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Removal of bindweed
On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal"
wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. -- 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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Removal of bindweed
Sacha wrote:
On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! |
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Removal of bindweed
On 4/5/08 13:14, in article ,
"Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! Perhaps you could give her a house warming present of a new paintbrush! -- Sacha |
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Removal of bindweed
Sacha wrote:
On 4/5/08 13:14, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! Perhaps you could give her a house warming present of a new paintbrush! No, sorry, you've lost me there. |
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Removal of bindweed
On 4 May, 13:55, Stuart Noble wrote:
Sacha wrote: On 4/5/08 13:14, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. *It's not pretty but keep your nerve! *Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! Perhaps you could give her a house warming present of a new paintbrush! No, sorry, you've lost me there.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Using a good hormone weed killer you could try 2 methods, 1. add a drop or two of wasahing up liquid to Mix and half fill an empty washing up liquid bottle with the mix. put the top back on, shake well then just apply the foam to the bind weed, also a good way to spot treat individual weeds. 2. Put on a rubber glove then a woollen or cotton glove on over it. Dip your gloved hand into the weedkiller mix, squeze off excess liquid, you just want the glove damp not dripping, then draw your hand along the stems of bindweed. what ever method you use do it in the evening when there is no wind and the sun has gon off the plants to cut down on evaporation and any drift of fumes etc to other plants. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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Removal of bindweed
On 4/5/08 13:55, in article ,
"Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 4/5/08 13:14, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! Perhaps you could give her a house warming present of a new paintbrush! No, sorry, you've lost me there. To paint on the weedkiller. -- 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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Removal of bindweed
Sacha wrote:
On 4/5/08 13:55, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 4/5/08 13:14, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! Perhaps you could give her a house warming present of a new paintbrush! No, sorry, you've lost me there. To paint on the weedkiller. Ah, thanks. I've only ever used a spray for nuisance weeds. This knotweed sounds like a pretty serious business. |
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Removal of bindweed
On 4/5/08 16:43, in article ,
"Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 4/5/08 13:55, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 4/5/08 13:14, in article , "Stuart Noble" wrote: Sacha wrote: On 3/5/08 22:54, in article , "Baal" wrote: TY Judith It does work. It's not pretty but keep your nerve! Trying to dig it out is a disaster, frankly because every broken off bit of root gives rise to a new plant. I wonder if it works with the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. I know someone who's just moved into a house and seeing that emerging from the crazy paving wasn't the best house warming present! Perhaps you could give her a house warming present of a new paintbrush! No, sorry, you've lost me there. To paint on the weedkiller. Ah, thanks. I've only ever used a spray for nuisance weeds. This knotweed sounds like a pretty serious business. It's a pest and a pain. I mention the paintbrush because of the weeding I did today on the drive. Most parts of the garden were almost windless but this had a steady breeze and any spray would have drifted onto things we don't want ruined! For a variety of reasons, this year has been very busy and spare hands in short supply, so soil we dug over last year has been pounced upon by tiresome but easily uprooted weeds like Shepherd's purse and goose grass. Unfortunately, it's a fairly broad and long area and I would have loved to have been able to spray it! -- 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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