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Post by louiseannescooper on Aug 2, 2011 19:12:37 GMT
hi everyone wondered if i could get your advice on this. so I have just finished a raised bed at the top of the garden, my mother had a camellia which she didnt want anymore and it was perfect to go in the raised bed to hide the compost bins. It has been sitting in its black bag wrapped rootball for about a month - I have watered it regularly and it looks very healthy. just opened the rootball to plant it and found BINDWEED! so dilemma really want the large healthy camellia but what about the bindweed - am I right in thinking this is a weed to avoid at all costs?? I havent got it in the garden yet and I have enough weeds to deal with but the camellia is so healthy I cant bear the thought of chucking it what would you do?
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Post by Cherry on Aug 2, 2011 19:24:51 GMT
If you can't pull the bindweed out and some would probably break off, then get glyphosate or Roundup (same thing) and treat it. Wind it up and put it in a small plastic bag and deliver a dose of glysophate. It should work, but don't let it into your garden. Keep us posted.
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Post by Tel on Aug 2, 2011 19:27:13 GMT
If the bindweed has climbed through the plant you could try to unravel it lay it on some plastic or something and give it a spray with weedkiller.
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Post by louiseannescooper on Aug 2, 2011 19:30:44 GMT
hi cherry and tel thanks for your reply before posting on here - I pulled the bindweed out but it snapped off and the roots are in the rootball of the camellia - I tried to wash the roots to see if I could identify the roots of the bindweed and seperate them but as the bindweed is quite small I dont think I will be able to. I am so gutted I was all set to plant up my new bed as there are no leaves of bindweed in with the camellia now do you think I should leave it in the black bag until more grow? or plant it in a pot? or should I dispose of the camellia altogether - is it worth the battle?
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Post by Cherry on Aug 2, 2011 19:38:45 GMT
Plant it, but keep the area around it clear so that you can see what is going on, then zap the bindweed when it comes up. It may not surface until spring. It would be a shame to ditch the camellia when it is doing fine.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Aug 3, 2011 17:04:19 GMT
I'd plant it in the ground and keep a hand sprayer of systemic weedkiller handy. If you spray the bindweed as soon as is shows it self you will soon kill it. I've managed to clear my garden of bindweed using this method.
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Post by ljbarton on Aug 3, 2011 18:17:56 GMT
I had this when I lived at my parents and we planted the plant within its own buried pot and thats so far (cross fingers) has stopped it spreading to the rest of the bed.
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Post by merlin on Aug 3, 2011 19:30:32 GMT
From what I've seen of bindweed I'd be very nervious, could you plant it in a large pot or even a dustbin? You could then sink the bin into your bed until you're quite sure. ps I haven't got it, thank the Lord.
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Post by SueA on Aug 4, 2011 9:32:48 GMT
Hi Louise, I think I'd do as LJ & Merlin have suggested & plant it in the bed in a large pot & wait to see if any bindweed reappears & deal with it then, I wouldn't throw the camellia away just because of it.
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