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Help me name this weed and kill it
Monkey12
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I been working on my garden off and on for over 2 years ..I do it when iv got the time ..and 7/8 week's ago I had a tiff with a neighbour asking him to not let his dog shit on my garden where I'm working ..he laughed as I shouted at his dog to get of n stop shitting on it
..anyway it's been dug up 3 times and rotevated and no weeds have ever came through. .but this time I go away for 5 weeks and come bk to this...
1 what i's it?
2 could it be sabotage?
3 photos b4 n after .as I said all that in about 5 6 week's only ..didn't think it was possible. ..it's that fast u can see it grow...lol
It even hid my bucket. ..lol
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Bindweed is the culprit. Very fast growing as you have found out. As you haven't got anything you want already growing there, I would use weedkiller. It grows again from a tiny bit of root left in the ground. Evil stuff.
Last edited: 11 July 2017 23:03:56
I would get some Rosate36 (use 30ml per litre of water) and when there are lots of leaves spray it 3 times over a 6 week period, then wait another 3 weeks to ensure it's all dead.
Don't try and rush it or it'll be back. The roots can go down 2 metres or more and you must give the product time to kill the entire root system. A tiny bit of root still alive 2 metres down will re-sprout and it'll be back with a vengeance
Roundup is an alternative, but Rosate36 is much, much stronger
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