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Bindweed strangling other plants

JelinaJelina Posts: 8
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Have read here how to get rid of bindweed using Glysophate, my question is I have bindweed growing up through and virtually strangling some very large bushes of Encore Azaleas, been there for years and would like to keep them. This is the first year bindweed has appeared in the garden.
I can't get to the roots so just been pulling them from where I can, doesn't deter it just grows back up.

If I use Glysophate as suggested on the leaves so it travels down to kill the roots will it also get into the roots of the Azaleas.

I'm no gardener I just put things in and so far have been lucky with all I've planted.

Noticed this morning it's also made way across the garden into my lavender bushes.

I've googled for the answer but can't find any info on this so would appreciate any info on this.



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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hello @basenji and welcome to the forum 😊 

    If you paint the glyphosate onto the leaves of the bindweed it’ll travel to its roots but not affect the azaleas. They’ll be fine as long as you’re careful. 😊 

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





  • JelinaJelina Posts: 8
    Oh thankyou, very much appreciated, was so very scared of using it.
    I had googled for info on this but nothing found, so lucky I came across this forum.
    Again Thankyou.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    If you can identify where the bindweed is growing from you can cut it back, stick long canes in and wait for it to grow back (hopefully) up the canes, then it's easier to get the glyphosate on the bindweed without getting any on the azaleas. Requires a bit of patience though. Also, be aware the effect is not immediate. It takes a few weeks to be taken down into the roots before the effect starts to show on the top growth. Patience again :smile:
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    As Dove says paint it on the leaves. I do this and put it inside a plastic bag to stop any of the liquid rubbing on to adjacent leaves.

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Another good tip is to wear stout rubber gloves, then you can hold the bits of bindweed in one hand while you paint on the glyphosate with the other. You'll get better control that way than trying to paint onto stuff that's wafting about freely.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited August 2023
    JennyJ said:
    Another good tip is to wear stout rubber gloves, 
    I would challenge to word "stout" .  Ultraflexible surgeons gloves are best.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have a box of surgical gloves for just such a job. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited August 2023
    I tend to forget that other people are often less clumsy than I am :). I always manage to get holes in the thin gloves pretty quickly so I prefer the washing-up type when I'm dealing with anything that I really don't want to get on my skin (the thin ones are fine for things like dye or paint that might look bad for a while but won't cause any harm). If you can manage to not get holes then they'd be better for flexibility.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    You may also thicken the weedkiller liquid with a little wallpaper paste. It makes it stick to the leaves so it does not drip on to anything else.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Wallpaper paste usually contains a fungicide.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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