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Bindweed versus Roundup

Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
edited June 2020 in Plants
In the battle of the bindweed, the first victory is to Roundup.

there's one cane I missed , in the middle of the photo.
Devon.
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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I've tried for 13 years to kill the bindweed here, I now just pull it up whenever I see it. Keeps it under control of sorts.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've decided this is the year that  I win
    Devon.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I know that feeling Hostafan it's how I have become inured to failure  :( 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Best of luck @Hostafan1, I never will as it comes from 2× nextdoors
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    it was in the ground before the polytunnel. I'd hoped that we'd got rid of it when we scalped the soil to level the site. Alas no.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We beat it with Roundup in our last garden ... but we had to stay on our guard as it lived next door and kept popping in for a visit 🥊🥊🥊

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    But do you use it near to edibles @Hostafan1 ?  We have not bindweed in the garden (thank god), which is all ornamental, but we do have loads at the allotment.
     
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Hosta, did you did the bindweed in the round up? Or use gel?
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd never use it near edibles,( even though Hostas are ,technically , edible ) .
    I wore a marigold glove and cupped my hand around it and sprayed it with a little hand sprayer and rubbed hte glove over it.
    Devon.
  • stephen.mcmellen.49stephen.mcmellen.49 Posts: 13
    For things like bindweed and horsetails,  one needs to kill the roots,  the only weed killer that accomplishes that is brushwood , carefully brush it on the lower leaves. In a few days it will die back and continue to travel through the roots. Each weed needs to be attacked in the same way. 
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