Horsetail - an obsessive weed, very tenacious, likes to grow on acidic and clay soils. Its summer shoots are very similar to young Christmas trees. In spring, the plant gives sporiferous shoots of a pinkish color, very juicy and not branched.
Field horsetail belongs to root shoot weeds, which propagate by means of rhizomes. The root they are thin and durable, black or dark brown. The root system lies at a depth of sixty centimeters.
How to get rid of horsetail in the garden
Have a respirator and gloves, garden tools, lime fertilizers, chemicals, and cruciferous seeds. Now let's get started.
1. According to agronomists, fields and vegetable gardens are clogged more and more every year. Marsh horsetail is rightfully considered the most intrusive weed that loves to clog crops. Its thickets actively deplete and dry the soil, which makes it difficult to care for crops, reduces the productivity of gardens and fields.
2. The roots of horsetail erupt to a sufficiently large depth, and the processes are very large, so a special approach is needed. How to get rid of horsetail in the garden? There are special ways to deal with this weed that work well.
You can focus on the mechanical method - weeding, digging, cultivating. Of course, this method is very laborious, but the most reliable. Weeding is done carefully, all weeds should be removed from the garden, otherwise they will sprout in a new way. The roots, as mentioned above, penetrate very deeply, so the plant cannot be completely torn out. The remains will give new shoots already very quickly.
3. It is worth using the love of horsetail to acidic soils. It is necessary to introduce limestone, calcite, slaked lime, dolomite, and sugar production waste into the ground. This helps to reduce the acidity of the earth. A non-acidic soil does not like horsetail. Get rid of him in this way, though not immediately, but succeed. This method reduces the concentration of nutrients in the earth, so you should carefully read the instructions on the packaging of the used chemical materials.
4. How to get rid of horsetail in the garden with the least effort? You can populate the territory with cruciferous plants such as white mustard, arugula or winter rape. This will greatly overshadow the existence of horsetail.
5. You can plant winter rye seeds , which acts as a kind of orderly on the site. But the fastest and, perhaps, the most effective way is still considered chemical. In specialized stores, buy fertilizers that destroy weeds, but do not harm cultivated plants.
6. Another method how to get rid of horsetail in the garden is to prevent spores from ripening, as a result of which the plant gradually dries up. To do this, from the beginning of spring every twelve days just mow the weed and weed the aisles. However, one should observe the growth of horsetail, because in rainy weather its sprouts appear and stretch much faster. Good luck