A Midwest Garden: Bind weed - scourge of the garden

Monday, July 19, 2010

Bind weed - scourge of the garden

Convolvulus or Bindweed - the bane of my perennial garden. It wasn't here when I started and I'm not sure where it came from but it is here, and today I'm doing battle with it once again.

In looking on the internet for methods of eradication I sstubled upon this thread:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/rmgard/msg0510060716313.html

Note that this thread spans 10 years! Clearly an ongoing problem. What I get from it is DON'T till as you'll be turning up old dormant seed; pull as much as you can, and never let it go to seed!

This stuff is so nasty I don't even put it in the compost.

Keep Digging!

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Vibrant IrelandJuly 22, 2010 at 6:02 PM
We've got bindweed here in Ireland, too! BOO HISS!
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AnonymousApril 16, 2011 at 3:26 AM
Going through this post, its my sincere feeling that you have the precise knoeledge of what are you talking about.I really want to congratulate you for zeal for the work you own that has helped you stand today on this height.Genuinely,there has not been even a time that I have visited your post and went without acquiring some good knowledge.Get Going.And yes i have tweeted your site amidwestgarden.blogspot.com .
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2011 Harvest to date

6/17/2011 1.21
6/24/2011 .93
6/26/2011 1.80
7/2/2011 3.11
7/3/2011 .21
7/4/2100 .28
7/6/2011 1.38
7/10/2011 5.50
7/11/2011 1.04
7/12/2011 3.25
7/13/2011 .35
7/14/2011 .70
7/15/2011 1.33
7/16/2011 2.65
7/17.2011 3.92
7/21/2011 9.33
7/23/2011 5.10
7/25/2011 4.15
7/26/2011 3.65
7/27/2011 1.65
7/29/2011 5.97
7/31/2011 13.30
8/1/2011 1.55
8/4/2011 8.55
8/6/2011 5.55
8/7/2011 8.80
8/9/2011 15.19
8/12/2011 9.43
8/15/2011 4.51
8/16/2011 3.94
8/20/2011 13.26
8/25/2011 5.6
8/28/2011 4.10
8/30/2011 8.30
9/7/2011 2.13
9/10/2011 7.5
9/15/2011 2.4
9/24/2011 24.4

Total 196.10

Monday, July 19, 2010

Bind weed - scourge of the garden

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