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Morning Glories HELP!
bartledub
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Hello,
I am new to the gardening world to be very kind as I have no idea what to do. I sit behind a desk for my full time job!
We recently moved to a house with a large garden, a week ago I trimmed all of the hedges and raked up what I could.
I have noticed as the days go on I can see what looks like White Morning Glories with loads of little vines on the hedges I trimmed but now I can see them sprouting out of my lawn.
Its like the bits I didnt manage to rake up have rooted themselves and is spreading like wild fire.
I need to get rid of them and could do with some expert advice, I will be getting rid of the hedges and replacing with a fence next year, its the grass I am more bother about saving.
Thanks
Dan
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It's bindweed - a b****r to get rid of. Someone will post some good advice for you
Thanks for the correction I just googled white flower weed and clicked on the picture that looked the most like it
Someone at work just said it was hard to get rid of aswell
"It's like the bits I didn't manage to rake up have rooted themselves and is spreading like wild fire."
That is how it spreads. Any little bit of root can create a new plant.
It seems a particularly good year for bindweed. The allotment & garden is full of it. I have decided, against my better judgement, that I'm going to have to use weedkiller! I'm planning to stuff a bunch into a small plastic sandwich bag, dab the weedkiller onto the leaves and seal the bag to try to stop the weedkiller touching any other plants. Wish me luck!
Last edited: 03 July 2017 15:18:40
Round up gel stick to the leaves - you just dab the stick on (no need for sandwich bags). It's very good on bindweed - a bit on the leaves in absorbed right back to the roots and kills the whole plant. It does take a while - usually over a month on mine, to full kill the whole thing, but you see it dying back and shrinking. As on whole mass of bindweed covering a fence can be all one plant, one application can be all you need to clear an area.
In my view, trying to dig it up and catch every little bit of root is a recipe for going batty. Chalk your bindweed adventures to experience.