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["Lisa K. V. Perry" <lkvp AT floydva.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> > on the mower destroying water hemlock. Does anyone know a way to eradicate
> > the stuff permanently short of using Roundup(which I'm considering)?  (Marie)
> >    
>
> Roundup! Horrors! For shame! As penance, please explain to the group 
> the reason you would never use Roundup but would always seek the 
> generic glyphosate.
>
>  
What do you guys use to get rid of bindweed?  I swore I'd never use 
Roundup (the evil!), but the thought has crossed my brain.  Bindweed has 
infiltrated my red raspberry bed and is taking prisoners.  Last year we 
had 1/3 the amount of raspberries.  I couldn't pull it out fast enough.  
Last summer we were gone for a few weekends (w/ hubby at out-of-town 
gigs)  and I swear it grew faster when we were gone.  I can see it 
coming up this year--everything is early this year--and I've been 
pulling, but the bindweed is winning.