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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture
  • Subject: Re: Bind weed on allotment....
  • Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:53:06 -0400


On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:45:17 +0100, "Graham Burnett"
<gburnett@unisonfree.net> wrote:

>This year for reasons I won't go into here my allotment became very
>neglected to the point where i
>hadn't visited it for months. today i went down there after work and saw
>that it has become totally
>overun with bindweed. i normally have a bit of a bindweed problem but am
>able to keep it contained

Is bindweed Bermuda grass?

>I'm contemplating using a one-off weed killer application to knock it back
>to once again

You'd be making a huge mistake doing this. Even small applications of
herbicide last for many years and stunt or kill most plant life not
mention soil life.

Dig it up or cover it with light-blocking silver-colored plastic
tarps. This will solve your problem permanently.


Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflondon@mindspring.com
london@metalab.unc.edu
http://www.ibiblio.org/london



  • Re: Bind weed on allotment...., Lawrence F. London, Jr., 10/19/2000

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