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Horsetails are perennial weeds that easily spread thanks to their rhizomous root systems. Even if dug up, the smallest bit of root left in the ground will regrow the entire plant, taking essential nutrients away from your turf, and leaving the yard barren and discolored. Additionally, these plants are toxic to livestock and other grazing animals.
Horsetails are herbaceous plants that are related to ferns. They don’t reproduce by seed, but rather by spore. In spring, horsetail first emerges as fertile stems. They are pale or brown in color, grow up to 10 inches in height, and possess spore cones that are 1.5 to 2 inches long. Once these stems have produced spores, they wither away.
Afterward, the sterile stems emerge. Stems typically start brown, then progress to green later in the growing season. The stems are visibly jointed and hollow on the inside. These stems can grow up to 4 feet in height. A common species, field horsetail, will grow branches or modified leaves in a whorl arrangement along the stem. Other species of horsetail may lack these branches.
Other common names for horsetail include mare’s tail, snakeweed, or skeletonweed. The name “scouring rush” refers to horsetails that don’t grow branches. All scouring rush stems are fertile with spore cones.
Horsetails emerge in spring, continue growing throughout the summer, and die back in autumn. Their roots are left in the soil to continue growing next season.
Fertile stems of horsetail require moist areas to emerge. These areas include drainage ditches, roadsides, lawns, ornamental gardens, gravel paths, and other areas where the soil has been disturbed. Once these plants are established, their root systems allow them to spread and grow in much dryer areas.
Before starting any treatment, be sure to wear your personal protective equipment or PPE, and remember to keep people and pets out of the treated areas until products dry completely.
To eliminate horsetail on commercial or residential properties, use a selective, post-emergent herbicide that’s labeled not to injure your property’s turfgrass.
We recommend you check out Sedgemaster Herbicide. Sedgemaster is made with halosulfuron-methyl and controls sedges and other weeds, including Horsetails, in warm-season and cool-season turf.
To treat horsetail, mix the labeled rate of 0.06 ounces, or 1.8 grams, of Sedgemaster in 1 to 2 gallons of water per 1,000 square feet of treatment area. In smaller commercial or residential areas, mix and apply your product with a handheld sprayer or a backpack sprayer.
Spot-treat any horsetail you’ve found or broadcast the solution throughout your lawn. Use a fan or cone spray pattern to ensure the weeds are fully coated, and spray the weeds to the point of wet but not runoff. Be sure to spray on calm days when temperatures are not too hot and when wind speeds are low to minimize drift.
Wait 7 to 14 days. When applied properly, necrotic rings may form around the bases of treated horsetails while the plants themselves still appear green. Due to this plant’s deep root system, follow-up applications are necessary to drive the chemical down to treat the entire root.
Make your follow-up application 7 to 14 days after the initial treatment. Do not apply any more than 5 and one-third ounces of the product per acre per season.
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