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Bindweed in fruit trees
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! I've just bought a house and this summer bindweed has come out in full force! As you can see it's pretty much taken over the section of the garden that was growing fruit and vegetables (now just gooseberry and blackberry bushes, as well as rubarb) . It is very intertwined in the gooseburry bushes (I think there are 3 or 4 bushes). Is there a sensible way of tackling this much bindweed and keeping the fruit trees or would it be better to try and get rid of everything and make a fresh start of sorts? I imagine i will be tackling bindweed for sometime.
! I've just bought a house and this summer bindweed has come out in full force! As you can see it's pretty much taken over the section of the garden that was growing fruit and vegetables (now just gooseberry and blackberry bushes, as well as rubarb) . It is very intertwined in the gooseburry bushes (I think there are 3 or 4 bushes). Is there a sensible way of tackling this much bindweed and keeping the fruit trees or would it be better to try and get rid of everything and make a fresh start of sorts? I imagine i will be tackling bindweed for sometime. 0
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The simplest way is too clear the bed of all the fruit bushes in autumn when the bindweed had died down. If you can dig the bushes up with enough root you could pot them up for later replanting.
Then you can go over the bed taking out as much root as you can, try to trace the root and loosen it rather then pull and break it but they do go deep. It's something I found quite enjoyable!
Next spring wait for it to grow again and dig each piece up with as much root as you can or use a weedkiller.
By then any roots that were among your olants if you saved them will be growing and you can sort them out before you replant.
After that it's a daily trip to the bed to see what's grown and dig it up or a spray.
Persistence pays off but give me bindweed any day rather than mares tail, as I had both in my last garden.