Run, don't walk from Bindweed! Find a clear place to build your compost pile. Roundup will knock down Bindweed but it is so tenacious it takes years to control. I have been gardening for 70 years and have forgotten more then I ever knew. The last 55 years on the shore of Humboldt Bay where some of the best dope in the world is grown but you won't find any in my yard so don't ask. Our 10 day Forecast...
Oh, I learned that within 2 years of living here. I had never encountered it before. At first I thought it was some kind of WI Morning Glory!
I have 11 acres here, and we mow and tend about 6. Really, the “tending” is confined to just a few beds around the house. There is no way I could ever get rid of all the bindweed around here. Another bad one that is impossible to kill, remove, prevent is buckthorn. The birds drop berries everywhere and when it gets in your beds and gets a start, it is impossible to pull.
I really need to find some full strength poison and a paintbrush and treat it directly.