How to Get Rid of Bindweed

Bindweed is a nasty weed that will take you years to get rid off once it establishes itself into your yard system. If you have heavy, dense soil you will notice Bindweed seedlings popping up all along your yard. Simply pulling them up with the root and all with only cure your problem for time being, however if you use this step by step guide you will notice the Bindweed is greatly reduced in production over a short period of time.

Step One
Pull up any Bindweed seedlings as soon as you see them. You want to starve the baby roots so they do not produce further into your ground.

Step Two
Mix a half of cup of 4 D Herbicide into a gallon of luke warm water. Mix thoroughly and do not allow any contact to skin.

Step Three
Fill up a spray bottle and make sure you mark any of your left overs with the label of the spray for knowledge of it later.

Step Four
Each gallon of mixture should cover just under 1,000 square feet. Spray the mixture all around the Bindweed and directly on the Bindweed growth area.

Step Five
You may have to spray this more then once. I advise you to do it twice a year, right at the beginning of Spring and then again in the Fall. Like stated before Bindweed is hard to get rid of once the production of it has established itself deeply in your yard. It possibly can take you a couple years to get rid of all the Bindweed settings.

Step Six
In places where you just sprayed place plastic weed barriers. You are trying to eliminate the sunlight int the Bindweed growth areas. Bindweed thrives on natural sunlight!

Step Seven
Add fresh mulch, stone, or pine straw to the weed barriers to create an extra barrier for the sunlight. Add low lying bushes to the mulch area for extreme shade and sunlight resistance to make sure the Bindweed does not grow in that area again. If you are removing bindweed from the middle of your yard and you do not want to add the weed barrier or the mulch then just make sure you spray possible once every two months with the herbicide chemical.