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I’ve got part of my garden that is badly affected by bind weed. I’ve tried training it up canes etc but the beds are full of plants and it’s impractical to deal with all the vines. Spraying the leaves with commercially available weed killer makes no different. Short of digging the lot out and starting again or digging out the plants and using weed suppressant is there another way to eliminate it?
d stuff out or so I thought.. it seems to have gone bananas in the last year or two and I’ve been too busy to keep on top of it Evanivitch said:
Glyphosate mixed with some washing up liquid painted on.
Or just.keep ripping. I've largely defeated it in my garden, but takes a few years.
Painted-on glyphosate is the best you can do in a garden, assuming you have the concentration right. No need to add extra stuff, the formulation already has wetting agents to help. Try it again as per instructions on a dry day, and give it 7-14 days to work. It's not fast. If still no joy, keep ripping. Or buy a goat Or just.keep ripping. I've largely defeated it in my garden, but takes a few years.
Simpo Two said:
Painted-on glyphosate is the best you can do in a garden, assuming you have the concentration right. No need to add extra stuff, the formulation already has wetting agents to help. Try it again as per instructions on a dry day, and give it 7-14 days to work. It's not fast. If still no joy, keep ripping. Or buy a goat
Wasn't aware gallop came with wetting agent included.This...
https://amzn.eu/d/a7uHSwP
Mixed in a standard pump sprayer. Two weeks later everything is dead
https://amzn.eu/d/a7uHSwP
Mixed in a standard pump sprayer. Two weeks later everything is dead
I have managed to eradicate bindweed from large flower beds by adopting a systematic approach.
Uncoil each upward growing shoot from the other plants and coil it down on the earth between other plants then apply glyphosate weed killer, Roundup in my case. Keep at it over many weeks and months and you’ll succeed. A nice summer evening pastime after work
Uncoil each upward growing shoot from the other plants and coil it down on the earth between other plants then apply glyphosate weed killer, Roundup in my case. Keep at it over many weeks and months and you’ll succeed. A nice summer evening pastime after work
There was some good advice on removal from a thread I created on it a while back.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Evanivitch said:
Simpo Two said:
Painted-on glyphosate is the best you can do in a garden, assuming you have the concentration right. No need to add extra stuff, the formulation already has wetting agents to help. Try it again as per instructions on a dry day, and give it 7-14 days to work. It's not fast. If still no joy, keep ripping. Or buy a goat
Wasn't aware gallop came with wetting agent included.I got the problem too ... all over the garden , but on particular bad area.... I nucked it with Gallup 3 times ... (a strong dose in the end) ... Killed the tops and some roots, but it only takes one pieces of root to start it off again , of course killed everything else aswell ..... even managed to kill to the edge of the lawn by being washed off by rain.
I'm converting the area to another rockery , going to try to remove every piece of root and lay a membrane to try and stop it.
..... even managed to kill to the edge of the lawn by being washed off by rain.I'm converting the area to another rockery , going to try to remove every piece of root and lay a membrane to try and stop it.
The Three D Mucketeer said:
I got the problem too ... all over the garden , but on particular bad area.... I nucked it with Gallup 3 times ... (a strong dose in the end) ... Killed the tops and some roots, but it only takes one pieces of root to start it off again , of course killed everything else aswell ..... even managed to kill to the edge of the lawn by being washed off by rain.
I'm converting the area to another rockery , going to try to remove every piece of root and lay a membrane to try and stop it.
Boiling water can help with roots. ..... even managed to kill to the edge of the lawn by being washed off by rain.I'm converting the area to another rockery , going to try to remove every piece of root and lay a membrane to try and stop it.
BobToc said:
I m a weirdo who finds pulling it out quite satisfying.
The first time or two, yes. And when you clearing the plot, yes.When its the four time your untangling it from your new strawberry plants and fruit netting, you could quite happily just have it bugger off for a bit!
The Three D Mucketeer said:
This is area I "nuked" with GALLUP XL .... It;s done it's job ... Now the hard work begins
The lawn will recover ..(I hope)
And if the issue is it has seeded itself across the lawn... ?! The lawn will recover ..(I hope)
I am presuming in that instance, 'the nuclear option' basically means killing the entire lawn with chemicals and then re-seeding, or stripping the turf to a depth of x inches and relaying!
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