A Binder Bound with Bindweed! Nice catch!
I feel badly for that poor guy. That stuff is bad enough when it gets into my line trimmer. He’s got HOURS of work to get that crud out of there.
I’m having a little war in my front flowerbed with bindweed. It’s in the roses, the ferns, the King’s Gentian (another weed, but I keep it because it looks nice) even the lawn.
I find it, I pluck it. Every week I find some, but the tendrils are getting smaller and smaller, and fewer too.
We’ve been fighting bindweed for years. Combination of whack-a-mole and Kleenex: another one always pops up. I’ve gotten to the point where I can distinguish between a new seedling and a new tendril from a root node.
Any time I break new ground for any reason, it suddenly is there. The seeds can survive in the soil for up to 50 years, and still sprout when brought to the surface.