the dreaded bind weed

Have you tried training it up canes? Then you can use a systemic weedkiller on the growing tips which goes into the roots. Be careful - you need to place a plastic bag round the tips, and spray into that so none of your 'precious' plants get it as well!

What a great idea Spritz!

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thanks...I have heard of that tip ...as always there is a BUT lol....I would have a garden full of bamboo canes.it is absolutely riddled...I have very carefully got loads of roots out and as they sprout again get down with the hand fork..but wanted something faster lol

At one of the famous gardens down here - Hestercombe - they had beds riddled with bindweed, and they have cleared all the plants out, potted up, and placed black plastic over the whole bed. They've been smothering the dreaded stuff. It seems to have worked - I'm sure they dug it over first when the plants came out.

Now I do not believe that there 'is' a quick fix, Annie. If a garden like Hestercombe is dealing with it like this, they'd have tried everything else, wouldn't they, before they went 'drastic'.

Sorry - I know you wanted a magic wand......:-((((

I FOUND OUT THAT LETTING IT CLIMB UP AN OLD BROOM HANDLE TILL IT GETS THICK, THEN WIND IT ROUND ITSELF GOING DOWNWARDS, HA HA IT CHOKES ITS SELF INSTEAD OF STRANGLING MY PLANTS, THEN CUT THE ROOTS OUT WITH AN OLD HACKSAW, LOVE IT DONT LET THE FLOWERS COME OR THE SEEDS WILL SOON APPEAR,, GOOD LUCK,,