In my garden i have planted cabbages,sprouts,and cauliflowers all mature plants i am having problems with wood pigeons they have nearly eaten all of my plants , the area is to big to apply netting could you tell me what i should do.
Hi Bill - you need to start a new thread with an appropriate title - this thread is an old one about Mare'stail weeds - the cabbage experts won't look here.
you'll see a green button saying Create New Thread - click on that and you can start a new thread with an appropriate title e.g. Pigeons and cabbages!!! and people with experience in that will be able to spot it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My last garden was absolutely overrun with this stuff and vinegar killed it within days I sprayed neat vinegar after someone advised me to try it (all I had in the cupboard was apple cider or malt - both worked well) My garden now has acidic soil and they have grown out on our driveway (as the soil was put down when the drive was laid) despite that it pops up all along the fence I haven't found one single one in my garden I think acid is the only thing they dislike!
It is worth reading it all, including the discussion. It did seem to work when I tripped over the mares tail on my way to the compost heap and it is allowed as a compost accelerant . It decays into It is a much less noxious substance than Glyphosate.
The Kutail product seems to be widely advertised on the internet .
I just googled with the word "Kurtail" and there were many adverts about where to buy the stuff.
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Tread on it to bruise it and spray it with Resolva 24h, it'll be dead in a few days but you might have to re-do it when new shoots come through.
Thanks. info for a colleague so will pass on.
No problem
Resolva 24h works a lot quicker than glyphosate especially this time of year.
Mix up Vinegar Cooking salt and washing up liquid in a spray bottle, shake and spray directly onto Mares Tail
Doesn't work - it blackens the top growth but doesn't affect the deep roots.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
also it can poison the ground with salt so nothing grows
In my garden i have planted cabbages,sprouts,and cauliflowers all mature plants i am having problems with wood pigeons they have nearly eaten all of my plants , the area is to big to apply netting could you tell me what i should do.
Hi Bill - you need to start a new thread with an appropriate title - this thread is an old one about Mare'stail weeds - the cabbage experts won't look here.
Click on this link http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/3.html
you'll see a green button saying Create New Thread - click on that and you can start a new thread with an appropriate title e.g. Pigeons and cabbages!!! and people with experience in that will be able to spot it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My last garden was absolutely overrun with this stuff and vinegar killed it within days I sprayed neat vinegar after someone advised me to try it (all I had in the cupboard was apple cider or malt - both worked well) My garden now has acidic soil and they have grown out on our driveway (as the soil was put down when the drive was laid) despite that it pops up all along the fence I haven't found one single one in my garden I think acid is the only thing they dislike!
I have posted this a few times before but it slips down the different threads about it.
There is an interesting discussion about the demise of the original Rootout product .
http://www.allotment-garden.org/garden-diary/1989/ammonium-sulphamate-weed-killer-banned/
http://www.allotment-garden.org/gardening-information/weed-control/control-horse-mares-tail-equisetum-arvense/
It is worth reading it all, including the discussion. It did seem to work when I tripped over the mares tail on my way to the compost heap and it is allowed as a compost accelerant . It decays into It is a much less noxious substance than Glyphosate.
The Kutail product seems to be widely advertised on the internet .
I just googled with the word "Kurtail" and there were many adverts about where to buy the stuff.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'