Bindweed
Dear NG,
Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. -- Baal I smile and go off waving (Amiably) - for that's my way http://www.helden.org.uk ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
Bindweed
Baal wrote:
Dear NG, Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. Try Tumbleweed when it is growing vigorously - gather up the stems and tie them into a plastic bag containing the solution - you may need to repeat this as it is a persistent ba****d Malcolm |
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On 21 Apr, 23:12, Malcolm Race wrote:
Baal wrote: Dear NG, Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. Try Tumbleweed when it is growing vigorously - gather up the stems and tie them into a plastic bag containing the solution - you may need to repeat this as it is a persistent ba****d Malcolm Malcolm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is patented, it's the Judith Lea method!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Judith |
Bindweed
"Baal" wrote Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. There is a weedkiller on the market that is a thick paste which you brush on, can't remember the name but it's widely available, it gets down into the roots and kills the whole plant (as long as you don't clear away the dying top growth too soon) -- Regards Bob Hobden |
Bindweed
On 22 Apr, 00:02, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Baal" wrote Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. There is a weedkiller on the market that is a thick paste which you brush on, can't remember the name but it's widely available, it gets down into the roots and kills the whole plant (as long as you don't clear away the dying top growth too soon) -- Regards Bob Hobden Tumbleweed gel. Judith |
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On 22 Apr, 09:20, AriesVal wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:16:54 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On 22 Apr, 00:02, "Bob Hobden" wrote: [20 quoted lines suppressed] Tumbleweed gel. Judith thanks Judith, I didn't know of that before :) -- Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art.http://www.copelands.plus.com/val/ You're welcome Val. Did you have a great time in Italy and did you bring home some tomato seeds? Judith |
Bindweed
"Baal" wrote in message ... Dear NG, Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. My opinion is that it isn't ugly, if it were a rare plant we'd all want it. My experience is that when we moved here forty odd years ago the fence on one side of the garden was covered with bindweed. I pulled it up manually for about two years and it stopped growing. Mary |
Bindweed
On 22/4/08 16:03, in article ,
"Mary Fisher" wrote: "Baal" wrote in message ... Dear NG, Last year I cut back a shrub with a mature diameter of 10 feet right down to the core! It was infested with bindweed and had outgrown its site. It is now a happy healthy stump but the bindweed is rearing its ugly head again! What is a good weedkiller that will kill bindweed, not the shrub and not the grass (the latter not too much of a prob as there is no grass growing in 5ft radius)? Went into my local DIY/Garden Centre and failed to be convinced by what I read off the labels. I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. My opinion is that it isn't ugly, if it were a rare plant we'd all want it. It's a very beautiful plant. The problem is that like Ipomoea in hot countries like Greece, it is a menace. We nurture and encourage and hover over Ipomoeas in UK but there it rampages over building sites and smothers other plants or old sheds and is a pest. My experience is that when we moved here forty odd years ago the fence on one side of the garden was covered with bindweed. I pulled it up manually for about two years and it stopped growing. Every single piece of root turns into a new plant so two years would be good going indeed. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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