Horsetail... again!!!

kazschow

I hoed it in my potato and onion bed, it defo comes back, I now pull it all out once a week, but by the next week it's starting to come back with avengence, i'm working on the theory that it will EVENTUALLY weaken, but who knows when, the other couple of acres i am planning to cut regularly but 'til my house is built it's in the back burner, on the plus side from a distance, my field looks exceptionally lush, I just don;t tell anyone it's not grass it's a carpet of horsetail hehehehee

grandmaster00

ammonium sulphamate in wallpaper paste............ kills any vegetation full stop dead !!!!

kazschow

grandmaster00 wrote: »

ammonium sulphamate in wallpaper paste............ kills any vegetation full stop dead !!!!

Can you put a mix like that in a backpack sprayer or is it too thick?

SailorSam

grandmaster00 wrote: »

ammonium sulphamate in wallpaper paste............ kills any vegetation full stop dead !!!!

That's a good idea, and if you put some floral wallpaper on at the same time you could save on seeds and from a distance maybe you couldn't tell.

kazschow

grandmaster00 wrote: »

ammonium sulphamate in wallpaper paste............ kills any vegetation full stop dead !!!!

Can you put a mix like that in a backpack sprayer or is it too thick?

Davesnave

kazschow wrote: »

Can you put a mix like that in a backpack sprayer or is it too thick?

It would be far too thick. Sprayers block very easily and require persons using them to keep everything as clean as possible, including regular flushes through after use.

kazschow

Well that's that option out of the window, I can't do acres with a paint brush!

Davesnave

kazschow wrote: »

I can't do acres with a paint brush!

Monet and Van Gough did.....and look where that got them!

(OK, Van Gough is a bad example! :rotfl:)

gardenroute

The only problem with using non-selective herbicides or just digging the problem weeds out is that you're left with bare soil. The weed you're trying to get rid of is then the first weed to recolonise and you're left with nothing but that weed.
I've no idea how to get rid of horsetail in a field, but you can reduce it by helping the grass with regular mowing and feeding. Over time there would be more grass and less horsetail.

I would also worry about spending a lot of time and money using herbicides only to find I was back at square one a few years later.
It could be a drainage issue, some types of horsetail like damp conditions and proper drainage may reduce it over a few years. Or plant trees and let them deal with it. There's never any horsetail in woodland.

kazschow

Davesnave wrote: »

Monet and Van Gough did.....and look where that got them!

(OK, Van Gough is a bad example! :rotfl:)

I need my ears!!!! LOl