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Bindweed

u1858786u1858786 Posts: 4
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Hi my name is Idrees, a student from the university of Huddersfield and want to find out what are your biggest frustrations with removing bindweed.
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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Getting rid of it is a frustration in itself!
    It's ability to grow from a miniscule piece of root, roots that go deep and spread and they break easily. 
    It grows fast. 
    Gets in places you can't get to.
    Wraps round other plants so you can't spray with weed killer. 

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    My biggest frustration is that it comes into my garden from both neighbouring gardens...

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Pete.8 said:
    My biggest frustration is that it comes into my garden from both neighbouring gardens...

    I feel your pain.  
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    Luckily I haven't got it in my garden YET. I hope it stays that way. 
    West Yorkshire
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Stinging nettles have the decency to have chunky yellow roots which are easily seen. Bindweed has sneaky thin black roots that blend in with the soil, go down more than sideways and snap as soon as you look at them.
    Rutland, England
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    I have it coming in from THREE neighbouring properties. :lol:
  • KlinkKlink Posts: 261
    BenCotto said:
    Stinging nettles have the decency to have chunky yellow roots which are easily seen. Bindweed has sneaky thin black roots that blend in with the soil, go down more than sideways and snap as soon as you look at them.

    I had Bindweed (probably still have lurking under ground)in my allotment.Digging it all out was a pain.I thought it had whiteish roots @BenCotto.Please say i wasn't pulling out the 'wrong' thing! :(
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    You’re quite right Klink, I had a ‘craft’ moment there, as I heard it described quite recently.

    Can’t Remember A F’ing Thing.


    Rutland, England
  • KlinkKlink Posts: 261
    Phew! :D
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    I am a proud member of the Bindweed Brotherhood (even though I'm a ((mature)) girl.
    Southampton 
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