Bindies!

 Where the heck have they come from?  I've just spent 15 mins crawling around
pulling them out with my fingers in just one small patch of lawn in the back
yard.  Two weeks ago, I hit another patch of them (nearby) with roundup.
Out the front, I think they were some there last year, and this year I've had
to use roundup on a couple of sq.m.  Then there's the medic -- heaps of it,
but it least it doesn't hurt like bindies.

Someone told me it's been a bad year for bindies (well, a good year if you are
a bindie, I suppose).  Anyone know?

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

 

I've heard they like the dry weather, and that the seeds can stay dormant
for many years.  There's a spray that will kill bindii and a couple of other
weeds, but leaves the good stuff. It might be worth trying, and trying
again, and again over the years.  I think I might have finally gotten rid of
it in my garden now - but it took a while.

Good luck!

Jen

 

I used Bindii Killer that you conect to the hose onto the plastic bottle.
Then a week later I used weed and feed and got rid of the lot.

 
A combination of drought tolerance, a tap root, and currently lack of
competition from other grasses--if the lawns around here are anything to
go by.

I reckon what really gives the bindi-eyes their big edge over all else is
that their flower (i.e., burr) is borne well below the level of the mower
blade. You can limit most weeds by regularly mowing to stop them setting
seed, but the bindi side-steps this method of reproductive control.
--
John Savage                   (my news address is not valid for email)

 Chookie wrote:

ditto ( new house though, first dry season )