bine weed?

hi all i moved into my property last year my garden has been over taken by ivy looking weed which ive been told is bine weed! the roots are all over the lawn and patio!! how do i get rid of it? please help i hate it!

 

We had some starting to infest a lawn and I managed to get rid of it by mowing fairly close and repeated spot applications of Roundup painted onto the emerging leaves. The grass cuttings from that edge of the lawn went into the bin rather than the compost heap.
If you have a well established infestation it will take a couple of years to get rid of it and even then you'll have to keep your eyes open and zap any new growth you spot.

 

Hi Cozmik. I agree with Marley Farley and Dave about Round-Up, but it will be a long job. The active ingredient of Round-Up is Glyphospate, which is a systemic weed killer. So any weed killer with Glyphosphate will do. When it is adsorbed by the leaves it is taken into the system and is carried down to the roots and through the rest of the plant - hence the name systemic.

This means that you do not neccessarily have to treat every bit, but you have to get a lot of weedkiller into the system. One way is to pour a bit of weedkiller into a small polythene bag and stuff one end of the bindweed with a lot of leaves into the bag. Crushing the leaves and stems helps. Then sellotape the bag up and leave for a week or two. Do this in as many places as you can. What you are doing is forcing the plant to ingest a lot of weedkiller. It also keeps the rain from diluting the treatment. Being systemic it takes several days to work, and you will have to go on repeating the treatment till it is all gone. This site give some extra info.

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bindweed.htm

 

PeterS:

Usefull tip there re: weedkiller and poly bag. I've got some Everlasting Pea I've been trying to get shot of. I severely weakened it last year with Pathclear but it's come through again so I've let it grow a bit ready for the Roundup. I'll give it a try with the poly bag as well as crushing leaves and stems.