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Home & Garden > Bindweed
 

Bindweed

There are only a couple flower beds here that have bindweed, and reading how it is transmitted, I think it got here when plants were transplanted from other yards to ours.



Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is one of the most invasive weeds in the U. S. It will run for 30 to 40 feet under landscape fabric and mulch to emerge to the sunlight. Once it gets a foothold, it is extremely hard to eradicate. Field bindweed is a deep-rooted perennial weed that has adapted to most of North America.

It is a native of Europe and western Asia and was introduced to this country during colonial days. Bindweed can be spread by seed, root fragments, implements, infested soil adhering to the roots of nursery stock, root growth from infested areas, and animals.

This weed has a deep root system (20 feet or more) that competes with desirable plants for water and nutrients. Vines climb on plants and shade the plant hindering growth. Seeds may remain viable for forty years.

The herbicide quinclorac (sold as Drive XLR8) is highly effective at controlling bindweed. Quinclorac is available to the homeowner in the products Ortho Weed B Gon MAX plus Crabgrass Control, Bayer Advanced T All-In-One Lawn Weed & Crabgrass Killer and Spectracide Weed Stop for Lawns plus Crabgrass Killer. NOTE: These herbicides are labeled only for use in lawns and can’t be legally or safely used in landscape beds or vegetable gardens. Be very cautious using these products in the lawn near vegetable gardens, as tomatoes, peppers and other solanaceous crops are very sensitive to quinclorac. Read Planttalk Script #2126, “Bindweed Control in Lawns” for more information.

posted on Aug 19, 2010 11:56 AM ()

Comments:

Bindweed was always a problem when we lived on the farm....and it is VERY hard to control and eradicate.
comment by redimpala on Aug 21, 2010 2:19 PM ()
I knew it was stubborn, but this article really opened my eyes - no wonder it never goes away.
reply by troutbend on Aug 21, 2010 9:49 PM ()
Yeah, nasty stuff. Invasive species are threatening all natives everywhere.
comment by solitaire on Aug 21, 2010 5:42 AM ()
I blame global warming for some of this, our high altitude isn't protecting us from the invasion like it used to.
reply by troutbend on Aug 21, 2010 9:51 PM ()
I have more than my share of this pest.
comment by elderjane on Aug 21, 2010 5:31 AM ()
I'm going to get some of that weed killer that is supposed to work on it, and see what else it'll kill.
reply by troutbend on Aug 21, 2010 9:52 PM ()
Ugh - I have a lot of that stuff around the back fence. It's a menace - grows everywhere around the uk. When I was a child in London it used to cover the railway embankments. Terrible stuff.
comment by febreze on Aug 20, 2010 5:34 PM ()
It's so pretty over there, I hate to think of stupid old bindweed taking over the landscape like it does around here sometimes.
reply by troutbend on Aug 21, 2010 9:57 PM ()
they are pretty, too bad.
comment by anacoana on Aug 20, 2010 7:12 AM ()
I'd like to see how they do out in the really hot, dry desert, but not so much I'd risk planting some there.
reply by kitchentales on Aug 21, 2010 10:30 PM ()
Haven't seen any around here. Have enough trouble with regular weeds. There's lots of kudzu at Ding Darling nature preserve on Sanibel. The preserve is choked with it.
comment by tealstar on Aug 19, 2010 6:29 PM ()
I have always wondered how much of the global warming has encouraged the invasive weeds to take over at a faster rate. We've got one up here, not bindweed, that is proliferating, and we spend a lot of time trying to keep them from going to seed on our property.
reply by troutbend on Aug 19, 2010 8:48 PM ()
at least it's not too ugly???
comment by kristilyn3 on Aug 19, 2010 12:22 PM ()
When you see it in action, it is very ugly. It gets everywhere with the stems wrapped around your good plants choking them to death, fills up your flower beds if you let it, and it's not as if it's your fault it's there, easy to get and very hard to get rid of.
reply by troutbend on Aug 19, 2010 1:01 PM ()
Never heard of this or seen anything like that here.Interesting.Thanks.
comment by fredo on Aug 19, 2010 12:02 PM ()
You're lucky. With the 20 foot deep roots this weed does good in drought conditions so it loves Colorado.
reply by troutbend on Aug 19, 2010 1:01 PM ()

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