Horsetail Weed
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i use glysphosphate 360,,, and it can take 2 applications
a good tip is to put some washing up liquid in the mix as this breaks down the surface tension
and helps absorption into the waxy stems,,,,,,,
a good tip is to put some washing up liquid in the mix as this breaks down the surface tension
and helps absorption into the waxy stems,,,,,,,
Mix 5 liters of white vinegar, 5 liters of bleach, 5 kilos of coarse salt and 5 liters of water. With that, I'm quiet for two years
Not to take your subject off the right track, Mick, but you mentioned digging a swale to divert your neighbors water. I know the feeling all too well.....
After drinking that, I reckon you would be quiet for two years, or even longer.....
Jon
It is recommended that SBK be mixed with paraffin for best effect.
It sorted out English Ivy at the bottom of my garden but it has now re-invaded from next doors garden! :-(
It sorted out English Ivy at the bottom of my garden but it has now re-invaded from next doors garden! :-(
I despise this Horsetail weed, it's like an alien invader that won't die, it makes me want to remove everything poor a slab of concrete and start over, however I am sure that the weed would undoubtedly work it's way through the concrete.
I hope that by pulling it as it sprouts I will eventually exhaust the roots.
The concrete Idea does sound appealing though . . .
Just saw this video, not sure If I can find this product in Canada . . .
I hope that by pulling it as it sprouts I will eventually exhaust the roots.
The concrete Idea does sound appealing though . . .
Just saw this video, not sure If I can find this product in Canada . . .
Glyphosate is about all you can buy nowadays, although it's now on the disapproved list for commercial use, because they're worried about its effect on water courses..........
I was looking for a complete killer / steriliser for the soil under my depot area after the triffids invaded (later identified as white bryony) but there's nothing in the shops other than 65 different versions of glyphosate
Glyphosate is about all you can buy nowadays, although it's now on the disapproved list for commercial use, because they're worried about its effect on water courses..........
I was looking for a complete killer / steriliser for the soil under my depot area after the triffids invaded (later identified as white bryony) but there's nothing in the shops other than 65 different versions of glyphosate
You can still get other products.. Though it is more and more difficult..
Try a 'Countryside' store, or somewhere more agricultural..
Even sodium chlorate is still available, if you try hard enough..
Has other uses as well!!
It was sodium chlorate that I was looking for, but couldn't find. May have to visit my favourite tractor shopYou can still get other products.. Though it is more and more difficult..
Try a 'Countryside' store, or somewhere more agricultural..
Even sodium chlorate is still available, if you try hard enough..
Has other uses as well!!
In most cases, and we did it on an allotment with mare's tail, is hand weeding and getting every last bit out. It's a long term strategy and means that as soon as a bit of mare's tail appears you get the hand fork out, but eventually it works.
Sodium Chloride (as opposed to Chlorate) is Table Salt.It was sodium chlorate that I was looking for, but couldn't find.
Seen this used to kill weeds effectively....
Will also kill pretty well everything else in large enough quantities, and it may well be large quantities you need for mare's tail.
After the defeat of Hannibal and the Carthaginians, the Roman general Scipio is said to have ploughed salt into the ruins of Carthage to prevent the land being used again.
But you can have more 'fun' with Sodium Chlorate!
Yeah, it's a real blast, but it costs a bomb.....
David
Another one of those clever plants which probably has built up an astonishing resistance to the Roundup family of weed killers by their over use over many years. An Australian wheat farmer and an inventor have now made an add-on weed seed "pulveriser" for harvesters. Seems to be working, but takes about 2 - 3 years before definite results become obvious. At least it doesn't need weed killers of a chemical kind.