{"id":8190,"date":"2015-07-09T06:53:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2015-06-30T00:54:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T07:54:23","slug":"more-horsetail-or-mares-tail-weeds-to-eliminate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/weeds-gardening\/more-horsetail-or-mares-tail-weeds-to-eliminate\/","title":{"rendered":"More Horsetail or Mare&#8217;s Tail Weeds to Eliminate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mares tail \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4820662523\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4137\/4820662523_a99bd40e75.jpg\" alt=\"Mares tail\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mare&#8217;stail or Horsetail is a common garden weed that flourishes on damp soil. Even the RHS is prone to Horsetail as the picture taken at Harlow Carr Gardens demonstrates. I look forward to seeing how they cope!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it is a Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The plant reproduces by spores that are readily wind dispersed but most problems come from the rhizomes.<\/li>\n<li>Rhizomes are extensive both horizontally and vertically and may reach over 5 feet deep depending on substrate.<\/li>\n<li>Rhizomes break into small parts and reproduce quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Tubers are then produced at the nodes of the rhizomes.<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t dig it out, although you may weaken the plants if you remove as much root as you can then hoe when you get above 1&#8243; shoots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Control and Eradication<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/products\/14\/horsetail-eradication\/\">Glyphosate <\/a>weed killer will have an effect and eventually kill the plant. Apply at least 3-4 times. Crush the leaves to create an entry point.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Ammonium Sulphamate can kill and you need a brushwood killer that incorporates it like Rootout or Deep Root<\/li>\n<li>Emerging \u00c2\u00a0 stems can penetrate some woven polypropylene mulches.<\/li>\n<li>Horsetail can survive periods of flooding and burning and has survived millions of years.<\/li>\n<li>Black plastic sheeting has been found to kill or suppress rhizomes in the upper layers of soil.<\/li>\n<li>Control on arable land include soil drainage, liming, deep cultivation, improvements in soil texture and persistent cutting of vegetative and spore bearing shoots has some effect.<\/li>\n<li>In grass, regular mowing over a period of years may eliminate horsetail.<\/li>\n<li>Eventually the food supply in the root is exhausted. Let it get bigger than1-2&#8243; and food begins to be stored in the roots again, and round and round you go ad infinitum or 60 million years and still counting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Other Resources <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/most-common-garden-weeds-2\/\">Most Common Weeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/common-lawn-weeds-ruin-stripes\/\">Common Lawn Weeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/uncommon-weeds\/\">Uncommon Weeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/weed-control-tips-and-water-avens\/\">Weed control of Avens<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/why-war-with-weeds\/\">Why war with weeds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mare&#8217;stail or Horsetail is a common garden weed that flourishes on damp soil. Even the RHS is prone to Horsetail as the picture taken at Harlow Carr Gardens demonstrates. I look forward to seeing how they cope! Why it is a Problem The plant reproduces by spores that are readily wind dispersed but most problems come from the rhizomes. Rhizomes are extensive both horizontally and vertically and may reach over 5 feet deep depending on substrate. Rhizomes break into small&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/weeds-gardening\/more-horsetail-or-mares-tail-weeds-to-eliminate\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weeds-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}