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Michael Bell wrote:

Don't be discouraged by this macho-evil talk. If it's so aggressive,
why doesn't it take over the world? Horse-tail is plant like any
other. Pull it up or week-kill it every time it shows up and you'll
win. (But I do have to say that in the under-floor space of my house,
I saw what I though were mysterious electric wires, then I realised
they were horse-tail roots)

It's very condition-dependent, like many plants. I don't have it,
but I don't think that it prevents other plants from growing, any
more than my most persistent weed (field bindweed) does.

I have been trying to get rid of field bindweed from my vegetable
plot since 1978, including leaving parts fallow to use glyphosate,
and have not yet succeeded. Yes, you will win, but allow a good
many decades to do so ....

A neighbour (NOT next door) allowed horse-tail to take over his
garden. It looked interestingly different, as a moss-garden looks
interestingly different. It's your choice!

Yes, it's really quite attractive.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.