Barred horsetail
By Surreylad
- 15 Apr, 2012
- 7 likes
just love this in my bog garden, although i do keep it in a pot...
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yes love horsetail - ours in my aquatubs :))))
15 Apr, 2012
great plant these, i do to Sticki :-)
15 Apr, 2012
cheers Paul :-)
15 Apr, 2012
very good medical uses too with them - arthritis apparently just one use
15 Apr, 2012
do they have to be in a bog garden??
15 Apr, 2012
are they, i didn't know that :-)
15 Apr, 2012
they do prefer boggy or damp conditions Sticki yes
15 Apr, 2012
read on google - loads of medical uses :))))))))))))
15 Apr, 2012
i will cheers mate, i do like things like that :-)
15 Apr, 2012
:)))))))))))))
15 Apr, 2012
I have quite dry, very free draining soil.
15 Apr, 2012
could do an aqua tub like Paul, as long as they get a damp condition they'll be fine...
15 Apr, 2012
thanks Hb :-)
15 Apr, 2012
yes really easy to do and works well in a pot - just a big roomy pot needed
15 Apr, 2012
Just a straight forward pot with water in? Or do you make a bog inside the pot?
15 Apr, 2012
a tub rather than pot I mean Sticki plant tub as you would with anything adding vermiculite around middle and just keep well watered - optional if you want to add small drainage - but no real need - worked for me for years now - have marsh Marrigold, cotton grass, horsetail and bulrush , and that corkscrew grass
15 Apr, 2012
So a very wet tub? I love marsh marigold.
15 Apr, 2012
yes - I add pebbles around top to stop too much stagnating - only smells if you distrub soil though :)))) will add pic of mine :))))
15 Apr, 2012
Might have to get one of these..I have arthritis in the wrists and thumb joints and slight osteoarthritis too :( Must read up about that Paul :)))
16 Apr, 2012
Thank you
16 Apr, 2012
Hi Sticki will get one for you by Weekend :))))
A useful grass Pixi :)))
16 Apr, 2012
that was some interesting reading Paul, amazing really....
16 Apr, 2012
:))))))))))))))
16 Apr, 2012
thanks paul
16 Apr, 2012
:))))))))))))))))
16 Apr, 2012
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so attractive, love those bands
15 Apr, 2012