Wifezilla
Low-Carb Queen - RIP: 1963-2021
Not only does bindweed reseed if you are silly enough to let it get that far, it has a huge root and will regrow again and again and again. It doesn't act like an annual around here at all. Then there is puncture weed, and all the other STRONG noxious weeds I have to deal with including quack grass and Canadian thistle (which are easier to kill than bindweed IMO).
I tried salt and vinegar, round up, digging, tilling, torching, boiling water...you name it. The only thing that has worked to get rid of them is without constant back-breaking weeding is very deep mulch Ruth Stout style or lasagna garden methods. Your mileage may vary.
Any new ones that pop up on top of the deeply mulched bed are really easy to just pick out. No digging.
Here is an interesting story about someone and her thistle battle you might find interesting.
http://www.truehealth.org/acanthis.html
and this is why I do not recommend tilling...
"Canada thistle allocates most of its reproductive energy into vegetative propagation. New shoots and roots can form almost anywhere along the root system of established plants (Figure 6). Tillage segments roots and stimulates new plants to develop. Shoots emerge from root and shoot pieces about 15 days after disturbance by tillage. Small root pieces, 0.25 inch long by 0.125 inch in diameter, have enough stored energy to develop new plants. Also, these small roots can survive at least 100 days without nutrient replenishment from photosynthesis."
I tried salt and vinegar, round up, digging, tilling, torching, boiling water...you name it. The only thing that has worked to get rid of them is without constant back-breaking weeding is very deep mulch Ruth Stout style or lasagna garden methods. Your mileage may vary.
Any new ones that pop up on top of the deeply mulched bed are really easy to just pick out. No digging.
Here is an interesting story about someone and her thistle battle you might find interesting.
http://www.truehealth.org/acanthis.html
and this is why I do not recommend tilling...
"Canada thistle allocates most of its reproductive energy into vegetative propagation. New shoots and roots can form almost anywhere along the root system of established plants (Figure 6). Tillage segments roots and stimulates new plants to develop. Shoots emerge from root and shoot pieces about 15 days after disturbance by tillage. Small root pieces, 0.25 inch long by 0.125 inch in diameter, have enough stored energy to develop new plants. Also, these small roots can survive at least 100 days without nutrient replenishment from photosynthesis."