"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?

When you pull bindweed out, each root fragment grows into a new plant.
The only way is to kill the plants and roots. I have used two methods,
smothering under a barrier and Roundup. Roundup kills the plants roots
and all. Smothering is slow but eventually again.

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/weeds/w802w.htm

Regarding the plant that is used as a treatment for poison ivy, it is
jewelweed.

PRO: http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/hydro/jewelwed.htm

CON:
http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/...issn=0953-9859
&volume=002&issue=03&page=0178

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