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Last year I treated an area of bindweed with glyphosate - the nexy day I found a perfectly normal looking young blackbird, no wounds or signs of illness, dead about half  metre away.  Could the glyphosate have killed it? Secondly, a gardener I know

to remove without damaging the other plant.Another prolific weed on the plot is bindweed. We've got both sorts - the large white flowered one and the pretty pink flowered field bindweed. I always hand weed the shoots out as soon as I see them but they keep

if kill these as well. I thought I wold give it a try in one of my flower borders that is infested with bindweed which I have been trying to eradicate unsuccessfully for some years. Judy   I hadn't heard of this-don't buy the magazine-so did a quick search

no bindweed whatsoever Queen quack, bindweed is easily killed by glyphosate but there are some factors. One is 5 hours of dry weather after application. Two you need to apply it 2 or 3 times this summer. Apply at the rosette stage...weedkiller is more

and found that an organic alternative is vinegar which when sprayed on the plant will kill it. I believe it needs to be mixed with washing up liquid. Anybody used vinegar on weeds and can confirm its success or otherwise. She has lots of bindweed, nettles

of the roots. Help someone? If it's coming up from the bottom the fabric should stop it. You would need to get all the root out to be free of it but it could be done. I find the big white hedge bindweed much easier to get rid of than the little pink field

, and dig deeply to sieve out roots of perennial weeds, such as bindweed, ground elder and couch grass Improve compacted soil by mixing in extra compost. Take care not to walk on or dig up spring bulbsTake root cuttings from phlox and oriental poppiesPot up

With more time on my hands, I'm tackling horrid areas of ivy, bindweed and other nasties but realise with things becoming more organised into flower and veg beds, there is little cover. As I tried to clear the last bit for a pea/ bean bed, I

. Don't worry it may look bad but it will not be forever I had a 100ft garden full of bindweed. Best time to spray is when its in flower, so leave it to romp and then soak the b**tard on a windless day! Repeat as needed. I dug all mine out over the years

. HELP! Without a photo it is difficult but it sounds like bindweed to me - yuk!  Are the leaves heart shaped and there are white flowers later?  You'll never get it by digging as the main root, which runs horizontally in the soil, can be as deep as 2