bindweed
 

New garden is full of bindweed, tangled in amongst the borders. So far I
have been untangling it as gently as possible and then spraying with
glycophosphate. Will this work? Does anyone have any better ideas? Thanks in
anticipation :)
Hayley

On 13/7/05 22:31, in article , "H
Ryder" wrote:

New garden is full of bindweed, tangled in amongst the borders. So far I
have been untangling it as gently as possible and then spraying with
glycophosphate. Will this work? Does anyone have any better ideas? Thanks in
anticipation :)
Hayley




That should work well, as long as the spray doesn't touch any plants you do
NOT want to kill!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:31:49 GMT, "H Ryder"
wrote:

New garden is full of bindweed, tangled in amongst the borders. So far I
have been untangling it as gently as possible and then spraying with
glycophosphate. Will this work? Does anyone have any better ideas? Thanks in
anticipation :)
Hayley

Cut top and bottom off a plastic bottle. Put the cylinder formed over
a bindweed stem, curling it up inside if it is long enough. Then spray
inside the bottle and leave the bottle there until the glyphosate has
dried. It's the best method if you don't mind using chemicals.

Pam in Bristol

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On 13/7/05 22:31, in article , "H
Ryder" wrote:

New garden is full of bindweed, tangled in amongst the borders. So far I
have been untangling it as gently as possible and then spraying with
glycophosphate. Will this work? Does anyone have any better ideas?
Thanks in
anticipation :)
Hayley

That should work well, as long as the spray doesn't touch any plants you do
NOT want to kill!

For 'difficult' areas, get hold of a piece of drainpipe and thread the
bindweed into it and spray down the pipe.

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Cut top and bottom off a plastic bottle. Put the cylinder formed over
a bindweed stem, curling it up inside if it is long enough. Then spray
inside the bottle and leave the bottle there until the glyphosate has
dried. It's the best method if you don't mind using chemicals.

Allyhats on, everyone! The rays are strong today!

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Cut top and bottom off a plastic bottle. Put the cylinder formed over
a bindweed stem, curling it up inside if it is long enough. Then spray
inside the bottle and leave the bottle there until the glyphosate has
dried. It's the best method if you don't mind using chemicals.

Allyhats on, everyone! The rays are strong today!

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What i find works best is to just trail the bindweed into a bucket of
weedkiller (or buckets if you got loads, like i do), and just keep
topping the buckets up once the bindweed has "fed" itself

Teleman

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:28:30 +0100, "Teleman"
wrote:


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from Pam Moore contains these words:

Cut top and bottom off a plastic bottle. Put the cylinder formed over
a bindweed stem, curling it up inside if it is long enough. Then spray
inside the bottle and leave the bottle there until the glyphosate has
dried. It's the best method if you don't mind using chemicals.

Allyhats on, everyone! The rays are strong today!

--
Rusty
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What i find works best is to just trail the bindweed into a bucket of
weedkiller (or buckets if you got loads, like i do), and just keep
topping the buckets up once the bindweed has "fed" itself

Teleman

That last method makes it difficult to treat bindweed which, as in
this case, is growing among other plants. The plastic bottle protects
the good guys.
I've also heard that you can dip the bindweed in a solution of
glyphosate as above, but then enclose the stem into a plastic bag,
seal it at the base, and leave till the bindweed is dead.

Pam in Bristol

Some suggestions...

1. Kew gardens gives it nice cane wigwams to clamber up and then sprays the
wigwams.
2. I've heard that autumn is the best "attack" time as the plant is starting
to draw down sap into the roots, taking the "killer" with it.
3. Buy good rubber gloves, over these place cotton gloves, dunk your hands
in "killer" and then lovingly stroke the leaves - honest!

Alternatively, eternal vigilence and tear it out. Our garden it not totally
free but we don't ever use chemicals.

Paul "I can't spell glyco-whatsit" DS.

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from Pam Moore contains these words:

That last method makes it difficult to treat bindweed which, as in
this case, is growing among other plants. The plastic bottle protects
the good guys.
I've also heard that you can dip the bindweed in a solution of
glyphosate as above, but then enclose the stem into a plastic bag,
seal it at the base, and leave till the bindweed is dead.

If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry, they'll
both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:42:50 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
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If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry, they'll
both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

Rusty, what added ingredient was in your afternoon cuppa?

Pam in Bristol

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If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry, they'll
both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

Rusty, what added ingredient was in your afternoon cuppa?

You recognise the allusion, Shirley?

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry, they'll
both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

Rusty, what added ingredient was in your afternoon cuppa?

You recognise the allusion, Shirley?

Paddling furiously below a poppy field?

Jop

Totty wrote:
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry,
they'll both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

Rusty, what added ingredient was in your afternoon cuppa?

You recognise the allusion, Shirley?

Paddling furiously below a poppy field?

Jop

Have you just gone straight up, and fallen flat on your face? (I must
admit I nearly did, too!)

--
Mike.

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry, they'll
both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

Rusty, what added ingredient was in your afternoon cuppa?

You recognise the allusion, Shirley?

Paddling furiously below a poppy field?

Have a little google on 'Flanders and Swann' and look at 'At the Drop of
a Hat', and the number, 'Misalliance'...

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Mike Lyle wrote:
Totty wrote:
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

If you introduce it to a honeusuckle and forbid them to marry,
they'll both commit suicide.

Allegedly.

Rusty, what added ingredient was in your afternoon cuppa?

You recognise the allusion, Shirley?

Paddling furiously below a poppy field?

Jop

Have you just gone straight up, and fallen flat on your face? (I must
admit I nearly did, too!)

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So much for my sad attempt to mimic Auracaria and give you a cryptic
clue for Flanders and Swann!! I should maybe stick to i doing /i
the crossword in future, rather than compiling it....;0)