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Anything new since last spring on the best way to eradicate bindweed? Steve
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Jennifer from Colorado said:
Darn neighbor actually *likes* the stuff, so she lets it creep all over the fence. Sigh... Isn't "Blue Bindweed" another name for "Morning Glory"? -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://kanyak.com |
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Anything new since last spring on the best way to eradicate bindweed? Steve Pull and pray!!!! Year 3 for me and shhh don't tell the bindweed but it looks like I am winning., I figure by the time I am ready to retire (I'm 37) I'll beat it. Sad part is that it is a pretty flower but not a well behaved one at all. |
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Darn neighbor actually *likes*
the stuff, so she lets it creep all over the fence. Sigh... Jennifer from Colorado Give her morning glory seeds and tell her to get over it lol. I "like" it too, but I don't want it intertwined in the roots of my hundreds if not thousands of plants I paid a lot of money for. Darn birds gave me the bind weed for free. |
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e. Sigh...
Isn't "Blue Bindweed" another name for "Morning Glory"? -- Bob I am pretty sure bind weed is a morning glory, but they grow on underground runners, the morning glories I plant from seed do not. |
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Anything new since last spring on the best way to eradicate bindweed?
The watchword is persistence. I got rid of mine after a few years. You have to pull it up by the roots as much as possible every time you see it. I heard that a famous garden in England put stakes in the flower beds for it to climb on, then sprayed the tops with weedkiller without touching the other plants. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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"SIgnots" wrote in message
... Anything new since last spring on the best way to eradicate bindweed? Steve What others have said here is about as good as it gets. According to the Cornell cooperative extension people, there *are* chemicals that'll kill bindweed, but only if you don't want to live on the property for 20 years afterward. In flower/vegetable beds, wait for the day after a good rain. Without gloves, reach down as far as you can and gently pull out bindweed roots as much as possible. If you feel the root heading in a certain direction, you can help it out by loosening the soil in that direction with your other hand, or a trowel. If the stuff has twisted around a plant and you want to get rid of it, clip the stem at the soil level and wait a week. In dry weather, it'll get crispy, and be much easier to remove than the live vine. |
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Why is Bindweed so widely despised? I have some growing in my garden
right now and thought it a lovely flower, so I left it. Was that a big mistake? -Fleemo |
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"Fleemo" wrote in message om... Why is Bindweed so widely despised? I have some growing in my garden right now and thought it a lovely flower, so I left it. Was that a big mistake? -Fleemo You might be interested in reading this. I copied it from a legal publication from Sumner County but it applies to the whole state of Kansas. I don't know what the law is concerning field bindweed in other states or countries. I also don't know if there are other varieties of bindweed other than field bindweed and how invasive they may or may not be. In Kansas, you can get advice on control and purchase chemical weed killers at a reduced cost at your county noxious weed department. They are licensed to sell these products for NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL ONLY. Again I don't know what other states do. After reading the legal publication you might want to go to http://www.accesskansas.org/kda/Plan...-pestmangement -bindweed.htm for more information about control. In this article it states that the root system of field bindweed extends to a depth of 20 to 30 feet. I imagine that trying pull it out, roots and all, would be rather difficult. Well actually I can imagine as I have tried and quickly realized how futile it was -- particularly when faced with the large size of my particular affected area. LEGAL PUBLICATION GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq requires all persons who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action. The weeds declared noxious a field bindweed, musk thistle, sericea lespedeza, johnsongrass, bur ragweed, Canada thistle, leafy spurge, hoary cress, quack grass, russian knapweed, kudzu and pignut. Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to every person who owns or supervises land in Sumner County that noxious weeds growing or found on such land shall be controlled and eradicated. control is defined as preventing the production of viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant. Failure to observe this notice may result in the County: Serving a legal notice requiring control of the noxious weeds within a minimum of five days. Failure to control the noxious weeds within the time period allowed may result in the county treating the noxious weeds at the landowners expense and placing a lien on the property if the bill is not paid within 30 days or, Filing criminal charges for non-compliance. Conviction for non-compliance may resale in a fine of $100.00 per day for non-compliance with a maximum of $1500.00. The public is also hereby notified that it is a violation of the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to barter, sell or give away infested nursery stock or livestock feed unless the feed is fed on the farm where grown or sold to a commercial processor that will destroy the viability of the noxious weed seed. Custom harvesting machines must be labeled with a label provided by the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture and must be free of all weed seed and litter when entering the State and when leaving a field infested with noxious weeds. Additional information may be obtained from the Sumner County Noxious Weed Department or by contacting the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture, 109 S.W. 9th, Topeka, KS, 66612 |
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"Fleemo" wrote in message om... Why is Bindweed so widely despised? I have some growing in my garden right now and thought it a lovely flower, so I left it. Was that a big mistake? -Fleemo |
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"Fleemo" wrote in message
om... Why is Bindweed so widely despised? I have some growing in my garden right now and thought it a lovely flower, so I left it. Was that a big mistake? -Fleemo As others have said, it can overwhelm your plants. It twists around vertical objects tightly, to the point where removing the weed is either impossible, or takes forever. On the other hand, the stuff coexists nicely in my lawn. By mid-summer, when the grass is either struggling, or brown, I still have a nice, soft carpet of bindweed to walk on. Every 2-3 weeks, I slice 12" down around the edges of my beds to (in my imagination) cut the spreading roots of the weed. And, a yank whatever's already in the beds. My other option would be to treat the whole area chemically, but for some reason, my son was elected "king of the street" about 7 years ago, so all the kids play on my lawn. I prefer weeds, and healthy kids. |
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