- The right tub for planting Japanese horsetail
- Which plant substrate is suitable?
- Japanese horsetail is easy to care for
- Hibernate Japanese horsetail in a pot
Japanese horsetail is a very grateful aquatic plant. Even if you don't have a pond in which to grow the Japanese horsetail, you don't have to do without the decorative plant. You can also grow this species of horsetail in a pot on the patio.
Japanese horsetail is a popular potted plant
The right tub for planting Japanese horsetail
Choose a sufficiently large pot made of weatherproof, frost-resistant material if possible. Since Japanese horsetail is an aquatic plant, the tub must not have a drainage hole.
The size of the pot depends on whether the horsetail is to be grown as a single plant or together with other aquatic plants.
The depth should be at least 30, better still 50 centimetres.
Which plant substrate is suitable?
Like all horsetail species, Japanese horsetail is not choosy when it comes to the plant substrate. Are suitable:
- normal, not too nutritious garden soil
- gravel
- sand
On the other hand, you should not use nutritious topsoil or compost, as putrefaction bacteria quickly form in them.
Japanese horsetail is easy to care for
Cut back the horsetail in spring. If the plant gets too big, you can take it out of the pot and divide it.
Japanese horsetail does not need more care in a pot.
Hibernate Japanese horsetail in a pot
Japanese horsetail is absolutely hardy in the pond and does not need winter protection. It's a little different when it comes to plant care. At low temperatures, the water freezes very quickly and the plant dies.
There are two ways to overwinter the Japanese horsetail. The easiest way is to bury the pot. Then even longer periods of frost should not pose a problem.
If you keep the bucket on the terrace, you should protect it from frost. Put it in a sheltered corner. Place styrofoam or wood under the pot. Wrap the bucket in bubble wrap or cover with brushwood or leaves. Make sure that the horsetail does not dry out completely.
tips
If you plant Japanese horsetail in the pond, it is better to put it in a pond basket. Like all horsetail species, Japanese horsetail also reproduces via rhizomes. The basket limits growth.