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Columba Mar 2020 10:11pm, 25 Mar 2020 19,497 posts	0 Columba I've read about that method, AR and ER, but not tried it, but it seems very ingenious.
jacdaw Mar 2020 10:40pm, 25 Mar 2020 2,896 posts	0 jacdaw It would have to be a horrific infestation for me to consider herbicide. And having considered it, I still wouldn't use it. I am amazed how normalised the use of extremely damaging chemicals has become. Just pull it out.
Flatlander Mar 2020 6:56am, 26 Mar 2020 1,611 posts	0 Flatlander I permanently removed bindweed from my garden 3 decades ago - by digging it up! The roots run usually just a couple of inches beneath the surface so I needed to use only a garden fork and hand fork to lift the earth and remove them. One has to be careful to remove all of them, even the small bits which break off otherwise they will grow again. 30 years later, I have never had any more grow, apart from encroachment from my neighbours' gardens. No chemicals were ever used.
alpenrose Mar 2020 9:03am, 26 Mar 2020 43,375 posts	0 alpenrose I got rid of it in my garden next to my shed but it's continually coming through/under the fence from next door and I'm fed up with it, hence the use of chemicals. I also had some introduced into my rockery in the soil that the landscapers introduced. I tried digging but couldn't get under the rocks so resorted to the chemicals once again. They often need more than one treatment too.
Eynsham Red Mar 2020 9:10am, 26 Mar 2020 5,484 posts	0 Eynsham Red The practicalities of digging it out are difficult as we’ve a lot of well established plants and shrubs which would need to be pulled up, or would be damaged if left in. I’ve never been one to use chemicals readily (and don’t want to start a discussion on the ethics of using them)
Eynsham Red Mar 2020 9:14am, 26 Mar 2020 5,485 posts	0 Eynsham Red [hit send too soon!] The practicalities of digging it out are difficult as we’ve a lot of well established plants and shrubs which would need to be pulled up, or would be damaged if left in. I’ve never been one to use chemicals readily (and don’t want to start a discussion on the ethics of using them) but it’s difficult to balance keeping the garden looking nice and allowing nature to do its own thing.
Markymarkmark Mar 2020 9:20am, 26 Mar 2020 10,949 posts	0 Markymarkmark ER, I'm seriously considering Napalm on the ivy behind my shed that is eating the fence panel... 😉 (Actually I'm digging out every bit of it I can get to (the roots vanish under the slab base) and continually hoeing it as it grows.
Markymarkmark Mar 2020 9:23am, 26 Mar 2020 10,950 posts	0 Markymarkmark In happy news, my cauliflower seeds and French beans are sprouting happily. 3 days from sowing!
Rosehip Mar 2020 2:56pm, 26 Mar 2020 15,439 posts	0 Rosehip I've set red onions and some later than planned garlic, sown carrots, radish and spinach under a makeshift cloche in the new raised bed and goodness knows what else (cali cabbage leaks etc in trays on the windowsill. Hopefully the new little wall green/grow house will be finished and attached to the wall this weekend then I can get some tom seeds etc sown. I'm actually quite tired! been a lot of digging and moving and lifting the last couple of days.
larkim Mar 2020 2:59pm, 26 Mar 2020 10,737 posts	0 larkim I don't do gardening (leave that to my better half as she loves it!), but I have contributed in my small way to lightening her load today - with the purchase of a robot lawnmower as our petrol one gave up the ghost after 15 years of reliable service. Got some setting up to do to get it based in the right place et, but hopeful it will be a helpful and timesaving addition!