"ngreplies" wrote
> My father has an allotment with fruit bushes on it and is battling with
a
> weed known as Mares Tail (Hippuris vulgaris) which is very hard to get
rid
> of.
>
> Can anyone suggest what weedkiller or what method can I employ to get
rid
> of
> the mares tail around the fruit bushes which include... blackcurrants,
> redcurrants, whitecurrants, raspberries, gooseberries, bramble and
> rhubarb.
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>
The normal advice regarding this weed is..... move!
My last allotment had it and I simply hoed it off, hoed it off, hoed it
off.... and it did weaken it after a few years but I never got rid of it
completely. I learnt to live with it.
It is covered with a waterproof skin (silica) so weedkillers don't do much
good, although I've heard some say walking over it to crush it before
spraying does work a bit better.
Digging it out is impossible as the black stringy roots go down so far.
Good luck.
--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London
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