P Williamson wrote:

Simply paint the liquid roundup not spray. I occassionally spray roundup
around woody stems of various plants to get rid of pernicious weeds and have
had no problems - just dont wave the spray wand about, spara larger droplets
and don't do it if there is a breath of wind.

Glyphosate only kills plants where it touches green leaves or shoots. It
pretty much bounces off most woody stems and IME waxy holly seedlings
(but don't rely on it).

"insanite" wrote in message
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Hi storming
To answer your question..

Firstly if you pull up the bindweed root, it should look like a long
creamy\whitish fairly flexible root, try and get as mich of it out as
possible, sadly if you pull it out and a bit breaks of it will come
back again.

Which is why hitting it regularly with glyphosate (or anything else in
the weedkilling line you happen to be using) is needed combined with a
digging campaign to keep it from ever having any good leaves in the sun.
Just be sure to use a brush and a steady hand and be prepared to chop
off any unfortunate bits of plant you happen to hit by accident.

It is a war of attrition. Bindweed (and for that matter ground elder)
can store a heck of a lot of energy in those thick white creamy roots.
Ground elder is less of a challenge as it is very shallow rooted.

Secondly, sure you could use round up but if it is wrapped around your
plants I would advise not useing roundup especially if you are using a
sprayer.

Putting a few bamboo canes to train the bindweed up will help. But
really nothing beats zapping each shoot as it comes up. Never let it see
the sun unmolested!

Regards,
Martin Brown