"Chookie" wrote in message
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Where the heck have they come from? I've just spent 15 mins crawling
around
pulling them out with my fingers in just one small patch of lawn in the
back
yard. Two weeks ago, I hit another patch of them (nearby) with roundup.
Out the front, I think they were some there last year, and this year I've
had
to use roundup on a couple of sq.m. Then there's the medic -- heaps of
it,
but it least it doesn't hurt like bindies.

Someone told me it's been a bad year for bindies (well, a good year if you
are
a bindie, I suppose). Anyone know?


I've heard they like the dry weather, and that the seeds can stay dormant
for many years. There's a spray that will kill bindii and a couple of other
weeds, but leaves the good stuff. It might be worth trying, and trying
again, and again over the years. I think I might have finally gotten rid of
it in my garden now - but it took a while.

Good luck!

Jen