"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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You could try providing some canes for the bindweed to grow up. I
favour
a combination of continuous chemical attack with dilute
glyphosate
and
physical removal of any shoots I see ASAP.

Surely performing that last action effectively negates the use of
the
glyphosate?

Not if you leave the glyphosate on for a fortnight first.

The trick to beating pernicious weeds is to keep on hitting them
again
and again. It doesn't much matter what you hit them with. Even a
stick
will cause them some damage. I generally hit bindweed and ground
elder
with weedkiller (either glyphosate or verdone) every time I use the
stuff.

But I use as little as possible so one bottle lasts me a couple of
years. In between applications I physically remove any new shoots
that
appear. And gradually dig out the roots. Damaged with weedkiller it
is
less likely to survive if small bits break off.

Each to his/her own technique......
I prefer to just use the glyphosate at its recommended strength and
patiently wait for it to do its job. Admittedly 2 applicationa are
sometimes necessary, spaced by about a fortnight.

Franz