Can anyone recommend a weed killer that will kill bindweed but not affect the adjacent young shrubs and planting?

(Mrs Draggle did suggest I put a weed proof membrane down before laying 20mm gravel - nah, I said. Got all the weeds out.....) :roll:

I would go with Mrs Draggles suggestion if you want to treat the middle of a border etc, most weedkillers are difficult to control and you don't want to accidentally kill adjacent plants.

I think anything systemic (if that's the right word). Something that you just spray on the weed itself, and it works into the plant killing it from the inside. I think SBK is one of the strongest, but it's not in a trigger bottle, you'd have to buy one of those sprayer thingies.

You'd have to protect the other plants when you were spraying it though, put a bin liner over them maybe.

Agent Orange will kill most things - including pets and anything else that gets in the way. Let me know if you're interested and I'll drop some on your garden :evil:

The RHS recommend Glyphosate here (http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0801/bindweed.asp) but as it is NOT selective you will need to protect other plants.

Once you have got rid of it they recommend Dichlobenil which is a soil-acting residual weedkiller, applied in spring which will check weed growth among some established woody plants (check label for details). It is also used where bindweed is growing through paths and drives.

If killing adjacent plants is a real liability, cutting the bindweed back to ground level and then using Dichlobenil, to stop it coming back up, may work.

South Yorkshire Constabulary... Well, they "Confiscated" one of my aquaintances herb... :P

Originally posted by nick2
I would go with Mrs Draggles suggestion if you want to treat the middle of a border etc, most weedkillers are difficult to control and you don't want to accidentally kill adjacent plants.
Thanks Nick - trouble is there is 1 ton of gravel down, and I ain't shoveling it all back up to put a membrane down. No way.:nono:

You could remove the majority of the foliage, leaving some, then apply one of those ones that works by coating the leaves to prevent photosynthesis, but apply it with a brush :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Strix
You could remove the majority of the foliage, leaving some, then apply one of those ones that works by coating the leaves to prevent photosynthesis, but apply it with a brush :thumbsup:

Thanks Strix. Will it kill the whole plant and stop the brute reappearing next year? :suspect:

Should do, but they are renowned for being stubborn :(

Ha! you got a bindweed problem huh?

You want to see our garden! Next door neighbour has 5ft high bindweed that covers his garden completely - absolutely no sight of any garden honest.

It is coming through our fence and actually pulled one of our panels over.

It is a bugger and I believe it is like wasps, no way of getting rid of it all.

Originally posted by Lotti
Ha! you got a bindweed problem huh?

You want to see our garden! Next door neighbour has 5ft high bindweed that covers his garden completely - absolutely no sight of any garden honest.

It is coming through our fence and actually pulled one of our panels over.

It is a bugger and I believe it is like wasps, no way of getting rid of it all.

Ah, Lotti - your neighbour is the source of our bindweed problem too! It's travelled up through the gardens of Broomhill, down Brocco Bank, up Eccy road and is currently stranglin' Mrs Draggles shrubbery :suspect:
Just kiddin'. Don't know what came over me :hihi:

something to read (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/2104.html)

Bindweed is a sod [polite phrasing]
Weedol is good at killing the stuff off but leave one little eentsy-weensy rootlet and it comes back it's a swine at managing to re-establish itself.
I killed off a large section in my garden but as the source was on the other side of my garden wall every now and then it reappears and then I pull the pesky stuff out of the ground follow the tendril back to the wall and amputate.
Suggest removing all plants you want and then weedol evry bit of greenery in the affected area several times over a couple of months then keep your fingers crossed as you replant.
I use weedol as it's animal friendly after twenty minutes or so

Originally posted by Strix
something to read (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/2104.html)
Thanks Strix. Have invested in some 'roundup' weedkiller. Could take a year or two, though....