I call this stuff "Devil Weed". Just recently identified it as Bind Weed. It's completely infested my planting area, it just does not die. I two years ago I didn't bother planting anything and I hit it with roundup. To my surprise the Roundup seemed to be working (nothing else did that was safe for a planting area). For the last two months of summer I diligently sprayed any new sprouts, and those died back. Stuff started looking scraggly when new growth was appearing and I said to myself "I'm finally killing this stuff "to the root". Two full months of religiously spraying new growth at the end of the summer, with plant-life retreating into the ground in prep for winter. Spring came . . . and it's all back like nothing had ever happened. So this trick is new to me, and I'll try it. Thanks very much.
I dig a careful hole D own to a major root joint, down a couple of inches and pour about half cup of weed killer so the roots have no choice but to dtink up! Worked pretty well for me, but more effort than spraying. Still have occasional pop up which i spray.
what do you do after it's been sitting out all day? Do you remove the bags, and pull the bind weed? do you just remove the bag and let the bindweed stay and wither out on its own?
I never understand making a video and not showing the final (real) result. You are also leaving out the reason you're doing it this way because you need the herbicide to travel down into the deep dirt to kill all of the extensive root system. At a construction site I've seen bindweed breaking out new leaves four feet down where a basement wall was being dug out. THAT's why you need the weed killer to take its time and travel down the roots.
@@shleebeezyou have to take multiple approaches at stopping the bindweed. You need to reduce compaction because bindweed thrives in compacted soil. You can plant shade-producing perennials since they’re not as competitive in shady conditions.
not necessarily.. if you use the right stuff, it reaches the roots and tells them not to replicate - and because all the roots are connected, you don't have to get all the leaves up top. I mean, obviously it depends on how big of a scale it is, but you could do this several times in several different places... I've also read that you can train it up some poles and then spray them (would need to use a larger bag for that.. i'll bet a big black trash bag would work if you tie it at the bottom
@@mooshmobile One person mentioned training it up a pole then removing the pole by twisting it carefully opposite to the way the vine grows. Now the plant is long and has plenty of leaf area to absorb the weed killer but can still be stuffed in a smaller size bag. I plan to try this in my tomato bed to keep them from vining around the plants. I have a lot of bread bags that are thin and flexible so I'll use those and twist ties instead of ziploc bags.
Yes, so, as the title says, this method is for bindweed in your flower beds. In this scenario, as the title suggests, you have plants mixed in with the bindweed that you do not want to kill. This method protects the other plants near the bindweed. He has another video for bindweed growing in a yard or field that doesn’t require protecting nearby plants.
@@jesseschumacher4080I’m sorry I just saw this when I watched the video again before going at my bindweed! Here the link. ua-cam.com/video/3nFjukZF6XE/v-deo.htmlsi=f1fnAyzTClP6C34k
@@JustMe-jc2ft I am pulling it by hand monthly, and not poisoning the planet with Roundup which causes cancer. You clearly have not done any research if you use roundup on anything. The ignorance here is beyond me.
I call this stuff "Devil Weed". Just recently identified it as Bind Weed. It's completely infested my planting area, it just does not die. I two years ago I didn't bother planting anything and I hit it with roundup. To my surprise the Roundup seemed to be working (nothing else did that was safe for a planting area). For the last two months of summer I diligently sprayed any new sprouts, and those died back. Stuff started looking scraggly when new growth was appearing and I said to myself "I'm finally killing this stuff "to the root". Two full months of religiously spraying new growth at the end of the summer, with plant-life retreating into the ground in prep for winter.
Spring came . . . and it's all back like nothing had ever happened.
So this trick is new to me, and I'll try it. Thanks very much.
a gallon water jug with the bottom cut out works well, you fit it over the bindweed and spray thru the top. Doing it in the evening works best
This is a great idea! thanks - people have mentioned cardboard - but that's flat and it spreads.
I thought spraying in the middle of day was best to disrupt the natural growth cycle.
I dig a careful hole D own to a major root joint, down a couple of inches and pour about half cup of weed killer so the roots have no choice but to dtink up! Worked pretty well for me, but more effort than spraying. Still have occasional pop up which i spray.
why dont you do it in the evening? then you won't have to do the towel and rock?
I think this should work on hedge bindweed as well. I plan to find out.
Do you think this same method would work on quack grass?
what do you do after it's been sitting out all day? Do you remove the bags, and pull the bind weed? do you just remove the bag and let the bindweed stay and wither out on its own?
I think roundup takes a while to work down to the roots so I wouldn't pull it until it looks dead
I never understand making a video and not showing the final (real) result. You are also leaving out the reason you're doing it this way because you need the herbicide to travel down into the deep dirt to kill all of the extensive root system. At a construction site I've seen bindweed breaking out new leaves four feet down where a basement wall was being dug out. THAT's why you need the weed killer to take its time and travel down the roots.
Great advice!
Herbicides don't work on the 20 foot roots. It only kills the foliage.
What do you do then
@@shleebeezyou have to take multiple approaches at stopping the bindweed. You need to reduce compaction because bindweed thrives in compacted soil. You can plant shade-producing perennials since they’re not as competitive in shady conditions.
Doing this on a large scale is impractical.
not necessarily.. if you use the right stuff, it reaches the roots and tells them not to replicate - and because all the roots are connected, you don't have to get all the leaves up top. I mean, obviously it depends on how big of a scale it is, but you could do this several times in several different places... I've also read that you can train it up some poles and then spray them (would need to use a larger bag for that.. i'll bet a big black trash bag would work if you tie it at the bottom
@@mooshmobile One person mentioned training it up a pole then removing the pole by twisting it carefully opposite to the way the vine grows. Now the plant is long and has plenty of leaf area to absorb the weed killer but can still be stuffed in a smaller size bag. I plan to try this in my tomato bed to keep them from vining around the plants. I have a lot of bread bags that are thin and flexible so I'll use those and twist ties instead of ziploc bags.
Thus why the title of the video says 'in flower beds'
Th hare why the Title says FLOWER BEDS. This is for protecting the nearby flowers. He has another video for a widespread application.
So ridiculous!!! Imagine trying to do a field of bindweed this way!
Yes, so, as the title says, this method is for bindweed in your flower beds. In this scenario, as the title suggests, you have plants mixed in with the bindweed that you do not want to kill. This method protects the other plants near the bindweed. He has another video for bindweed growing in a yard or field that doesn’t require protecting nearby plants.
@@SB7698would you care to share a link?
@@jesseschumacher4080I’m sorry I just saw this when I watched the video again before going at my bindweed! Here the link.
ua-cam.com/video/3nFjukZF6XE/v-deo.htmlsi=f1fnAyzTClP6C34k
ua-cam.com/video/3nFjukZF6XE/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
It is so bizarre to see someone promoting glyphosate in the 21st century. I'm thinking next to Teflon there's nothing so toxic
He has to have his glasses tightened. 🤓
Roundup? Seriously? Surely you know not to use Roundup for anything by now. Pull it out by the roots; and or use something less toxic than roundup.
Pull it up by the roots? 😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I hate using glyphosate but I’m finally calling uncle this year.
You very clearly never dealt with bindweed. One would bathe their grandmother in the stuff if it would get rid of the bindweed!
@@JustMe-jc2ft I am pulling it by hand monthly, and not poisoning the planet with Roundup which causes cancer. You clearly have not done any research if you use roundup on anything. The ignorance here is beyond me.