"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:52:58 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On 19 Mar 2007 05:37:58 -0700, "lyngiven"
wrote:

Can anyone suggest how I can stop bineweed creeping under the fence
that divides my garden from the adjoining playing fields. I spend
hours each year digging it up. is there a better solution?

-Lyn

Dilligent and relentless cutting it off at the base at least once a
week. If the plant doesn't produce foliage it will eventually run out
of life. This procedure must be done at least once a week, if not
every four days. If it goes to flower and sets seeds, which it does
at a remarkable rate, you're toast. Also, it's called bindweed, not
bineweed, if it's the plant I'm thinking of.

This is an example of the world catering to bad spellers. I found
references
to both names, sharing the same Latin designation - the convulvulus
whatever
it is relative of morning glory. I guess scientists have surrendered to
mass
culture. :-(


Bindweed because it literally binds anything in its path. Oh, and,
uh...convulvulous? Hahahaha, you're a riot.

Yeah. I already got burned for that.

Here's something that stinks of heresy: When lawns start choking from heat
and drought in the middle of summer, bindweed stays green and feels cool to
the feet. In other words, in my previous home, I surrendered. A guy from the
NY Department of Environmental Conservation said "Yeah, there's a chemical
you can use to get rid of it, but it's sorta like agent orange. Got kids?
Want them to live more than a week?"