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Plant Identification help please

has foxglove type leaves, but I am pretty sure it is not a foxglove. It has tiny blue flowers which are just coming out now. It too is invasive and pops up all over the garden. Anyone with any ideas? The first one "looks like" bindweed by Rainwater Fanatic

15/11/2012 14:04:04

by nutcutlet

Talkback: Weed of the year 2008

Well I'm new to allotmenteering this year and I'm loving it. The weeds were 5 feet high when we took over the plot in July, but we've managed to clear most of them now. The worst were probably the bindweed with their brittle white roots which by green eyed pea

28/11/2011 18:37:41

by gardenersgirl

getting rid of ground elder

combination of digging it out, waiting for it to reappear and then BRAMBLE KILLER. Had to do that 2 years running, but haven't seen any in 5 years now. I personally find bindweed and brambles harder to get rid of, and more unsightly too. thank you i thought by little-ann

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18/05/2013 19:26:16

by Bookertoo

Name please

replies. Or you could pick a leaf, rub it, and if it smells of ginger, then it's probably the culprit. I don't think it's recommended for culinary use though. Hi I may be totally off kilter here but could it be bindweed ?? http by lorraine247

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27/06/2012 10:58:12

by lorraine247

Couch grass

really deep like bindweed, so a 6" (15cm) deep barrier would probably be enough, or 12" (30cm) to be sure, especially light soils. Cheers Bob, soils been well dug over, found some over 12" down but seems to have died,(black and weak), just want to force by pash

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26/06/2012 07:21:26

by weejenny

Composting

I had two composting boxes built a couple of years ago in an area of the garden that was thick with bindweed and ground elder and subsequently the bases of the boxes are sitting on several layers of thick membrane. I have covered to tops by Big Pete

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05/04/2012 11:00:57

by Big Pete

Weeds from next door

I have an antisocial neighbour that has lived there several years. They are unapproachable and live in a hovel. I have nettles and bindweed invading my flower border. I try to pull up what I can, but there is a network of spaghetti roots by ClaireCat

30/09/2012 21:15:21

by Alina W

plant invasion

seed drop inside the hob,a mystery. Or, worse case scenario, it could even be Dry rot. That produces long white filaments which spread everywhere. are there any green bits? Hope so, it won't be dry rot if there are. Bindweed will do that as flowering by joanne ahne

19/11/2012 13:47:26

by nutcutlet

Talkback: Persistent weeds

that the roots give off kills the weeds - Sarah Raven has it in her catalogue and says it is very effective. I am thinking of trying it on a patch of bindweed I think weeds should be left where they are! Helen, I think that the Tagetes you are referring by barton

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28/11/2011 18:31:06

by Jacqui Senior

Talkback: To spray, or not to spray?

have to come down against spraying the stuff. I do use it on weed tree stumps and Bindweed by dabbing it on. the alternative to Glyphosate exists already it is call horticultural vingar. I think that's fair. If more people were 'mostly organic', I by happymarion

28/11/2011 18:39:40

by jeannie

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