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Re: [SG] Repelling the Invasion/ horsetail

Hello Claire,
        I could not help but notice the comments on bind weed and horsetail at the
end of your message. Bindweed was there before my garden, so that was a
battle for a while. it is almost complete now. Seldom do I find a start of
that one in the spring now. When I do I let it grow a bit and then spray
with a bit of RoundUp. It is not a weed that can be dug and removed. The
long brittle roots just break off and return anew.
        I made the mistake of bringing horsetail into my garden about 6 or 7 years
ago in a one gallon pot. It only took 5 years to completely take over an
area about 25 feet wide and 65 feet long. That area has now been dug out
and renovated. Before that each stand of horsetail was wiped with a sponge
filled with Enforcer Brush Killer. They are completely dead within a week.
The stands inside my delicate flowers is cut off and an eye dropper is used
to place the poison inside the tube of horsetail.
        I do not normally use poison on my property, but it was the only way the
horsetail or bindweed was going to be removed.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Repelling the Invasion
> Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 11:14 PM
>
> In a message dated 9/12/98 1:45:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> mikecook@PIPELINE.COM writes:
>
> << Many of you seem to know how to get rid of Houttuynia - how about
field
>  bindweed (chokeweed, wild morning glory, Convallaria something)? >>
>
> Sheila,
>
> Did anyone comment on the bindweed.  There is some old story about
digging for
> the source of an established plant and finding a huge storage root about
ten
> feet down.  I can't say I have ever done that but it seem permanent
around
> here.
>
> Henry Mitchell in one of his two books says he spends 1/3 of his time
admiring
> his garden, 1/3 planting and working his garden and 1/3 dealing with
bindweed.
> You just resign yourself to hacking away at it and hope one day the
bindweed
> will collapse from weakness.
>
> Ours is not vigorous but it is persistent and occasionally reaches a few
feet
> in a sneaky way climbing through some other plant unseen.  I do not
attempt to
> kill it, I have accepted bindweed  (and horsetail) as bad relations.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau
> z4
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