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Bineweed...grrr

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  • 25-08-2009 11:50am
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    Cookie_Monster
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    So I recently dugup two mouldy old tress out of the flowerbed in our backgarden. Pulled up about 4 miles of bineweed also:D

    Turned over all the soil, sprayed everything with Roundup (bed, patio, any weeds left) Left it for a few days and planted up the bed with a variety of plants most of which I don't know the name of (mammy helped) but have a cool little tatra grass, salvia, fuscia, xmas tree, pansies, lavendar and a few others.

    Anyway that was all about 2 months ago and I still spend about 5/10 mins a day pulling new bineweed shoots up, is there anyway to get rid of it?

    Also get loads of little green dual leafed weeds everywhere, easy to pull up though but still time consuming. Have sprayed individual weeds kill them from time to time if they get to big before pulling them.


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    tampopo
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    yeah, it's a b!tch alright. They say grow it up bamboo sticks and spray it with roundup. that way it takes the poison to the roots and it gets taken in and is an effective killer.

    Failing that, keep pulling as you go. It will eventually work.

    I don't have it, but a neighbour at the end of our garden has it and I can see it approaching the dividing hedge.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    tampopo wrote: »
    I don't have it, but a neighbour at the end of our garden has it and I can see it approaching the dividing hedge.

    Get the flamethrower out quick then!

    it's horrible stuff!


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    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    You can get a glyphosate gel which you paint on to as many leaves as possible but really, you've a long battle no matter what you do.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    I suppose I should have left the bed for a week or two for the stuff to grow then spray it all again before planting it up. Ah well.

    Hopefully winter will slow it down at least.


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    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    Hopefully winter will slow it down at least.

    Y....No!


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Sleipnir wrote: »
    Y....No!

    :eek:

    Damn


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Mix Roundup (reduced dilution) with washing up liquid and apply with small paint brush to leaves and stems. Bindweed is extraordinarily difficult so leave to die, do not remove treated parts.

    Bindweed will die back in winter so you haven't much time to get started!:eek:


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