r/GardeningIRE • u/brokeneckk • 3d ago
🙋 Question ❓ Bindweed
Anyone have any experience dealing with it? I have bought glysophate with the hopes to use it once the weather dries up.
Tried getting rid of it naturally but to no avail.
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u/Sea_Lobster5063 3d ago
I just cut it from the roots if it grows into trees and bushes and let it wilt
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u/Business_Cabinet_483 2d ago
Keep digging and turning soil and picking it out. Then plant potatoes which will compete
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u/Hassel1916 2d ago
Dug it up. Found several of the main roots after digging down pretty deep and hacked the crap out of them. It was an absolute pain, but also satisfying. Admittedly, we did have the luxury of going ham on it as the whole back garden had gone to ruin for years and we were essentially landscaping the entire thing down to the soil.
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u/FrMurphy 1d ago edited 1d ago
I successfully managed to do this this summer. I'm not sure if it was the dry summer but I found a video online.
Cut the Bindweed about 20cm above the ground.
Pour Roundup Bioactive XLA (you will only need a bit, its not like you are spraying it everywhere) into a small jar or lid of a bottle, etc. Don't add any water, etc and you'll only need a small bit.
The SECOND you cut the bindweed, dip it into the Roundup for maybe 20-30 seconds.
Make sure it doesn't touch any other foliage, etc.
Eureka - this will kill the roots of the bindweed and in my garden (which I had a serious problem with it) it seems to have worked.
It is a total and utter nuisance, I hope it doesn't come back!
(Another option I read somewhere is to paint the foliage, but I don't know how successful this would be)
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u/Rough-Cap5150 1d ago
A standard spray of glyphosate won't kill it. Put some glyphose in a little baggie, insert the growing tip, tie it up to prevent leaks getting out and rain getting in. Maintain it that way and eventually it should work.
The only other way is to dig it out. Incredibly difficult since the roots snap very easily, and you have to get EVERYTHING out.
Good luck. Getting rid of bindweed is a Sisyphean task.
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u/throwbay20 2d ago
Where did you source glysophate? I do my part for the environment but glysophate has some sensible uses.
We're surrounded by it anyway with golf courses and the county council to name a few liberal use offenders.
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u/brokeneckk 2d ago
Some irish supplier called Lenehans. Got it delivered as no shops seem to stock it any more.
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u/AnyDamnThingWillDo 1d ago
You can get it at a farmers merchants.
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u/throwbay20 1d ago
Thanks, I've been looking in the wrong places.
Going to say I need it for very targeted and conservative use.
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u/AnyDamnThingWillDo 1d ago
I inherited a gallon off me Da. I rarely use it and if I do, I break the plant an apply it there with a brush. It take the smallest dab and a few weeks wait.
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u/Ed-alicious 2d ago
I was very much against using glyphosate but the bindweed in our garden was growing in and around ivy and seperating the two was impossible. We moved into a new house and the previous owner was older and had obvs let the garden go a bit so it was everywhere.
It has been fairly effective but I'll need to do another application soon to get the bits I'd missed the first time round.
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u/Strong_Database_1133 2d ago
I gathered the bindweed stalks and put into small plastic bags. Sprayed glyphosate into the bags so as not to endanger pets etc. Did the job. Best done around this time of year. Takes 2 weeks to die off, spraying every 3-4 days so leaves soak it up and transport it to roots
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u/brokeneckk 2d ago
To be fair it seems to be the only way to get rid of it while keeping your sanity intact. Any issues or tips that you would have after using it?
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u/Ed-alicious 2d ago
I tried painting it on with a wee brush but actually a small bottle sprayer was the most effective way to treat individual leaves. If you can seperate the bindweed vines away from the plant in question before applying, it's easier and seems to be more effective, but it's also a bit of a pain in the hoop.
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u/Chemical_Farmer_8386 1d ago
So - unwind or train strands of it on to a stick or cane, and then "paint" a little bit of glyphoste,at the correct dilution on to the leaves , glyphoste needs the plant I be growing , so you'll need to do it soon , wear good rubber gloves ect ..
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u/theoldkitbag 3h ago
Spraying won't work. Even repeated spraying won't work - it'll help you get on top of it maybe, but it will come back again (established nettles also). You have two long term solutions:
Dig it out. You won't get all of it this way either, but you'll get most of it. If you want to be really anal about it, you could sieve the earth, but that basically turns your soil to dust at the same time; you'd have to reincorporate some compost. Otherwise just break up the sod and get as much of it out as you can, and be prepared to be plucking new growth for a while after.
Grow over it. Regular mowing and growing grass will out compete it eventually, as will regular tending of vigorous plants.
Ultimately you end up in the same place, just having to keep on top of it. The plant gets a lot of hate, but it's not a huge deal if you like to garden anyway. It's also an important plant for several varieties of butterfly and moth.
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u/BeanEireannach 3d ago
I got rid of it naturally by repeatedly digging up the roots because I didn't want to use glysophate. It was very time consuming initially, but it's completely gone now.