The easiest way to get rid of it?
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Ellen Connell

'Ellen',

Prise it gently with a trowel and remove every morsel of root as you go.
The more gentle and thorough the greater the success.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




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Move house !
Duncan

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'Ellen',

Prise it gently with a trowel and remove every morsel of root as you
go.
The more gentle and thorough the greater the success.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.


Unfortunately we have to get rid of it using a special product. Last
year and this we've suddenly been overtaken by it in just two areas.
The most difficult for us is that 1) we had a hornbeam windbreak put
in on one boundary - 60 metres of it and about 7ft tall. The bindweed
starting snaking up the trunks. 2) Worst of all was that it started
to go through our fence and climb up our neighbour's maize! We have
to be responsible neighbours because it is the crop for his cattle.
If we didn't sort it out he would as he does with all weeds, i.e with
a very strong chemical, which is the last thing we want because he
kills off everything 6ft in. Last year we talked to him about it and
asked if he would stop doing it because of the danger to our dogs.
So now we, in turn, have to kill the bindweed quickly. We simply do
not have the time to dig it up bit by bit, although we do as much as
we can. We've pulled up yards of it. We bought a product especially
for it (French by Fertiligene - Anti Liserons). If we do it we know
when and where we've put it and how long to keep the dogs away from
the area. Desperation in our case I'm afraid - it had to be treated.

Iris McCanna

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"Ellen Connell" ] wrote

The easiest way to get rid of it?

Prise it gently with a trowel and remove every morsel of root as you go.
The more gentle and thorough the greater the success.

I agree with you, Emrys. I did that in a large garden once.
It took ages - but it did the trick.
Trouble is ISTR the roots are dark in colour and rather difficult to see
in the soil.
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Chris

"Ellen Connell" ] wrote:
The easiest way to get rid of Bindweed?
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A workmate managed, after many back breaking months, to rid his allotment of
the menace. After crushing a few leaves, he methodically painted each
'strand' with a strong, undiluted weed killer. An idea he got from Geoff
Hamilton.

Rusty

"Ellen Connell" ] wrote:
The easiest way to get rid of Bindweed?
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A workmate managed, after many back breaking months, to rid his allotment of
the menace. After crushing a few leaves, he methodically painted each
'strand' with a strong, undiluted weed killer. An idea he got from Geoff
Hamilton.

Rusty

I use a touch weeder (lipstick like) and dab on any new shoots that I see.
Digging up is only an option where shrubs trees etc do not get in the way.
I also has some success in filling jam jars half full of weed killer and
placing the first couple of feet of the plant in them with the lid on to
stop spillage and dilution from the rain. This worked for me and although I
cannot pretend to have a bindweed free garden I have not had to treat
anything longer that a couple of feet for at least 3 years and have not seen
a bindweed flower for longer than that

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"Wisest are they that know they do not know." Socrates
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The easiest way to get rid of it?

Glyphosate. Sold as Roundup. Wet as many leaves as you conveniently can.
It does not matter if the glyphosate touches the stems of the nearby plants,
as it is absorbed through the leaves. You may have to do it more than once.

[Franz Heymann]
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Ellen Connell

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:18:48 +0100, Ellen Connell ]
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The easiest way to get rid of it?
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Ellen Connell

Localised Napalm...

Suzie B
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Southend, UK
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:18:48 +0100, Ellen Connell ]
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The easiest way to get rid of it?
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Ellen Connell

Localised Napalm...

Suzie B
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"From the internet connection under the pier"
Southend, UK
http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga

As mentioned earlier, glyphosate (as Roundup, Tumbleweed, etc.) will do the
job. In congested areas, it is worth training a length of it around a cane
to isolate it, then spray it on a wind-free day to avoid drift of the
chemical on wanted plants.
Glyphosate degrades on contact with the soil, so is non-persistent.
Spider

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Ellen Connell wrote:
The easiest way to get rid of it?

I take a small plastic bag or piece of clingfilm (shaped into a pouch) a few
squirts of roundup and secure over th ends of a few of the plants tips with
a wire and sit back and wait. Cleared my bramble completely in about 6
weeks.

Steve R
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have one!!!

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:49:21 +0100, "Spider"
wrote:

As mentioned earlier, glyphosate (as Roundup, Tumbleweed, etc.) will do the
job. In congested areas, it is worth training a length of it around a cane
to isolate it, then spray it on a wind-free day to avoid drift of the
chemical on wanted plants.
Glyphosate degrades on contact with the soil, so is non-persistent.
Spider


Nobody has mentioned a method I read about here and have used
successfully in planted areas where it is not practical to dig out
bindweed roots.

Grow it up a cane as suggested by Spider, or unwind it from plants
where it has grown up tall things and suddenly appeared 3 feet up (!)
You need a fair leaf area for the plant to take up enough glyphosate.

Stuff it loosely into a plastic bag, squirt one brief spray into the
bag (more is not better) and tie the bag at the neck. I also gently
rub the bag between my hands to distribute the glyphosate.

Tuck the bag out of sight under plants as they are somewhat unsightly,
wait a week or so, and you will find the top growth of the bindweed
can be pulled away bag and all.

Enough glyphosate is carried to the roots to kill all but the very big
toughies - wait for enough leaf to show when it regrows before
treating it again. This reduces the risk to surrounding plants and
allows you to dispose of the bag and sprayed top growth away from your
garden if you wish.

Regards, VivienB

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The easiest way to get rid of it?


Depends where it is - I had a bindweed problem along our garden fence,
at the back of our borders. I put down a 2ft wide strip of anti-weed
membrane stapled to the bottom of the fence along its full length.
The bindweed used loads of energy trying to find a way out. I pulled
up any that did escape (weekly check), and a couple of weeks ago, I
lifted the membrane and removed the masses of shoots and roots that
hadn't made it.

I've had minimal bindweed problems compared to other years. From now
on, a once-a-week check and removal of any that has appeared will
probably suffice. Now if only the Roundup would hurry up and finish
off the brambles...

Bob