[Annen]

Of course it is!  I knew that...just testing you all...

[New shoot]

 

[caroline800]

Hi

Is this marestail?   

[Flowertot]

Yes. Absolutely. I spent most of my morning pulling it up  .

[caroline800]

thanks for confirming     was trying to deny it, but thought it probably was 

[Annen]

According to my book it is properly called horsetail.  Marestail is the aquatic version which lives in ponds.  Doesn't make it any easier to get rid of though 

[Salmo]

According to my book it is properly called horsetail.  Marestail is the aquatic version which lives in ponds.  Doesn't make it any easier to get rid of though 

Yes, not even a related species but quite similar in appearance. Both names are used for the garden species. We know what you mean, not a good weed to have.

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[Goosegirl]

Unfortunately I have both in my garden.  Horsetail in my flower beds, and marestail in the dyke next to my veg plot which found its way into one of my raised beds.  I dug down and hoicked it out and the roots were like a soft tube - ugh - but haven't seen it there since so was quite easy to eradicate. "Never let it see a Sunday" is the motto.

[surbie100]

I spent the weekend trying to get as much of it as possible out of my strawberry bed. Annoying stuff -  but it's very satisfying to get some out with a good bit of root on it. Or to find the orangey young roots and get those out too.

[mybackaches!]

Hi All.  Anyone know what this please, friend or foe?
No idea if it flowers yet.
Many thanks

[Sparkyrog]

Hi All.  Anyone know what this please, friend or foe?
No idea if it flowers yet.
Many thanks

looks suspiciously like young willow herb to me ,in which case is a certain Foe.

[robinahood]

I think it could be a Shasta Daisy or similar?

[DD.]

I'll second Willowherb.

[mybackaches!]

Thank you for replies, I'm going with willow herb and it's coming out!!!!!!

[GreyScales]

I've been finding these all over any ground that I've worked on, it seems to prefer lighter soil compared to the compacted paths between my beds. I know it looks kind of like a carrot, which made weeding them out of the carrot bed a fiddle. Plot owners who have been here for years say this is the first season they've seen them on the site.