Re: bindweed was: Odd reference to potatoes
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- Subject: Re: bindweed was: Odd reference to potatoes
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 01:01:54 -0500
Try the "or more" Dean :-) Blasted roots grow down to China. Had
occasion to move a *lot* of soil this year in a place where bindweed
flourishes - more like quadruple digging than double digging. Picked
roots out until I was cross-eyed - followed them down and down and
down. And, still noticed when all was put back in place, nice little
bindweed plants coming up from itsy bitsy fine sections of root that
escaped my sifting. Loathsome weed, bindweed. Running neck and neck
with Mugwort as winner of the Loathsome Weed of the Year Award.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr@kode.net>
> Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:43 PM
>
> That makes sense, then. Bindweed has thick roots that run 6-12"
(or more!) under the surface. Deep double-digging for a potato bed
-- all the while picking out every little bit of bindweed root -- is
one of the few ways to eradicate bindweed.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, MI, USA
> Zone 6B
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