Re: [CH] die without sun? Don't count on it

Tony Flynn (tony@nzol.net.nz)
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:26:03 +1300

----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <mlaute@micron.net>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 6:50 AM
Subject: [CH] die without sun? Don't count on it


> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:24:16 -0500
> From: "byron bromley" <byron.bromley@gsd-co.com>
> Subject: [CH] OT Morning Glory Kill
>
> You could try cutting them down to soil surface,  Place black plastic,
> roofing material, board or similar light blocking medium over the root
> system.
>
> Leave for about 3 months.
>
> No daylight they can't grow, then roots die.
>
> Lord Byron
>
> Don't count on that.  Wild morning glory, or field bindweed, grows in
crawl
> spaces.  Tall tendrils are white, but they continue to grow.  Margaret L
>

Too true Margaret. It will crawl right underneath a house. With an airspace
underneath like most Kiwi houses. Jasmine is as bad.
The voice of experience.

Tony Flynn

Grandad. Retired at the beach. Bay of Plenty. New Zealand