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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

Was it last summer there was a brief string about how to eradicate field 
bindweed?  I've been working on some for 2-3 years now, and here's a report.

I'm trying to clear small flowerbeds in a plot which was mostly quackgrass, 
bouncing bet (Saponaria offic.), and field bindweed.  Light soil-- loamy 
sand.  One area got 2 RoundUp sprays and deep weeding last year, other area 
got 1 or 2 sprays last year & 2 sprays this spring.  In the older area, all 
3 weeds appear, but are reducing due to vigilant weeding.  The bindweed 
grows faster when it pops up, but the bouncing bet is much more abundant & 
persistant; quack is minor issue.  In the newer area, all three weeds had to 
compete w/ the healthiest first-year sweet clover grown here in years, yet 
the bouncing bet is still the worst-- soil is rich w/ sturdy-looking roots.

So, if you think field bindweed is bad, be glad you don't have bouncing bet.

tc, s.WI, plenty of opportunity for weed trials