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I think I’m going to need to use weedkiller

zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
in Problem solving
I’m loath to do it, I’ve never used weedkiller in my garden before but there’s nettles, brambles, ivy, and bindweed that’s coming under the fence from next door. I’ve dug out as much as I can, and pulled as much from under the fence as I can but there’s some I can’t take further than the fence line. I think I need something that’s going to go back and kill it at the root, can anyone recommend one that would be the most effective on the above, I’m hoping I will only have to treat a couple of times then I can put the weedkiller away forever!
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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I had the same problem last year. 

    I used Roundup. Luckily next door let me in to tackle the bindweed. 

    Time will tell how much it worked (come spring/summer this year) but it got rid of it last summer and it didn’t reappear so fingers crossed. 

    Two great tips I got re bindweed: 

    1) try and stuff it into a jar/bottle sunk into the soil for stability and fill the jar with weed killer so it sits in it and takes it all in. 

    2) stick some canes into the ground for it to curl up so you then have plenty to do the above. 

    Brambles and nettles disappeared with one treatment but again I think they’ll come back this year as they are difficult to get to as they’re coming from the garden behind me and there is a hedge and then a fence in my way. Persistence will be key for me I think. 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I got some tips here:

    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1056406/bindweed-next-door/p1
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I find Resolva the best, but the formula has changed on all the weed killers, so you may have to work harder with them as well. 
    I'm afraid if they're coming in from elsewhere, they'll come back. Most ordinary weedkillers aren't terribly effective if you can't access the source. The best you can do is keep them at bay, or else put in a physical barrier buried a foot  or so into the ground.
    It won't stop nettles, because they seed,  but it might help with the others.
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I had a similar problem and successfully cleared the lot.
    Have a look at this post -

    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/988597/glyphosate-rosate36-dilution-rate/p1

    Plants need to be growing well when you use it - so wait until mid-late March if you decide to take this route

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    @TheGreenMan @Pete.8 thank you both, I’ll have a read through those threads!
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    Fairygirl said:
    I find Resolva the best, but the formula has changed on all the weed killers, so you may have to work harder with them as well. 
    I'm afraid if they're coming in from elsewhere, they'll come back. Most ordinary weedkillers aren't terribly effective if you can't access the source. The best you can do is keep them at bay, or else put in a physical barrier buried a foot  or so into the ground.
    It won't stop nettles, because they seed,  but it might help with the others.
    Thank you, I’m not too worried about the nettles seeding as any that come up on the neighbours side will be behind the fence so hopefully will stop that, but they seem to have spread through runners so I’m concerned about it sending out those under the fence! I could (with permission) lift the fence panels up and spray the plants at their source? They’re growing between the neighbours hedge and our fence
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    If you use a systemic herbicide such as I used, Rosate is absorbed only through the leaves and travels throughout the entire plant (roots n all) so will kill the entire plant even if the roots are in your neighbour's garden (much like the ivy on the back fence in my garden).
    It should only be used on a calm day and set your sprayer to small droplets, not a fine spray as it will kill any plant that gets it on the leaves.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I could have done with some of that a few years ago  @Pete.8 ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Fairygirl said:
    I could have done with some of that a few years ago  @Pete.8 ;)
    Oh well - maybe next time :)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    You have a very common problem. I have uncultivated fields around my garden with stone walls and banks. This is no hindrance to brambles, bracken, wild willow, nettles and rape which grows to the size of a small shrub if left to its own devices. I have resorted to twice yearly spraying using glyfosate. I hate doing it but where I have chickened out and not sprayed I have lost several feet of my garden area. When I am spraying I try to reach over the top of the banks and walls to reach as much growth as I can. The field is impenetrable on the field side of the walls and banks.
    In the middle of one field there is a garden shed which was used as a chicken house which is now completely submerged in undergrowth, you wouldn't know it was there, to give you some idea of how quickly brambles can overtake. 5 years ago there were chickens living in it.
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