Very practical and helpful video, thank you. I’m in Scotland and was worried that it would get out of control, but it doesn’t seem like I would have too much to worry about in my climate 😊
By coincidence we were looking longingly at horsetail yesterday in our nursery but have concerns about it’s water and soil needs, as well as tolerance to snow. . I know this is a really hot dry summer in Europe & that you mentioned horsetail needs a lot of water . Can you tell me how your horsetail is doing? Are you watering it daily? A lot? Do you have any suggestions that you have learned? We are in zone 6 but no rain from June-October ( we have a drip system) , craggy soil, and a lot of sun.
What a funny coincidence! The horsetail I show at the end of the video where I plant grows in pretty much full shade, which, I found, is not ideal. The horsetail we just planted recently next to the well gets a lot more sun and grows really well so far. So, rather more sun than shade is better from what I have seen. Water: when it is hot in summer and when there is no rain I water the horsetail pretty much every day, unless the soil is still very wet. Since it can grow in water, I am not scared of over-watering it. I water horsetail more than I would other plants. Soil: I would recommend a good (normal) planting soil mixed with a bit of sand. I usually mix our own soil with it as well, but it depends on the quality of the soil at that spot where I plant (the spot where I plant in the video did not have a very good soil, so I used just a little bit of it). So, from what I have seen so far with our horsetail: more sun than shade, a lot of water (keep the soil always moist) and a good soil mix with a bit of sand is best. We never had any issues during the winter or with snow. If the snow load is too heavy, more stems may break, but many of our horsetail stems break anyway during the year when they get too long. Hope that helps, let me know if you have any more questions :)
My pond is FULL of the damned stuff. It's a very invasive weed! Every tiny section can sprout roots and grow. so hacking it to pieces will just exacerbate the problem. It's also full of silica, which prevents weed killers from affecting it. due to its very small leaf area, it is very light sensitive, and won't grow in shade. The only effective way to kill it is to cut off the light. This means I have to cover the whole of my pond with black plastic sheet. This will also kill everything else in the pond. So I will have to kill half of the pond, and then the other half, and hope that nothing remains of it. I will also have to remove my water lilies first, to save them, but also wash them clean so that no pieces of this weed remains to be transplanted. .
Oh be careful with this extremely invasive plant! Nearly impossible to get rid of even after digging! I would never plant it in the ground unless you want it to spread everywhere. We live against the river and it is our nemesis growing in our lawn and vegetable garden. It is the very reason why I grow plants in pots as it will find any open area to grow and spread. It does look nice in some applications though. I’m not a fan because it is so invasive in our yard.
I have tried for years to get this to grow. Every time I plant it it dwindles away a little each year till nothing is left of it. I am in zone 6, where are you?
@@donaldhoover8095 It likes constant wet and marshy conditions. Get a cattle trough, or plastic pool, bury it up to its rim, and plant in that. Feed it with 'grey water from showers, baths and washing machines.
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Very practical and helpful video, thank you. I’m in Scotland and was worried that it would get out of control, but it doesn’t seem like I would have too much to worry about in my climate 😊
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Thanks for this - interesting and informative.
Great video about plants!!!!! Greetings from a new friend💐
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Welcome to my channel :)
Such an amazing looking plant.
Can uou plant it on large shallow pot with no drainage?
What you do with them? Do you eat them? If so, which one tastes the best?
By coincidence we were looking longingly at horsetail yesterday in our nursery but have concerns about it’s water and soil needs, as well as tolerance to snow. . I know this is a really hot dry summer in Europe & that you mentioned horsetail needs a lot of water . Can you tell me how your horsetail is doing? Are you watering it daily? A lot? Do you have any suggestions that you have learned? We are in zone 6 but no rain from June-October ( we have a drip system) , craggy soil, and a lot of sun.
What a funny coincidence! The horsetail I show at the end of the video where I plant grows in pretty much full shade, which, I found, is not ideal. The horsetail we just planted recently next to the well gets a lot more sun and grows really well so far. So, rather more sun than shade is better from what I have seen.
Water: when it is hot in summer and when there is no rain I water the horsetail pretty much every day, unless the soil is still very wet. Since it can grow in water, I am not scared of over-watering it. I water horsetail more than I would other plants.
Soil: I would recommend a good (normal) planting soil mixed with a bit of sand. I usually mix our own soil with it as well, but it depends on the quality of the soil at that spot where I plant (the spot where I plant in the video did not have a very good soil, so I used just a little bit of it).
So, from what I have seen so far with our horsetail: more sun than shade, a lot of water (keep the soil always moist) and a good soil mix with a bit of sand is best. We never had any issues during the winter or with snow. If the snow load is too heavy, more stems may break, but many of our horsetail stems break anyway during the year when they get too long.
Hope that helps, let me know if you have any more questions :)
You're a babe! Great video
My pond is FULL of the damned stuff. It's a very invasive weed!
Every tiny section can sprout roots and grow.
so hacking it to pieces will just exacerbate the problem.
It's also full of silica, which prevents weed killers from affecting it.
due to its very small leaf area, it is very light sensitive, and won't grow in shade.
The only effective way to kill it is to cut off the light.
This means I have to cover the whole of my pond with black plastic sheet.
This will also kill everything else in the pond.
So I will have to kill half of the pond, and then the other half, and hope that nothing remains of it.
I will also have to remove my water lilies first, to save them, but also wash them clean so that no pieces of this weed remains to be transplanted.
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Oh be careful with this extremely invasive plant! Nearly impossible to get rid of even after digging! I would never plant it in the ground unless you want it to spread everywhere. We live against the river and it is our nemesis growing in our lawn and vegetable garden. It is the very reason why I grow plants in pots as it will find any open area to grow and spread. It does look nice in some applications though. I’m not a fan because it is so invasive in our yard.
The environment you describe sounds like the perfect place for it. I can imagine that it spreads a lot there. It looks fantastic in pots too though :)
I have exactly that problem.
See above.
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I have tried for years to get this to grow. Every time I plant it it dwindles away a little each year till nothing is left of it. I am in zone 6, where are you?
@@donaldhoover8095
It likes constant wet and marshy conditions.
Get a cattle trough, or plastic pool, bury it up to its rim, and plant in that. Feed it with 'grey water from showers, baths and washing machines.
How do you get a million years out of a couple 1000 years The Bible will tell you how the Earth is