On 02/07/2010 19:17, Geoff Lane wrote:
On 30/06/2010 09:14, David in Normandy wrote:

In my experience bindweed usually needs more than one hit with
Glyphosate. The foliage can completely die off and you think you are rid
of it, but a few weeks later new shoots emerge from the ground, so it
needs hitting again. So the first spraying only weakened the root rather
than killing it. The roots are so brittle anyway and each little bit can
start putting up new shoots I'd be tempted to leave it there and keep
spraying until it is gone rather than try to dig it out and risk
breaking little bits all over.

Going by your experience then painting tumbleweed (contains glyphosate)
on a couple of leaves for hard to get at plants (in rose bushes) wont
work then.

Geoff Lane


It might if you keep repeating the treatment, but like someone else
mentioned, you need to hit them again the moment they put new growth up
out of the ground. If you only subsequently find it when it is several
inches high again then it is too late and you are back to square one again.

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David in Normandy.
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