There aren't enough cans for the bindweed here. It's in the grass, in the beds, in the veggie plot, in the gravel......... Too much to spray, even if I wanted to.
I fork it out when I'm weeding the veggie beds or flower beds and then leave it in the sun to dry out completely. Hoeing is good too as long as you remove every bit to dry out. We accept it will always be a problem but maybe, given time and persistence, we may reduce it.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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The theory is that the bindweed keeps on growing inside the can as it searches for light, and basically exhausts itself. If you have a can on every shoot it works...this year I have one area that now has no bindweed and the rest has less.
If you pull out shoots you often get two new ones, and it’s a lot more work than popping cans on top of them.
Found it Now we just need to locate an empty soup can supply.
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I fork it out when I'm weeding the veggie beds or flower beds and then leave it in the sun to dry out completely. Hoeing is good too as long as you remove every bit to dry out. We accept it will always be a problem but maybe, given time and persistence, we may reduce it.