Nik_B 3,791 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm trying to kill off some bind weed we've got on a flowerbed the stuff is everywhere. I've bought this roundup gel which you wipe on a leaf of a weed and it seems to be working. My question is, is the bindweed likely to be several plants or one big one? This stuff is sprouting up all along my flowerbed and is also on the other side of the fence on my neighbours side. I've treated several leafs along but I want to know if there are 10s of individual bindweed plants and that I am going to have to treat everything I can see. Cheers Nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
R.A.W 1,987 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 hi mate . its a nightmare to get rid of. i've got it in my veg patch.it could be lots of plants. if you try to dig it up and leave just a small piece of root it still grows. let it grow then blast it with plenty of strong weed killer is the stage i'm at. fingers crossed. good luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Cheers mate That's the mistake I've made before, trying to pull/dig it up and the roots snap. I went away for two weeks and when I came back it was like day of the triffids. I'll persevere with the roundup but if that doesn't kill it off I'll wait for spring and then hammer the whole bed which I assume will probably kill everything else as well. Nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I can really sympathise with you as I've been fighting the stuff for years and years: it is a full time, on going battle to even keep it under control. Even half an inch of root left in the ground spawns forests of the stuff in only a few weeks. I've not yet found anything that kills it permanently without frying every other living plant at the same time. Along with rats, cockroaches and mosquitoes, it must be one of the most successful life forms on the planet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hob&Jill 258 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 You're unlikely to get rid of it. I'm a gardener and have it in a few gardens I work in. I just keep on top of it and work on the basis if you can't see it, it's not a problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PoshPikey 560 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 In the veg patch i remove all the white root i can when digging it over each year and this has improved the situation massivley in just 2 years. it's back breaking stuff becuase you have to try and get ALL of it out which means sifting through the soil for ages BUT it saves a lot of grief in the future. If its growing elsewhere then chemicals are a waste of time IMO. you are better off cutting it off at ground level - repeatedly and it eventually kills it off. Its why it doesn't survive on lawns. Make sure you don't chuck the white roots in the compost. Either bin them or let them dry out/ burn them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Cheers for the info all This is quite depressing news. PP When I pull the roots up I normally leave them on the grass to die and then bin them. Any idea how deep the roots will be? I could dig a couple of feet down put plastic sheeting over the remains maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 If its comming though from your neighbours side as well you might be forever fighting a loosing battle.. I read somewhere just now that you can train it to grow up a cane, then once you've got a good bit of foliage there, blast f**k out it with glysophate based weed killer.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Nice idea Ac tually I think I'm treating it with roundup at the wrong time of the year. I've read it's most effective when it's in maximum growth like spring and the beginning of summer. It's so bloody annoying we finally get round to planting some nice flowers and plants and it ends up as a tangled mess. Next year it will be war! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PoshPikey 560 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 most roots are within a foot of the surface i have found. Given how expensive Glypho is I rely on mechanical removal. If you miss one leaf with the spray it will come back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TWOTWOTHREE 152 Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hi One of my gardens had this type of weed when I first took it on but un be known to me it was beneath the surface until I got the Rotavator on it not knowing what the out come was going to be. Well it spread like hell,so when it was at its worse I did simlar as above I let it establish and sprayed it with a weed killer and I don't mean round up or wilkos own brand,I used some potent killer from the farm I shoot, this stuff was apparently the buisness he said fumes would knock a rat off shit house at 30 paces,the stuff totally decimated every weed, thistle nettle not a single blade of grass was standing,but guess what the bind weed started comeing back,I finally got rid of it after 2 years by hand digging top to bottom a full spades depth and I mean a mans spade depth,I was 32 but felt 90 after that lol,glad the other 5 plots were clear,good luck, persistence it the way, and a bad back.also tell your neighbour to get his side sorted too Atb 223 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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