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Horsetail weeds

three year project, and check for any new growth weekly during the growing season. It's rather like the alternative treatment, which is to pull the stuff out as soon as it appears, weekly, but more effective. Mare's Tail is a bit like bindweed by Chris9

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24/04/2012 14:04:26

by Gold1locks

Invasive climbing weed, can anyone identify

of the shrubs. It then grows all around the tops of the shrubs. Will attempt to attach a photo No real clues but I'm making a stab in the dark at wild hops. Maybe more information will change my mind for me. Can I suggest you google images of bindweed and see by quite contrary

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03/07/2012 17:25:10

by quite contrary

Japanese knotweed

could have eaten it. I'm sure I read that Alys Fowler eats bindweed, can anyone confirm this? You can also eat Bindweed shoots and I guess they taste like grass from the smell but there are plenty of tastier things to eat in life. talking by catrinhudson

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03/08/2012 07:19:12

by sotongeoff

Lawn too healthy

-or do these cause you problems too? Thanks for the comments. Very interesting about sowing yellow rattle. I hadn't heard of that. I keep the grass very short because we lawned over a heavy infestation of bindweed, and keeping the grass short means by Jennifer Deegan

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26/04/2013 20:26:06

by LorraineP

Climbing weed

it to twine around it and just as it's thinking about flowering zap it with glycosphate (ie roundup) then it will die. Of course if you've got a lot then you may have a forest of canes, but it really does work The problem with bindweed is, if your garden isn by ghog

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25/05/2012 08:13:18

by figrat

Sh**s Sorrel

, but thankfully, it never transferred to my back garden which was plagued with bindweed instead. Oh the joys of gardening! by Robot

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27/05/2012 19:35:46

by Wintersong

Perennial weeds

to deal with them? I haven't really found a way round this one. I don't like chemicals but have been known to let it all grow on the 'compost heap' and give it a dose of glyphosate. If I hit a rich seam of bindweed I do pick that out and dry it, also by rmenmuir@btinternet.

15/04/2013 21:24:17

by Daintiness

Talkback: Green manure

use green manure in this case? ThanksHannah I would like to sow green manure on my allotment but as I am constantly battling with bindweed I don't see how I could dig it in in the spring. Any suggestions? Jenny - technically you should dig by Kate Bradbury

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28/11/2011 18:41:24

by melanie

Talkback: What's new on gardenersworld.com

receive the GW mag each month - another helpful device.Its good to get positive and negative feedback - that's how we learn.If I want to know about a certain plant I visit "the College of Knowledge" in Pershore.I agree Bindweed is a huge problem - we try by Spitfire

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06/07/2012 18:38:07

by MAGGIE20

unwanted ivy

itself, using Round-Up where I couldn't extract the roots. If yours isn't growing against and into a wall, life will be easier. Bramble killer usually works for me where ordinary weedkillers don't, including ancient ivies, brambles and bindweed. It can by jackie grigg

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14/06/2012 21:33:59

by jackie grigg

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