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Mare's Tails
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Rich AGS on -
hello Michael
use a product called KURTAIL kills mares tail
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd on -
Glyphosate.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Barnett on -
Its got to be a combination of glyphosphate, carefully digging, and perseverance.
Personally I've had plenty on my allotment, but due to the wet weather the ground has been quite wet, Ive been forking over the top and taking hold of the newly emerging shoots and pulling them up. You have to grab hold of the darker stem, the new green growth will break away so make sure you pick up anything you break off and take away to be burned.
I've also been putting the fork into the ground at an angle just below horizontal. Then lifting the soil up. The mares tails are left still in the ground and I've been pulling them up that way.
Remember they develope extremely long tap roots and use up a lot of energy getting to the surface and if you keep removing the green parts which are the photsynthetic part of the plant you will eventually exhaust them. It's really managing how you cultivate.
There is also the issue of what they are growing with, in, around etc.
Kevin
www.gardencoaching.blogspot.com
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Permalink Reply by Simon Smith on -
Personally I don't think you should mess about trying to dig it Just use the kurtail. It kills almost all of it and very limited re-growth will need a second hit.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
With almost no leaf area to spray you're going to struggle. I've used the old-fashioned "rubber-glove and wipe the neat glyphosate on" method successfully before. I'm sure that's in breach of every current 'elf & safety requirement, so can't possibly recommend it. ;-)
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening on -
Paul that method is not in breach of anything. I used it to kill rushes growing through a lawn very effectively.
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Permalink Reply by choughman on -
many many years ago an old gardener showed me how to deal with maretail. Stamp on it then spray with glyphosate. Obviously this is dependant on where it is but the reasoning is that the plant has a hard "skin" on its leaves that sheds weedkiller. by standing on it, yes you risk bits of the leaf breaking off and rooting but essentailly you damage the leaf and the weedkiller can get a better hold.
Works for me
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Permalink Reply by Michael Fitzgerald on -
thanks for the replies, where can I can purchase Kurtail ? is it readily available from b&q wickes etc ?
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Permalink Reply by Simon Smith on
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progreen sell it. It's expensive but very very effective
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
It's a professional product. You shouldn't be able to buy it without the proper certificates, that's the difference between domestic chemicals, which tend to be ineffective and expensive, and professional ones!
Michael Fitzgerald said:thanks for the replies, where can I can purchase Kurtail ? is it readily available from b&q wickes etc ?
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Permalink Reply by David Benson on -
try this link http://www.progreen.co.uk/mares/horse-tail/info_17.html i used it but was called kabosh then but it worked fine only needed a second treatment on new emerging stems about 2 weeks later. 3 years later the garden is still clear, glyphosate dos not touch it waste of money using it
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on -
yes . videos somewhere too...
Rich AGS said:hello Michael
use a product called KURTAIL kills mares tail
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