[Jimmy Splash]

which weedkiller kills bindweed, ground elder and couch grass so it doesn't come back...or for at least a year

[DD.]

Anything glyphosate based.

Allegedly.

[nilsatis1964]

I think the one with a strong back and time to dig the rest have not worked for me.

[fatcat1955]

Mix up the glyphosphate as per the instructions and pour into a bottle. Twirl the bindweed around a cane and slide it into the the bottle. Leave the weedkill to do it's job. This way you will kill the root system .

[peterjf]

glyphosate will do the job ,

usual dilution rates ,

let it die off and when the few shoots reapear hit them again , that should sort them out 

USE A SPRAYER , THE DROPLETS OF WATER HAVE TO STICK TO THE WEED LEAVES AND STEMS ,

a watering can means you are throwing money away

[dno71]

how long you can plant in the soil after applying?

[ember]

Most glyphosate based weed killers become inert on contact with the ground. So straight away BUT check the instructions as it normally tells you.
Good luck M

[evie2]

do you have to protect any plants growing in the same area?

[DD.]

Anything you get glyphosate on is a gonner.

Except Mare's Tail.

[AndyP]

Sorry to piggyback onto this thread, but...

I have killed off the weeds on my new plot with glyphosate and it had worked a treat, so now I have lots of brown withered grasses/weeds. Do I need to continue diggin them up with a fork (which is what I am doing) or can I just rotavate them into the soil?

Also with the ones I have dug up, should I burn them or add them to the compost heap?

Thanks!

[fatbelly]

I think the one with a strong back and time to dig the rest have not worked for me.

I agree, digging the roots out is the best way to kill them.
I have used and will use Glyphosate again but digging the beggars out is my best way.

If I were to take over a plot that was covered in weed and had not been cultivated for a while then without doubt I would get the glyphosate out but any returning weeds would feel the sharpness of my hoe.

A poster on here said a couple of years ago that every time they went down the plot they spent the first 15 and the last 15 minutes hoeing and their plot was nearly weed free. I did this and it does work providing of course the plot is already reasonably weed free.

[fatbelly]

Do I need to continue digging them up with a fork (which is what I am doing) or can I just rotavate them into the soil?

Also with the ones I have dug up, should I burn them or add them to the compost heap?

I would continue digging them out with a fork, they should be dead but don't risk it.

Don't add them to the compost bin again they should be dead but don't risk it.

[Salmo]

The problem with using a sprayer to apply glyphosate is that the fine droplets easily drift on to neighbouring plants.

A dribble bar fitted on to a watering can instead of a rose is very controlable. You can buy them cheaply at garden centres.