Bindweed - How to break free

Bindweed - Who knows about a cure

Lately one of the gardening-guides users approached me with her problem with Bindweed. Bindweed, an invasive bugger, was suffocating her roses. We exchanged a few emails but couldn’t come up with an acceptable overall solution.

A few years ago I had the same problem with bindweed running rampant in my strawberry beds. The only thing I could think of was to take the loss, get the strawberry plants out and fork out the rest of this nasty super survivor. Only to find out a year later that forking it all out is not sufficient. Doing some research I found out that the bindweeds root system could extent about 15 ft. down.

These weeds seem almost impossible to eradicate. I protected my new plants using large plastic containers that I would place in the infected area. All together this plaque kept me busy for a few years. Yesterday when I saw traces of the weed growing in my neighbor’s garden I decided that coming weekend it’s time to insert vertical plastic plates as boundaries.

What happened with the roses of the woman with the roses is still unsure. After a few emails it silent if she found a solution I’m sure we will hear about it. It would be great if she or someone else found a solution to this really nasty plant.

If you have experience in the battle against bindweed please post a reply. By now I did a fair amount of research, but found no easy way out. Still planting in containers and placing plastic plates as protection feels like killing a mosquito with a machine gun.