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Barred horsetail


Barred horsetail   (equisetum japonicum)

just love this in my bog garden, although i do keep it in a pot...



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so attractive, love those bands

15 Apr, 2012

 

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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