As if being infested with horsetail wasn't bad enough..

[mrgrower]

The advice about pooring weed killer down it's throat seems your best bet then. Stick some salt and weapons grade Plutonium down it too.

[snakeshack]

Would you like some Himalayan balsam just to complete the set, will swap for Japanese knotweed, I already have the horsetail


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[cheapskate chaz]

My job gets me around other people`s land, and one place has a HUGE amount of JKW. The guy there explained to me that to get the best from whatever chemical you use, is to wait untill it`s starting to die back for the winter and adminster it then. Simply cutting it back has no effect as it`s the root system that`s needing to be attacked. Good luck and I hope you can kill it off.

[Methe]

@ pour it down its throat!

[Lazgaot]

There is/was a JK plant spotted on my site a few years ago. The plot was taken back by the council to treat. It was fenced off and a specialist team came into deal with it. 3-4 years later the plot is still out of bounds.

[Methe]

Oh don't say that, I might cry!

[Jeanied]

I have it in my tiny front garden. Fortunately our green waste is dealt with by hot composting so it gets dealt with effectively. At this time of year I pull up as many of the shoots as I can and put them in the green waste bin. Then it will sprout again - so I cut the stems to a foot or so and using a syringe inject the hollow stem with weedkiller. That is the job done for the year. This hasn't affected anything else in my garden.
It can be cooked and eaten in the same way as rhubarb by the way!

[sparrow100]

We've got it in 2 places on our site - the council need to be notified if it's their site. They come and treat it twice a year, but it doesn't affect the majority of the plots that it is on. It might make your rhubarb out of bounds, but that's better than the whole plot.

[Methe]

They've been and treated it today so the 3 rhubarb plants are a gonner unfortuately I was at work so unable to go and save anything. I'm thankful though that they've not taken my plot away.. There really would have been tears!