Global thermonuclear war

That could explain a lot...I was in Malaysia in the 60s..
1960s that is.... not 1860s:hehe::hehe::hehe:

 

I'm pretty sure that Creeping Jenny and Bindweed are two completely different plants.

 

Fortunately JOHN............................I remembered the ground elder fiasco..........................remember??? Hmmmmm?

 

I have been at war with Bindweed for THIRTY YEARS I am not winning

 

Hmmmmm........

...............something tells me i need to rethink

So you say i have to spray with weedkiller? I there really no other way? I had wanted to avoid chemicals cos i have pet rabbit's, although they won't be on the garden for several months from now. Would it be safe to use Round-Up now and then it will be gone from my garden's 'system' by the time my rabbits are in the garden? I'm really reluctant to use chemicals but i cant face the wrath of bindweed forever!!!

 

Three of Capney's facts have scared me

-the one about the extensive route system of bind weed
-the one about bindweed seeds being viable in the soil for 40 YEARS
-the fact that bindweed stems live 50 YEARS

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!

I do not have a hope in hell of getting rid of the stuff - EVER!!!

What does everyone do?! I am still clearing my garden and i feel the battle is lost before its even begun :(

 

Weaken it ...

... as the old saying goes: "Never let it see a Sunday"

 

well ive cleared as much of my garden as poss without pulling up bindweed and ive decided im going to have to resort to round-up, just to get it under control. Im never going to get rid of it 'cos its growing all around near the house. I'm just going to have to keep it under control

 

What's that method where you insert rods to encourage it to grow up them so as to make it a lot easier to treat with glyphosate?

 

It won't work Busybee. The bindweed will win. I've tried glysophate, roundup, agent orange, mustard gas - nothing. They just laugh at my puny attempts and come back stronger and more determined.

I manage to just about establish a stalemate at the front of my borders, but at the back they establish a foothold in next door's ground, and before I know it I've noticed one strangling my wild rose or establishing a thriving colony in my flowering currant.

Update on the experiment by the way: the slice of root in water is enjoying itself. Baby roots are sprouting all over the place, and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before it starts walking.

 

My method is to unwind about 10 inches of the more mature specimens, cram it into a plastic bag, drench with glysophate, then secure the bag by tying it to whatever fench or shrub the bindweed has been climbing through to let the chemical work for a week or so.

It doesn't work.

 

The chemical boffins will be on the case no doubt, I imagine there will be a demand. Touch wood I haven't a peep of the stuff-and luckily I am surrounded by gardeners so I can't see it making it's way in although it only takes one.