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cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 06 9:35 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I've a horrible feeling my proposed vegtable plot is full of bindweed. Will mulching with carpet rid of it, or do I need to speak nicely to George W? it's on clay (not ideal but I think its been well worked in the past, so have high hopes of growing something, other that mint, which was what it was covered in last time I was there!)

Overwinter manure mulch and thick black plastic makes it look dead. It sharp comes back though, 'cos it isn't dead at all, its only been made angry.

Thorough digging and removing the roots as best you can followed by taking it out every single time it shows its head doesn't seem to kill it either.

Glyphosate, if you're goign down that route, is best used before you fragment the roots, i.e. if you want to go down the chemical route do that before digging.

Rhianwen

Joined: 19 Dec 2005
Posts: 21
Location: East Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 06 9:52 am Post subject:
Wow thanks So many replies, and plenty to get started with As for wanting to read successes next year, I suspect I'll do a nice line in dandelions if anyone wants any

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 06 9:54 am Post subject:

Rhianwen wrote:

I suspect I'll do a nice line in dandelions if anyone wants any

Lots of things you can do with dandelions

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 06 9:13 pm Post subject:

I nearly posted that I was thinking of glyphosating, and didn't! My back is very glad!

Actually, it's not as bad as first thought - the bind weed is mostly under where the house and drive nearly are (which is pretty serious and permanent mulch!) and the veg patch is mostly nettles. Are they as bad?

It's still clay, though OH has saved all the topsoil from the build, and has a load of old scaffolding planks. Wonder what I'll do with those?

Rhianwen

Joined: 19 Dec 2005
Posts: 21
Location: East Yorkshire

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 06 8:29 am Post subject:
Nettles are useful You can steep them in water for a few weeks and they make a great fertiliser

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 06 8:38 am Post subject:
And beer, and soup, and salad, and dye, and wine..........also dandelions, also both good for feedstuffs for animals. Don;t get rid of them, well, not all of them.

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