judith. wrote in reply to
"Baz" who wrote:
Hope you guys can give me some advice. Recently moved into a house with
a
decent sized back garden but there's a huge hedge mostly composed of what
I've discovered is bindweed wrapped around a hawthorn bush. This beast
measures about six feet high by about twelve feet wide and encroaches
about
four feet onto the lawn. And I want to blast this thing to kingdom come
by
whatever means is necessary...

I know zero about gardening other than mowing the lawns...but I've read
that
bindweed is difficult to get rid of permanently and that something like
Roundup containing glyphosate (sp?) is the way to go. Of course, I could
just attack the whole thing with a hedge trimmer but there'd be A LOT of
plastic bin liners creating more of a problem to get rid of than the
b****y
bindweed... I don't care about the hawthorn either. The whole lot must
go!!

Any practical and helpful advice much appreciated.

Easey, peasey, just put some growth, a few inches will do, into a
plastic sandwich bag, pour in a minute amount of Roundup, seal bag
with twist.

To make it easier, put a cane into the area where it is entwinted in
hedges, let it grow up said canes, removed cane and put growth into
said sandwich bag with etc. etc. This will get rtid of it totally as
it will take it down to the roots, it does work, I promise, I used it
on a garden that was thatched with it! Never a piece comes up now.
Don't think that by pulling it up you can get rid of it, you can't,
the sandwich bag is the way to go.

There is also some Weedkiller Gel on the market called "Growing Success Deep
Root Weedkiller Gel" that is painted on the leaves (with the included brush)
and which also works well on Bindweed by being taken down to the roots. Rid
our new allotment of it in one season.

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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK