Neighbor Kill Morning Glories With Roundup
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Help! Morning Glory is overtaking my Garden!
Comments (43)I have been fighting this purple morning glory for years, pretty sure it is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_indica. I thought it was beautiful when I first saw it too. It has choked out all my other climbing vines, passiflora, jasmine, honeysuckle, strangled fruit trees, completely obscured climbing roses, etc, etc. I spend at least half my time in the garden pulling it, it comes up in long ropes. It has taken over much of our block in, yes, San Francisco. It climbed in the space between my house and my neighbor's, and actually made it's way through the walls and started growing in the basement! My neighbor recently had her roof fixed, and the roofer said it was covering both roofs, he was kind enough to pull them off of her roof and our roof, where it was growing on top of the solar panels. This stuff is serious, and much more pernicious than the delicate blue morning glory. I have not used pesticides in my yard, so maybe I'll try the pulling the leaves technique, although there are a TON of leaves. Has this method worked for anyone else? I was thinking of trying to make a biodynamic solution out of the rotted plant, so I may try that in conjunction with something else. I think my neighbor is ready for the pesticides... This is a different plant than the much milder bindweed. If you are in a place without frost, be very careful about growing this weed. I will try to post some pictures soon, was going to do a whole blog post about it because this is one weed I don't want anywhere near my compost. OK, I'm calming down... now... Here is a link that might be useful: The Lazy Composter...See MoreMorning Glory takeover- how to stop it?
Comments (7)Use a lot of mulch and the seedlings will be easy to yank no matter how much time goes by between pullings. But keep in mind that you are gonna be pulling baby morning glories for a long long time. You can take a small jar of RoundUp and set it near the adult vines and snip the softest part of the plant and wedge it down into the poison (weight it with rocks or twigs). The vine will suck up the RoundUp and deliver it down to the deep tubers underground. Takes time, and can almost be as much work as simply pulling the vines whenever you see them. My yard is also shady with only one section lit up enough to grow tomatoes. My problem vines are honeysuckle, japanese morning glory (small blue flowers), and poison ivy. I've been pulling for six years and I guess I'll be pulling for six more before I put a dent in the population. I sorta enjoy the destruction part of weed eradication....See MoreLooking for info on perennial morning glories
Comments (13)hunnerbun, the species we were discussing are the commmon perennial morning glory species that make the noxious weed list for various provinces, and that are occasionally planted in yards (because they are, nonetheless, very attractive). (Unless you're pulling my leg...) I didn't mean to imply that every perennial convolvulus was necessarily a noxious, invasive weed... maybe they are, I don't know, but I wouldn't assume it without a lot more information. I don't have any familiarity at all with C. cantabrica, but after a quick search, it appears to be a Mediterranean species, possibly extremely tender. Why don't you do some research on it, as to hardiness and possible invasiveness, given that it is a different species from a different geographic background as compared to the ones that are known to be noxious weeds? It will be interesting to hear what you find out, and should you decide to grow it (which I would), how it does for you....See MoreMorningGlory rust ...
Comments (3)I'm confused...is it rust from the fence getting on your plants, or the plant disease rust forming on your morning glory leaves? If it's rust on the leaves can you plant a new crop somewhere else next year? Seems like most disease rust overwinters so perhaps making sure to discard any diseased foliage and buy new seeds for the new location next year? Take care! Grant...See More- 15 years ago
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