Invasive climbing weed

It takes about a week for you to see the results, but the effect inside the plant is very fast. Glyphosate reverses the flow of nutrients in the plant, so that the nutrients flow out of instead of into the plant, and the plant then starves. Once sprayed, a plant's growth rate will slow down very rapidly indeed, and it will completely stop actively growing within a day or so at the most. It will then stay green and healthy looking, but the same size for a while longer, until about a week later when there will be very noticeable wilting and discolouration (it goes yellow as it no longer has the necessary nutrients for photosynthesis to work).

The only bits I'd pull off is any flowers or seed heads. Glyphosate doesn't kill seeds that have not germinated. It requires the chemical processes of active growth for it to work.

Blackthorn's tip is bang on. If you can seperate lengths of the stuff from the hedge without damaging the target weed, you can spray it clear of the hedge.

Only when you're sure the weed is dead should you pull it out or disturb the ground it grows in, as you need to make sure the glyphosate gets right into all the roots. Bust a root and the bit that's left behind will just send up a whole new plant.

 

Thanks for all your advice. :gnthb:

I shan't be doing any pulling then! - Just carefull spraying.
Thanks again everyone, you've been so helpful.

Hopefully I'll be hopping free soon!