I have bindweed big time. For example, a fully mature sycamore tree has been covered by it,almost completely, at the end of my garden.I have cut the roots which were at least 4" in diameter at the base of the tree. The surrounding garden is also covered with the menace. How do I eradicate this monster?? Laz.
gosh. we have a rather long garden and is our little haven! We have an arch at the back and have bought some climbing plants (rose, jasmine and celmentis) to grow up it. We LOVE the bindweed! We let it grow in our garden as we love the flowers and effect it has. We do get rid of ones strangeling plants we like but we leave it in places like climbing tree and thickening out bushes. We tried to move some to our arch last year but they died but this year some have re-grown!I have very carefully tried to move some baby ones this year in hope it may take.... Helen
i made a big mistake by mowing a very much over grown flower border now the whole garden has got bind weed i am told the only way to cure this ,is to spray the whole area with RED DIESEL and it is gauranteed to be effective
Digging, covering and spraying all have their downsides. It's naive to think that one can dig out all the roots. It's dangerous and fiddly to spray near the plants you want to keep. The drops of weed killer that drips off the leaves invariably hit your plants. It also needs to be done more than once. Covering the bindweed, I've found does not work, even after more than a year, (although I did not spray it), it’s unrealistic on established borders.
Although it is painstaking, this method really has to be done only once. Instead of spraying, you need to paint on NEAT concentrate of glysophate to the stump of the main stem near the ground. Uncover the base of the stem, and cut it to ground level. Paint on the neat concentrate onto this stump. Yes, it's small, yes it's back breaking, but it's the only method that I've found that works beyond doubt on one application. I had a run away bindweed and bramble problem but after sifting through my borders one by one this year, I know I will have a bindweed free garden next year!! Good luck to you all.
Quite agree about the roundup applicator - too clumsy to be practical. I agree that bindweed is a blasted nuisance, but I keep the whole thing in proportion because in my last garden I had Japanese Knotweed and Horsetail. These were much worse pests because nothing seemed to kill them. I used to cut the knotweed a couple of inches from the ground and pour in full-strength Roundup, with limited success. Nothing worked on the Horsetail. Digging it up was a waste of time. Both were endemic in the surrounding gardens and countryside. In my present garden, I have bindweed and I imported ground elder with a plant I bought, which is frustrating, but it is a doddle compared with the two pests I've mentioned.
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We have an arch at the back and have bought some climbing plants (rose, jasmine and celmentis) to grow up it. We LOVE the bindweed! We let it grow in our garden as we love the flowers and effect it has. We do get rid of ones strangeling plants we like but we leave it in places like climbing tree and thickening out bushes. We tried to move some to our arch last year but they died but this year some have re-grown!I have very carefully tried to move some baby ones this year in hope it may take.... Helen
Digging, covering and spraying all have their downsides. It's naive to think that one can dig out all the roots. It's dangerous and fiddly to spray near the plants you want to keep. The drops of weed killer that drips off the leaves invariably hit your plants. It also needs to be done more than once. Covering the bindweed, I've found does not work, even after more than a year, (although I did not spray it), it’s unrealistic on established borders.
Although it is painstaking, this method really has to be done only once. Instead of spraying, you need to paint on NEAT concentrate of glysophate to the stump of the main stem near the ground. Uncover the base of the stem, and cut it to ground level. Paint on the neat concentrate onto this stump. Yes, it's small, yes it's back breaking, but it's the only method that I've found that works beyond doubt on one application. I had a run away bindweed and bramble problem but after sifting through my borders one by one this year, I know I will have a bindweed free garden next year!! Good luck to you all.
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Quite agree about the roundup applicator - too clumsy to be practical. I agree that bindweed is a blasted nuisance, but I keep the whole thing in proportion because in my last garden I had Japanese Knotweed and Horsetail. These were much worse pests because nothing seemed to kill them. I used to cut the knotweed a couple of inches from the ground and pour in full-strength Roundup, with limited success. Nothing worked on the Horsetail. Digging it up was a waste of time. Both were endemic in the surrounding gardens and countryside. In my present garden, I have bindweed and I imported ground elder with a plant I bought, which is frustrating, but it is a doddle compared with the two pests I've mentioned.