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Bindweed & carpet

beer enigma · 2009-09-28 13:42:47

I have a piece of ground that has bindweed in it - just wondering if I put a large pieve of carpet on it for a few months (over winter) will it kill the bindweed - dont really wanna use chemicals as its a veg plot....

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28-09-2009 2:42pm

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beer enigma

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I have a piece of ground that has bindweed in it - just wondering if I put a large pieve of carpet on it for a few months (over winter) will it kill the bindweed - dont really wanna use chemicals as its a veg plot....

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#2 28-09-2009 11:03pm
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Unfortunately bindweed is dormant after the first frost. It can come back from 1cm of root and is a complete pain.

You can either cover with carpet (Or a thick layer of newspaper and mulch) and leave dormant for ~2yrs or put canes for it to climb and dip in a diesel round-up mixture at the end of next summer.

The second option is foul but works, up to you.

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