getting rid of bindweed

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 09:19

This blooming bind weed is by all accounts an absolute bugger to get rid of. However i have been googling the hell out of it this last couple of days, and this is what i've found out.



You can try with weed killer, which may work, but quite often not. And then there's vinegar! Apparently vinegar is the best as bind weed loathes acid...however, so do many other plants, so probably not such a good idea. Then if there's not too much, you can pull off all the leaves, so dis-enabling it to photosynthesize, but if your garden is over run with it....again this isn't much good.



Has anyone else had this problem, and was able to get rid of it?



DD

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 09:23

Sorry i cant help you there DD i to have found it a bit of a bind to get rid of.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 09:27

Being serious for a minute DD this is the only way to get rid -



How to Get Rid of Bindweed:

Vigilance and persistence are the two most useful weapons in your arsenal against bindweed. Watch for signs of this vine, and remove it as quickly as possible. The best way to get rid of bindweed is to cut it off at soil level. Don't bother pulling it up; it will just sprout wherever you tore the roots (and you will. It's impossible to get all of the roots out.) By continually cutting it off at ground level, and doing it as soon as you possibly can, you will eventually starve the plant (since it will be unable to photosynthesize) and it will die. Be patient! You will have to do this several times, but it will work.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 11:55

Thanks Cooper, it's pretty much what i thought, i was just kind of hoping someone would some secret magical cure for getting rid of! Oh well....





DD

hawkeye


Joined: 12/09/2010
Posts: 334

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 12:49

been there done that and it did not work for us.........we dug it and dug it the smallest piece will take root.......agricultural weed killer from uk does give it a hard time, so justt as it appears spray or paint and one day you will notice it gone. About 4 years for us....Sue

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 13:25

Thanks for this info my wife wanted to keep it as 'it has such pretty flowers'

Well she now knows how to get rid of it, pretty flowers and all

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 14:00

I read somewhere that the best weed killer in the world is thick concrete but even that remedy is not absolute for all time.

BatteryBoy


Joined: 05/06/2009
Posts: 125

Message Posted:
18/11/2010 21:48

Try this for your bindweed problem



Roundup. Monsanto



Active Ingredient Glyphosphate 460 gpl or 360 gpl. The stuff you get in do it your self shops etc is only

7.2 gpl.



batteryboy

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
18/11/2010 23:30

Salt!!! Gets rid of all manner of weeds including dandelions....they dont grow back.......

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 09:45

I read that 2 tablespoons of salt dissolved in a pint of vinegar and used to spray the leaves will cause die back. It will also kill other plants so care is needed. The use of bare salt on and around plants will poison the earth so be careful!

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 10:04

Hi botanica, I have been using bare salt on my lawn to get rid of dandelions for years, the grass round them has never been affected. I use ordinary table salt....never used the vinegar though.....

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 11:13

I stand corrected then shrimp!!



ps İts not plastic grass is it ha ha!!

hilda


Joined: 10/09/2009
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 12:12

Daisy

We had this problem,we used a weedkiller that you brush onto the leaves (systemic ) it took such a long time to get rid of them,but it worked in the end,just a very small part of the root left in the ground will grow back again.

Good luck

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 15:03

Thanks everyone for your helpful tips, i shall be taking them all on board, and will try them out systematically.





DD

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 15:23

Hows about a ..........box of Swan Vestas.......???

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 15:26

LOL!! I would do that, but it may harm the roses!!





DD