Best way of tackling mare's tail weed

[Hamburglar]

Bought a new house which has an attached paddock.

 

All looked well until the dreaded weed seems to have woken. The majority of the paddock seems infested and I wonder whether anyone has any advice.

 

I appreciate any advice.

 

Kind thanks

 

Rob

[david]

Do you need to use / graze the paddock? could it just be mowed regulary?

 

iv been treating the stuff for 3 years now on 3 sites. the various chemicals that iv used have killed the top but they always put new shoots up.

 

iv tryed rolling them to break the straw, spraying 2 days in a row, letting it grow and spraying in autum. its still there this spring

[Al Duffill]

I think you have got to get the roots out intact, just like dandelions, any remnants in the soil will grow again, you must have damp site, mare's tail loves wet/damp.

 

 

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[Hamburglar]

Was hoping to use some sheep as lawnmowers!

 

What did you spray with?

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[Hamburglar]

Yes, it's a damp site. Not sure I can easily improve drainage.

[Hamburglar]

Been looking at some stuff called Kurtail. Supposed to be good at killing it. Anyone tried using it?

[WirralBoy]

You'll find that there are dozens (maybe hundreds) of products that will claim to get rid of Mare's Tail (Horsetail).

It is a very invasive weed that is difficult to eradicate.

I tried all sorts of treatments to get rid of it on a small patch of land.

The solution for me was to mow it regularly (twice a week in the growing season) for three years.

Problem solved.

Its now gone.

Old gardeners advice;- never let it see a Sunday. (i.e. cut it back once a week)

 

And . . . . don't consider letting sheep do the job.

Horsetail can be very harmful to sheep.

 

You've got a difficult job on your hands if you want to get rid of it completely.

Be patient; keep at it; you'll win in the end.

[Peasgood]

Been looking at some stuff called Kurtail. Supposed to be good at killing it. Anyone tried using it?

Kurtail is the same stuff as Harvest. I t certainly knocks it about but it kills everything else as well, including your grass paddock.

If that is what you want, I advise using Weedazol. That gets it very well.

[Craig Johnson]

Kurtail is good but its expensive, Marengo has the same atives but half the cost, sprayed some two days ago going brown this morning, the mares tail that is

[Hamburglar]

Where do I get hold of Marengo from?

 

Think I'll have to treat it a couple of times and then look to re-seed.