Field Horsetail, Common Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Western Horsetail

If you do an internet search, you will see the positive medicinal uses for horsetail and make lemonade out of your lemons. :-)

What a nuisance! Is it "invasive" in MI? I read somewhere that making the soil more basic with lime will help get rid of it.

I'm going nuts....it's growing all over the place

I'm afraid it's there for years to come....

I have to rate this plant one of the worst weed to infest part of my garden. It definitely spreads by roots and by seeds; it is growing i...Read Moren my lawn and through my hostas and ferns. I have put a barrier between my long garden edge and I am keeping an eye on it. Tried Round-up but does not seem to impede its growth in any way. As mentioned before, pulling it out is futile as it sprouts more stems. Anyone knows how to deal with this plant?