Viewing post #777617 by saltmarsh

Oberon46 said: I will spread preen on top of the chips next spring. That should at least give me a fighting chance of staying ahead of the little beggars. Except for horsetail. That is soooooo invasive and nothing seems to kill it.

I am making notes on what you large gardeners use for various things and hope to have the room to employ some of your tips.

Are you talking about this or another species? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...

If so, I use a tea made from the shoots on all my vegetables. I use it to prevent mold, mildew, fungal diseases, and blights.

The horsetails you see growing on top of the ground are produced from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system which can be much deeper than the clumps on the surface.

I hope you will use it rather than kill it, but you can remove it by applying agricultural lime to raise the soil PH to 7.8 - 8. Claud