Re: Prize Pest
- To: t*@xtra.co.nz, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Prize Pest
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:44:57 EST
In a message dated 1/13/0 3:59:23 PM, theryans@xtra.co.nz writes:
<< I think my vote for the most pestiferous weed in my garden must go to
Great Bindweed (Calystegia sylvatica). >>
Moira,
Bindweed gets my vote alongside the oxalis. If Great Bindweed is anything
like Bindweed convolvulus arvensis, don't pull it out. The variety in my
yard can reproduce from the tiniest part of a root left in the ground. As
much as I like to be chemical free, I will sometimes paint Roundup onto the
leaves of bindweed. If the soil is just right for digging, I dig down past
where I think the root has gone, and try to get ALL of the plant.
Nancy
Los Altos, CA
