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Anyone tried using this as a plant food like comfry and nettles? I have loads of it so it would be good to put it to some use
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Last edited by stella; 24-02-2011, 04:11 PM. -
Horsetail? It's apparently rich in potassium, but I've never had enough to try brewing it up. It infests our school's wildlife garden, so if it comes back this spring we can try bottling it up
Marestail is the aquatic plant Hippuris vulgarisLast edited by Two_Sheds; 24-02-2011, 08:57 AM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb. -
It seem it is high in silicates and trace elements dont know if it is safe or notComment
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Google it Stella ... I would, but I'm rushing out the door right now ...All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Liquid plant fertilizer - Green manure protects the garden
there you go
I noticed it says 'fresh dried plant'...I guess that's to ensure any spores are well and truly dead.the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
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I hope now I have chickens that they'll eat it, my garden is overran by the stuff in the summer.Comment
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You can scrunch up the leaves (well, whateve you call them) and use them to scrub pans. Because of the silicates it makes your pans shine! Glad it has a good use because it's a bleddy nuisance!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Well at least I shall have a use for it now as hand weeding it all seems a waste of timeComment
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Horsetail and marestail are 2 different plants. I can never remember what marestail is like, but horsetail was well described by Seymour as "the coelocanth of the vegetable kingdom". It's been around a lot longer than human kind, and will probably outlast us!Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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Didn't know that..... but can they both be used as a plant food as I am not sure which one I haveComment
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I understand that mares-tail can be used as a spray against potato/tomato blight.Comment
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