Horsetail Rush ?
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Horsetail Rush ?
Anyone have experience with this plant? A friend gave me a couple of small divisions. While I'm confident about controlling 27 varieties of bamboo, being lucky enough to have some equipment. My early research on Horsetail Rushes makes me a little scared. It's neat looking stuff, but I don't need a plant that requires hand work to control.
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I have some and it comes up in he most amazing places.
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Thanks Foxd, That's what I was afraid of. Things I can get to with a tractor / rotary brush cutter or backhoe don't concern me but spores blowing into places I can only get to by foot and by hand could be a problem.
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I only grow it in big pots. I'd never put it into the ground. I love it though!
(It grows new plants from stem cuttings! http://www.itsnotworkitsgardening.com/2 ... overy.html
(It grows new plants from stem cuttings! http://www.itsnotworkitsgardening.com/2 ... overy.html
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So Alan, you have no concerns about it showing up in flower beds or in your bamboo from spore dispersal? I have a perfect place for it, if it'll just spread on the ground and not by air. I too like the unique look. Nice blog post, thanks.
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I have/had a native stand of it but the deer have almost wiped it out, it seems they really fancy this one.
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Good to know Brad. It probably won't last long here. Deer wiped out a lot of our daylilies about a week ago. So far they haven't touched my bamboo.
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Well, I hadn't really thought of spore dispersal, but I imagine those plants would be tiny, any not difficult to control when small.
I also know that rabbits love this stuff too -- I haven't seen the deer eat it here.
I also know that rabbits love this stuff too -- I haven't seen the deer eat it here.
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I think it is more of a case that it spread easily just from pieces of the stem.Alan_L wrote:Well, I hadn't really thought of spore dispersal, but I imagine those plants would be tiny, any not difficult to control when small.
I also know that rabbits love this stuff too -- I haven't seen the deer eat it here.
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They are one of the oldest plant species alive. They evolved from the giant horsetail that dominated the landscapes roughly 400 million years ago - they are one of the 5% of the species that survived the permian mass exctinction event. They survive up here in NW ontario.
They seem to show up in my yard in undisterbed wet, fertile soil. They have not shown up in my beds as of yet. They are apparently highly medicinal and are great to help break down tough soil. They are an important food source for animals. They used to get upwards of 60m tall but the tallest now is the mexican giant horsetail which can reach 8M in height. The wetter the year, and the closer to the lake you get they are larger and more plentiful.
They seem to show up in my yard in undisterbed wet, fertile soil. They have not shown up in my beds as of yet. They are apparently highly medicinal and are great to help break down tough soil. They are an important food source for animals. They used to get upwards of 60m tall but the tallest now is the mexican giant horsetail which can reach 8M in height. The wetter the year, and the closer to the lake you get they are larger and more plentiful.
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Mexican giant horsetail (Equisetum myriochaetum). its quite bamboo like:
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http://www2.fiu.edu/~chusb001/GiantEqui ... giant.html
A bit more info
http://www2.fiu.edu/~chusb001/GiantEqui ... giant.html
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