Back to bindweed ! I will never get rid of my bindweed because it comes through from a neglected garden next door. But I put Roundup in jam jar with a glue brush and paint it on the leaves and dip in the growing tips as they come through /under the fence - to try to protect my other plants. It seems to work well and they're dying back.....time will tell how effectively it will be in the long term
Marj, must try the leaf painting method, have tried most else. My bineweed seems to be spreading, I dig roots out by the bucketful, but every year I seem to find it futher into the beds. I have even found it in the Lawn before now. It's got so bad that I am using Roundup this year both as a liquid spray and the gel. this really goes against the grain as I try to be as organic as possible where the fruit and veg are concerned but needs must as they say
Bindweed!!! Grrr! I'm like Sparkimarj - my neighbours don't do a thing to their garden and all their bindweed come tootling across to mine! Have tried spraying (carefully); tried that Gel stuff which I think is v expensive and quite useless; tried pulling it out etc. but it still persists.
Will have to buy some Resolve and hope that that makes a difference? xx
Perhapes none of us should eat soya and cook our own food from fresh, avoiding processed food all together, I do all my own cooking as I really have to be careful what I eat, not to mention that I know exactly what goes in to it and can eat with confidence. grow as much as you can in the garden, healthy option sowing growing and eating all from your own hard work will keep you fit. good luck to you all.
For anyone who is digging up their bindweed (and providing it has not been chemically treated) there is a use for the plant instead of burning it or disposing of it in your rubbish bins.....
Drown the leaves and roots in a bucket of water (or larger depending on the extent of your problem) using a brick or stone to weigh everything down. You then start to grown pondweed in the container which takes up the nutrients released from the bindweed as it decays. Ater time the pondweed can be harvested and added to your compost heap for the future benefit of the plants you want to grow.
To dig out bind weed is to propagate it. Every tiny piece of root....well, roots. Glyphosate, used correctly, will work
Physical removal is possible, but entails many hours with a riddle and a keen eye. I've done it once with a smallish garden. It requires tenacity and time.
Glyphosate knocks it back, but it depends on how extensive the root system is. I get smaller plants growing from small sections of root that have survived. Again, it requires tenacity.
Treating the stuff with gel would be an expensive option (unless working with a small infestation). I've had a mixed success with the gel on bramble. Again, tenacity seems to be the word. It may take more than one application, depending on the size of the root run. The bramble is coming through a drystone wall ovelooking a pond, so spraying is definitely not an option.
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Its not the soya protein thats the threat. Its the residue of glyphosate in the soya that disrupts hormones in the body that is the threat.
Back to bindweed ! I will never get rid of my bindweed because it comes through from a neglected garden next door. But I put Roundup in jam jar with a glue brush and paint it on the leaves and dip in the growing tips as they come through /under the fence - to try to protect my other plants. It seems to work well and they're dying back.....time will tell how effectively it will be in the long term
Marj, must try the leaf painting method, have tried most else. My bineweed seems to be spreading, I dig roots out by the bucketful, but every year I seem to find it futher into the beds. I have even found it in the Lawn before now. It's got so bad that I am using Roundup this year both as a liquid spray and the gel. this really goes against the grain as I try to be as organic as possible where the fruit and veg are concerned but needs must as they say
Many thanks for the advice about the bindweed, interesting that it kicked off a separate discussion!
Bindweed!!! Grrr! I'm like Sparkimarj - my neighbours don't do a thing to their garden and all their bindweed come tootling across to mine! Have tried spraying (carefully); tried that Gel stuff which I think is v expensive and quite useless; tried pulling it out etc. but it still persists.
Will have to buy some Resolve and hope that that makes a difference?
xx
Perhapes none of us should eat soya and cook our own food from fresh, avoiding processed food all together, I do all my own cooking as I really have to be careful what I eat, not to mention that I know exactly what goes in to it and can eat with confidence. grow as much as you can in the garden, healthy option sowing growing and eating all from your own hard work will keep you fit. good luck to you all.
For anyone who is digging up their bindweed (and providing it has not been chemically treated) there is a use for the plant instead of burning it or disposing of it in your rubbish bins.....
Drown the leaves and roots in a bucket of water (or larger depending on the extent of your problem) using a brick or stone to weigh everything down. You then start to grown pondweed in the container which takes up the nutrients released from the bindweed as it decays. Ater time the pondweed can be harvested and added to your compost heap for the future benefit of the plants you want to grow.
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Physical removal is possible, but entails many hours with a riddle and a keen eye. I've done it once with a smallish garden. It requires tenacity and time.
Glyphosate knocks it back, but it depends on how extensive the root system is. I get smaller plants growing from small sections of root that have survived. Again, it requires tenacity.
Treating the stuff with gel would be an expensive option (unless working with a small infestation). I've had a mixed success with the gel on bramble. Again, tenacity seems to be the word. It may take more than one application, depending on the size of the root run. The bramble is coming through a drystone wall ovelooking a pond, so spraying is definitely not an option.