Giant Horsetail

Plants I Should Not Have Planted in My Yard

March 22, 2010
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Now that spring is here, I’ve been spending time prepping for all the flowers such as my huge dahlias that start appearing in the next few months. I have a gardener and pretty much ignore my yard during the winter. I’m not motivated when the weather is colder (not that San Diego gets that cold), so right now, I’m trying to plug in some more plants.  Thought I’d share a little of my plant saga [...]

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Killing Giant Horsetail (Equisetum) Update #2

January 4, 2010
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My last giant horsetail (equisetum) update was in July, a month after the nursery who recommended I plant giant horsetail in my yard, started using a poison called SedgeHammer to try to prevent it’s rapid spread and eventually kill it off.  For those of you who don’t know, horsetail (equisetum) is an invasive weed that can be incredibly damaging and take over your yard.   It can spread underneath your driveway to the other side, and go [...]

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Killing Giant Horsetail Update

July 9, 2009
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There must be a lot of you out there in the same boat, because I am getting quite a few hits to my little website from people searching “killing horsetail” and similar.  So I thought I’d write a little update to my prior post about killing giant horsetail (equisetum). Someone from the nursery who recommended I plant this horsetail in my yard  is coming by once a week.  They apply a product called SedgeHammer that [...]

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