Plants of Eeeeeeevil

 I have just been crawling around the back lawn uprooting bindii...

<sigh>

Two years ago, I would have told you we didn't have any out the back (though a
goodly collection out the front).  Last summer, I found a few in the back yard
in the approved manner (tread-ouch!).  This spring, they seem to be there in
millions.  I thought I'd cleared out the back yard infestation a week ago.  
Nup.

When the cockroaches are gone, there will still be bindii!

Tackling the front lawn tomorrow.  I have hit the really bad bits with roundup
-- it will be interesting to see the result.

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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

 
:-))  We are doing the same with Cape weed whihc is refusing to die even
though it's been nuked with a broadleaf herbicide.

Fun ain't it?

Good luck with your battle.

 
fwiw, my mum says the only thing to do with bindii is to blast the bejesus
out of it with a flamethrower. (well, not a flamethrower - you know, those
flamey things).

apparently when i was tiny, our yard was completely infested (i remember we
weren;t allowed out AT ALL with bare feet) & after my pop had bare-earthed
it, there was never a problem again!

of course, very shortly after burning it, you need to sow seed or runners to
cover the spot completely and quickly. without doing that, the process might
not work. :-)

good luck!! the only thing worse than bindiis is cat heads (which i don't
think grow in sydney anyway). those are just AWFUL.
kylie

 

You can get cat heads in Sydney -- the lawn at my local pool was infested with
them.  In fact, it's one of the few places I've seen them.  The problem is
that bindii are so small and sneaky.  At least when you pull a cat's head out
of your foot, you can see it.  The bindie has already dropped off.

--
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

 

Definitely better detached!

--
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