Vent: I am sick of the no-dig fad. What a load of crud.

[RenewableCandy]

How do they cope with bindweed?
We (well - mainly poor long-suffering Marvellous Other 1/2) have to dig it out anew every fecking year.

[UndercoverElephant]

Bindweed gets the glyphosate treatment. Fortunately on our property it only has a hold in the flower beds, and by the end of this year it will be eradicated from there.

[kenneal - lagger]

I have had success by constantly pulling it up. Our soil is quite lose as we try to never stand on it soil so, with a gentle pull as the shoot appears above the surface, you can usually get quite a length of root out as well. I find that the shoots gradually get weaker until eventually they don't reappear. It takes some patience but it works.

Charles Dowding does the same according to his videos on YouTube.

[emordnilap]

I have had success by constantly pulling it up. Our soil is quite lose as we try to never stand on it soil so, with a gentle pull as the shoot appears above the surface, you can usually get quite a length of root out as well. I find that the shoots gradually get weaker until eventually they don't reappear. It takes some patience but it works.

Charles Dowding does the same according to his videos on YouTube.

Same here. I've got it almost under control in several places round the garden, just go round twice a year with a bag and pull as much as I see out; it all goes on the bonfire.