Re: Giant horsetail
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- Subject: Re: Giant horsetail
- From: "* J* R* <l*@hevanet.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 17:00:38 -0800
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We have a species of Equisetum here that makes odd underground tubers
about the size of a big lima bean. Found some when we had a small
landslide in our gulley and didn't know what they were. Planted them
and lo, horsetail. Might be something to look for in your giant species
rather than try to grow them from spores.
-Lon Rombough
Paul M. Olsson wrote:
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> I wonder if anyone has ever grown Equisetum telmatiea ( Giant Horsetail) from spores, and how you go about doing it ? If anybody knows a source for spores I wo
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> I wonder if anyone has ever grown Equisetum telmatiea ( Giant
> Horsetail) from spores, and how you go about doing it ? If anybody
> knows a source for spores I would appreciate this very much as well.
