Wilko's Bindweed

Just a heads up, Wilkos are selling Bindweed at a reasonable price. £3 per plant, and some of them also contain soft fruit bushes as a bonus.

I caught one such bindweed plant today escaping its pot and making its way into open garden. It had set off up one of my opium poppies. Try explaining to a 3 year old who is keen on the garden and understands concepts such as weeds, and composting, that bindweed is evil, will kill your garden, and doesn't go in the 'Pompo' bin and mustn't be allowed to touch another plant or the soil.

 

thank for the warning

 

You must like the stuff clueless........ you keep buying it..............
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/wilkos-bindweed.41914/

 

Unknown to Dave he was the incarnation of Convolvus, the God of Bindweed. All the plants want to do is be near him.

 

It was another one from the same shopping spree that manifested bindweed this time. Its just strange how the only buckets that are sprouting bindweed are the ones I planted plants from Wilkos in. The same compost batch has been used in other buckets for plants from other sources, with no sign of the evil vine.

 

It is highly suspicious. You need a test plant. Buy one & pot it up in sterilised compost.

Document the progress on here, with pics, receipts, dates etc, then you have something to confront them with and ask just how much they are going to pay to eradicate it from your previously clean garden.