08 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: Help, I have sprayed twice with Roundup - it is becoming very invasive - any suggestions? snip As suggested, the external tissue is practically proof against absorption. There are silicates involved and these will not dissolve. To bruise the stems, is the best idea, prior to Roundup as some will then be taken in. Very little absorption is needed for a kill. Give three weeks between applications. There is a Roundup advisory service that would be able to help. They might suggest some additive that will slow down or stop the 'run off' Good Luck Brian. Have you actually succeeded in getting rid of mares tails this way, Brian? Our neighbouring farm had this as a major local problem covering a field edge that must have exceeded 2 acres in total. He used heavy duty ring-rollers before agricultural Roundup [there does seem to be a difference as I have used both]. The problem was minimal the next year but had apparently been treated further as the ground was clear of crops. I visited once more, about three years later and saw none left/obvious. I didn't make further enquiries. Many years before that I found a small [3 stems]group on my own land and used SBK as I was spraying brambles nearby. I don't remember seeing it again~~ but it had probably not got a good foothold. You mentioned depth of roots.~~ Near Hertford, there was a new sandpit opened and was quickly about twenty feet deep. On the vertical edges roots could be seen at, and more than, 12'. But then it was pure soft sand~~ perhaps not so deep elsewhere. Brian. Reading all this, I wonder whether there is merit in crushing/bruising a couple of stems and then using the technique of putting it in a plastic bag with 1/2 strength roundup, as others have posted success stories with this when dealing with bindweed. Or even just crushing then spraying a couple of times with dilute roundup. I presume that they are all linked by a large root system, and not individual plants? We have difficulty with mares tail/horses tail on a few of the allotment plots near to the river bank. The non-plot land affected is covered mostly with black plastic as a means of controlling it. -- Richard Sampson email me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk |
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#32
27-05-2004, 05:31 PM
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"Brian" wrote in message
... "martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 May 2004 18:23:12 +0100, "Brian" wrote: "martin" wrote in message .. . On 24 May 2004 13:17:35 GMT, emon (Rhiannon S) wrote: Subject: mares tail From: Judith Lea Date: 24/05/2004 14:08 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: Help, I have sprayed twice with Roundup - it is becoming very invasive - any suggestions? snip As suggested, the external tissue is practically proof against absorption. There are silicates involved and these will not dissolve. To bruise the stems, is the best idea, prior to Roundup as some will then be taken in. Very little absorption is needed for a kill. Give three weeks between applications. There is a Roundup advisory service that would be able to help. They might suggest some additive that will slow down or stop the 'run off' Good Luck Brian. Have you actually succeeded in getting rid of mares tails this way, Brian? Our neighbouring farm had this as a major local problem covering a field edge that must have exceeded 2 acres in total. He used heavy duty ring-rollers before agricultural Roundup [there does seem to be a difference as I have used both]. The problem was minimal the next year but had apparently been treated further as the ground was clear of crops. I visited once more, about three years later and saw none left/obvious. I didn't make further enquiries. Many years before that I found a small [3 stems]group on my own land and used SBK as I was spraying brambles nearby. I don't remember seeing it again~~ but it had probably not got a good foothold. You mentioned depth of roots.~~ Near Hertford, there was a new sandpit opened and was quickly about twenty feet deep. On the vertical edges roots could be seen at, and more than, 12'. But then it was pure soft sand~~ perhaps not so deep elsewhere. Brian. Reading all this, I wonder whether there is merit in crushing/bruising a couple of stems and then using the technique of putting it in a plastic bag with 1/2 strength roundup, as others have posted success stories with this when dealing with bindweed. Or even just crushing then spraying a couple of times with dilute roundup. I presume that they are all linked by a large root system, and not individual plants? We have difficulty with mares tail/horses tail on a few of the allotment plots near to the river bank. The non-plot land affected is covered mostly with black plastic as a means of controlling it. -- Richard Sampson email me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk |
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#33
01-06-2004, 05:09 AM
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mares tail
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , martin writes: | | Marestail is ineradicable. I fought it for 11 years in one garden | without winning. | | How come it hasn't taken over the whole world? :-) It did, once. It's waiting until the climate is right for it again. Stick around for a few hundred million years, and you will see :-) Ha! regards sarah -- Think of it as evolution in action. |
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