Bindweed - help!

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Our flowerbeds are absolutely overrun with bindweed, it is growing up every other plant and tree - have just started digging the flowerbeds over, trying to get out as much root as possible, before starting again as we are trying to sort out the garden this year - I am planning on planting some new things and trying to stay on top of it, but is there anything else I can do to get rid of it?!

Maybe it was a bit to cold where I used to live in Yorkshire, and not quite sunny enough where I am now in the northwest, siameasy. This year I had some seedlings sprouting but they died, I don't know why exactly.

You are never going to get the whole root out in one go as they have been found to go 5 metres down in established infestations. Pulling it up every time you see it will weaken the plant but it could take years to kill it all.

I see your bindweed and raise you wild garlic. My bindweed is manageable but the wild garlic has defeated me.

Yep, the wild garlic is completely out 9f control. Having that and bindweed I can safely say the garlic is infinitely worse. It's impossible to erradicate. Ive taken to strimming it every few days so no new leaves ever get to grow I think it will stop it being able to spread as it never gets an opportunity to grow flowers. Seems slightly less bad this year with this technique.

Ah that’s a shame, they are so beautiful. I start mine indoors in April Errol and I haven’t even put them out yet. They’re so annoying as they grow really fast and try to twine around everything but it’s still a bit cold at night. Bloody crazy things

I also have a problem with bindweed, but it's mostly coming over the fence from the railway line, which I obviously can't access!

I spend ages doing this yesterday, it's nuts how fast it grows. I would love to see a timelapse of it growing literally before our eyes The field at the back of our garden has a big hedge of brambles and nettles, and this time of year the bindweed totally dominates it.