tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869693228690815626.post3532185334720794298..comments2024-03-29T07:00:49.307+00:00Comments on Plot 7 Marsh Lane - Our Hungerford Allotment Blog: Not All Weeds are WeedyBelinda Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019296108085163049noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869693228690815626.post-47999988374557034222015-05-25T08:34:16.422+01:002015-05-25T08:34:16.422+01:00The other side of our hedge has a bank down to the...The other side of our hedge has a bank down to the canal. The bank is covered in horsetail. We can almost watch it working its way up the site 😟. Control rather than elimination has to be the plan I thinkBelinda Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019296108085163049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869693228690815626.post-47031710921370332002015-05-25T08:31:21.959+01:002015-05-25T08:31:21.959+01:00We have bindweed, but only small tufts that we are...We have bindweed, but only small tufts that we are able to keep under control...at the momentBelinda Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019296108085163049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869693228690815626.post-32123730131644055782015-05-24T18:23:43.957+01:002015-05-24T18:23:43.957+01:00Although horsetail spreads in nature by spores it ...Although horsetail spreads in nature by spores it must be very rare for it to establish in a cultivated garden from spores.<br />As you show, if its deep roots are endemic it is a devil of a job to eliminateRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869693228690815626.post-18364851454064039612015-05-24T09:18:04.982+01:002015-05-24T09:18:04.982+01:00We are fortunate not to have marestail ir horsetai...We are fortunate not to have marestail ir horsetail. I guess there us a reason that it dates back into prehistory. Our bete noire of the weed world is bindweed.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com