How to kill bindweed?

http://organicgardening.about.com/od...p/Bindweed.htm

I have heard the same.

I think Groundclear kills everything -- I don't want to kill out the asparagus, which is why wicking is recommended on just the bindweed.

The article Forcast posted suggests cutting it off at ground level and not pulling it. I might try that as well. It also says seeds stay viable for up to 30 years! No wonder it's so prolific.

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but the flowers are pretty looks like morning glory I had to go look it up didnt know what it was

Ya, I think it's in the morning glory family. I planted some 10 years ago, the seeds come back every year. We also have a Dantura plant, some call it Jimsome weed, got to cut it before it flowers. Ours doubles in the size it takes over in pure manure each year.Posion, but the cows do not touch it.

Well, please keep that pest away from the east coast. A similar but not as bad pest here in SC is the morning glory plant, which comes back from seed only, but the seed stay in the soil for years. Some people actually plant some varieties of large morning glories which is just asking for it IMO.

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there is a mite that will attack it and control it to manageable,

this is Colorado"s and I think they only sell to Colorado, but my guess is other states may have similar, https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/agc...ion/biocontrol

it could take a few years for them to spread and kill off stands of bind weed.

bind weed will grow from the cuttings and if one tills it the cuts in the plants create new plants, the seeds can remain viable for up to 100 years,

In southeastern Colorado, where I live, it shows up anywhere that is irrigated or collects run off. I actually started to use a flame thrower to try and keep the spread down. Unfortunately with all the tumbleweed debris I have I need another person with a hose or shovel to keep the fire down.

One time I dug deep down in a raised veggie bed and found a horizontal root as large as my finger. Now that is discouraging. And our soil has high alkalinity.

fence it in and put in some goats for a year. Or cover with black plastic for a whole growing season.
I got some here and it's invasive and impossible to stop without resorting to drastic measures.

Wow. That would be 871 lbs of salt per acre.

Expensive and deadly, I've never understood the 'organic' fascination with salt and vinager for poisoning ones land.

Depending on the crop you are trying to grow, about 16 oz of any number of good herbicides would kill off an acre of morning glory/ bindweed, and to me would seem much safer.

Not trying to be contrary, just hard for me to wrap my head around such things is all.

Paul