Marestail

Back to my old chestnut of how to kill this which seems prevalent in seaside towns like here in Hastings.

I heard on the radio to overcome the wax covering protection of Marestail preventing weed killers working, to try mixing the weed killer with Wallpaper Paste hoping to make it stick to the weed.

What do you think?

Gordon

http://www.sigord.co.uk

 

You could try Ammonium sulphamate (sold by Dax as a compost heap accelerator). I find that is very effective on Marestail. I also stamp on them with my wellies, to bruise them as JWK says, as a prelude to spraying with Glyphosate.

 

Ha! "Seaside town" and mares tail!!

I cannot eradicate mine ... my neighbour boasts of how full his garden is with this (and lo and behold ... my garden is now "flourishing"!)

 

Mine is only at the front so far, with the concrete paths preventing it growing in the back garden. It came in from the neighbour who thinks he has removed his with bleach. Now it is Autumn it will die down until next spring.

In one nearby garden it has grown high enough as a shrub.

 

I have it in my garden, I used to wage war against it every summer, pulling it, spraying it and anything else I could think of. Now I live and let live; in my lawns it has no chance due to the frequent mowing, in the borders (which are fully planted) I get the odd one poking up. By and large the more you cultivate the soli the less they like it conversely the more you fight them the more you notice them. They survived the dinasaurs and everything since so my advice would be to save your energy and your money plus save the soil from the toxins and live with them - you'll be surprised how quickly they recede once you cultivate the area