Re: Bindweed & Round-Up
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Bindweed & Round-Up
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 07:25:29 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 21 Sep 1996 CEMahan@aol.com wrote:
> >Glyphosphate which is the reagent in Round-Up goes to the roots and
> >kills them.
>
> If you think RoundUP will kill bindweed, go ahead and use it....but when the
> bindweed springs back up again, tell me so I can say: "I told you so!" In
> addition, there are a number of plants, e.g. ivy, that RoundUp will not kill.
> Clarence Mahan in Virginia
One of the things that makes Round-Up the most effective is to put
it on when the plants are growing most rapidly ie in the spring.
But bindweed has yards of roots and needs lots of applications.
There have been discussions in other gardening groups and bindweed
is one of the most difficult to kill.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
