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Plants of Eeeeeeevil
I have just been crawling around the back lawn uprooting bindii...
sigh Two years ago, I would have told you we didn't have any out the back (though a goodly collection out the front). Last summer, I found a few in the back yard in the approved manner (tread-ouch!). This spring, they seem to be there in millions. I thought I'd cleared out the back yard infestation a week ago. Nup. When the cockroaches are gone, there will still be bindii! Tackling the front lawn tomorrow. I have hit the really bad bits with roundup -- it will be interesting to see the result. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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Plants of Eeeeeeevil
"Chookie" wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-E96405.17221813092007@news... I have just been crawling around the back lawn uprooting bindii... sigh :-)) We are doing the same with Cape weed whihc is refusing to die even though it's been nuked with a broadleaf herbicide. Fun ain't it? Good luck with your battle. |
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Plants of Eeeeeeevil
"Chookie" wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-E96405.17221813092007@news... I have just been crawling around the back lawn uprooting bindii... sigh Two years ago, I would have told you we didn't have any out the back (though a goodly collection out the front). Last summer, I found a few in the back yard in the approved manner (tread-ouch!). This spring, they seem to be there in millions. I thought I'd cleared out the back yard infestation a week ago. Nup. When the cockroaches are gone, there will still be bindii! Tackling the front lawn tomorrow. I have hit the really bad bits with roundup -- it will be interesting to see the result. fwiw, my mum says the only thing to do with bindii is to blast the bejesus out of it with a flamethrower. (well, not a flamethrower - you know, those flamey things). apparently when i was tiny, our yard was completely infested (i remember we weren;t allowed out AT ALL with bare feet) & after my pop had bare-earthed it, there was never a problem again! of course, very shortly after burning it, you need to sow seed or runners to cover the spot completely and quickly. without doing that, the process might not work. :-) good luck!! the only thing worse than bindiis is cat heads (which i don't think grow in sydney anyway). those are just AWFUL. kylie |
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0tterbot wrote:
"Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-E96405.17221813092007@news... I have just been crawling around the back lawn uprooting bindii... sigh Two years ago, I would have told you we didn't have any out the back (though a goodly collection out the front). Last summer, I found a few in the back yard in the approved manner (tread-ouch!). This spring, they seem to be there in millions. I thought I'd cleared out the back yard infestation a week ago. Nup. When the cockroaches are gone, there will still be bindii! Tackling the front lawn tomorrow. I have hit the really bad bits with roundup -- it will be interesting to see the result. fwiw, my mum says the only thing to do with bindii is to blast the bejesus out of it with a flamethrower. (well, not a flamethrower - you know, those flamey things). apparently when i was tiny, our yard was completely infested (i remember we weren;t allowed out AT ALL with bare feet) & after my pop had bare-earthed it, there was never a problem again! of course, very shortly after burning it, you need to sow seed or runners to cover the spot completely and quickly. without doing that, the process might not work. :-) good luck!! the only thing worse than bindiis is cat heads (which i don't think grow in sydney anyway). those are just AWFUL. kylie Yeah especially if attached to cats bodies and legs. |
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"0tterbot" wrote: good luck!! the only thing worse than bindiis is cat heads (which i don't think grow in sydney anyway). those are just AWFUL. You can get cat heads in Sydney -- the lawn at my local pool was infested with them. In fact, it's one of the few places I've seen them. The problem is that bindii are so small and sneaky. At least when you pull a cat's head out of your foot, you can see it. The bindie has already dropped off. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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Jonno . wrote: good luck!! the only thing worse than bindiis is cat heads (which i don't think grow in sydney anyway). those are just AWFUL. Yeah especially if attached to cats bodies and legs. Definitely better detached! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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A kettle of boiling water, dribled into the centre of the plant, worked
on mine. Chookie wrote: I have just been crawling around the back lawn uprooting bindii... sigh Two years ago, I would have told you we didn't have any out the back (though a goodly collection out the front). Last summer, I found a few in the back yard in the approved manner (tread-ouch!). This spring, they seem to be there in millions. I thought I'd cleared out the back yard infestation a week ago. Nup. When the cockroaches are gone, there will still be bindii! Tackling the front lawn tomorrow. I have hit the really bad bits with roundup -- it will be interesting to see the result. |
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"none" ""jules\"@(none)" wrote in message ... A kettle of boiling water, dribled into the centre of the plant, worked on mine. LOL - a little more subtle than DH's method .... First, remove all lawn with a shovel. Second, use a flame-thrower and go over entire yard Thirdly returf yard. (Before I met him, DH was living in a share house with a few people, including the house's owner. The yard was wall-to-wall bindies. The owner decided to pay to have the yard professionally returfed, but DH got involved in the process and included the use of the flame-thrower into the proceedings. While it did work, its possibly a little extreme a solution for most people!) Amanda |
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Plants of Eeeeeeevil
A steam generator and some copper pipes with delivery holes would do the
same trick, but much more efficiently, as I found a gas blowtorch only touched the surface, but steam penetrates. Its used in hothouses to sterilise soils. But you have to admit it looks great using a flame thrower. PS where do you get em? I reckon the local chapter of Hells Angel bikies could have a field day and I could sell em some....(grin!) Flowergirl wrote: "none" ""jules\"@(none)" wrote in message ... A kettle of boiling water, dribled into the centre of the plant, worked on mine. LOL - a little more subtle than DH's method .... First, remove all lawn with a shovel. Second, use a flame-thrower and go over entire yard Thirdly returf yard. (Before I met him, DH was living in a share house with a few people, including the house's owner. The yard was wall-to-wall bindies. The owner decided to pay to have the yard professionally returfed, but DH got involved in the process and included the use of the flame-thrower into the proceedings. While it did work, its possibly a little extreme a solution for most people!) Amanda |
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"Jonno" wrote in message ... A steam generator and some copper pipes with delivery holes would do the same trick, but much more efficiently, as I found a gas blowtorch only touched the surface, but steam penetrates. Its used in hothouses to sterilise soils. But you have to admit it looks great using a flame thrower. PS where do you get em? I reckon the local chapter of Hells Angel bikies could have a field day and I could sell em some....(grin!) I suspect that performing the "treatment" was something that DH very much enjoyed, so its efficiency was probably a secondary concern to the "fun" of actually doing the job. I do know that there were no bindies in that particular lawn for at least 6 years after the "treatment" so it did work quite well. Dunno where to get a flame thrower. I suspect that the particular flame thrower in question may have been home made.... DH is an engineer AND a farm-boy so we have a very large number of very useful one-off devices for both the home and for the farm (but as DH admits, they do look very "agricultural" rather than sleek and stylish). Amanda Flowergirl wrote: "none" ""jules\"@(none)" wrote in message ... A kettle of boiling water, dribled into the centre of the plant, worked on mine. LOL - a little more subtle than DH's method .... First, remove all lawn with a shovel. Second, use a flame-thrower and go over entire yard Thirdly returf yard. (Before I met him, DH was living in a share house with a few people, including the house's owner. The yard was wall-to-wall bindies. The owner decided to pay to have the yard professionally returfed, but DH got involved in the process and included the use of the flame-thrower into the proceedings. While it did work, its possibly a little extreme a solution for most people!) Amanda |
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