Marestail or Horsetail weed

The advice given to get rid of this 'orrible weed is to trample it to bruise it, then use glyphosate weedkiller - this will have to be done several times. BE CAREFUL to spray it on a very still day, or else you will kill off precious plants too! Also wear a mask. I believe that some people cover it with black plastic or old carpet to try to smother it - however, this has to be left in place for two years to have any effect. Not very attractive. Another idea is to grass over the area and to mow repeatedly - this also takes a couple of years to get rid of it. No quick or easy answers, I'm afraid.

We have tried all these methods and none seem to work.
We have sprayed with a mixture of Grazon and Roundup this killed the top growth but it is now all coming back again.
The other side of our fence is a field which is smothered with ........... marestail and it creeps under the fence.
We are fighting a losing battle
Good luck with yours Dick

Oh Amy - maybe you should treat it as a very precious plant to be cossetted and fed - then it would definitely die! LOL. (P.S. I know it's not funny, really).

Thinking about it we have decided that if we can get hold of some old carpet tiles it might help if we could lay a length of them on the field side , I don,t think the owners would even notice there so many brambles and rubbish that side , it might create a break which the marestail wouldn,t cross , I don,t hold out much hope , we already have carpet tiles under bark our side and it,s still coming up amongst the shrubs there .
Luckily we then have our driveway with gravel on it , it does come up in it but hasn,t crossed it YET ........
I like your idea of looking after it Spritz. maybe we could eat it lol