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30.06.2023 - 16:17 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
How to Control Bindweed (Morning Glory Weed)If you want to make me cry, just tell me you spotted bindweed in my garden.
My grandma paid me by the hour when I was a kid to pull morning glory weed out of her garden, and let me tell you, I never lacked for work.
When I built a cottage in my own garden, we dug four feet down to lay footings, and we found bindweed roots all along the length. I later learned that this plant is called bigroot morning glory and I wasn’t surprised one bit.
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It winds its way into my pea vines, snakes around my lettuce plants, and climbs up my rose canes.
I’m going to level with you. Once it takes a real hold in your garden, the chances of totally eliminating it are small.
It’s more of a matter of controlling it enough that it doesn’t reduce your crops or smother your ornamentals.
If you can catch it when it’s starting, though, it’s totally possible to eliminate it. This guide will help. Here’s what we’ll discuss to make that happen:
As early summer approaches, I find bindweed climbing up practically everything in the garden.
It wraps itself around my lavender and creeps up the garlic leaves. It competes with my beans for trellis space and considers my squash plants a lovely host.
Finding yourself in a similar situation? Don’t throw your hands up and declare defeat just yet. Let’s figure out what we’re dealing with!
What Is Bindweed?Bindweed is often called morning glory weed, creeping Jenny, wild morning glory, or bigroot morning glory.
To be clear, it’s most accurate to identify it by its botanical name: Convolvulus arvensis.
That helps us separate it from other similarly named plants.
It’s not
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