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    Is morning glory blue bindweed

    Wife made me grow some morning glory.

    They are about 6 inch high and quite healthy.

    Thinking of erecting a runner bean style wigwam and growing them up that.
    But when I look at the blue flowers on the packet they look suspiciously like the evil white bindweed !

    Will I ever be able to get rid of them.
    My instinct (as with most flowers) is to pop them in the bin.

    Advise please ..
    Thanks Jimmy
    Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!
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    Sorry it the title of the posting and the "erecting a runner bean style wigwam " and other comments on length. Hopefully someone who knows the answer and does not have a dirt track for a mind will be along to help shortly...
    Last edited by Cadalot; 15-06-2016, 07:57 AM.
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    • #3
      No they are not blue bindweed. They are an annual plant so there is no need to worry.
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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      • #4
        They don't spread by the roots like bindweed, so they are no problem at all.

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          And if you bin them, I hope your Mrs takes revenge
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            Cadalot, really!!!
            Last edited by Snoop Puss; 15-06-2016, 10:29 AM.

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              Originally posted by Cadalot View Post
              Hopefully someone who does not have a dirt track for a mind will be along to help shortly...
              Yup.
              Espesh as this is a family forum!
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              • #8
                They are a lovely annual which will not take over & if you bin them we will need to start a "thread of shame "

                However both morning glory & bindweed in convovulus family hence the similarities. Bindweed is just the slightly dodgy family member no one talks about & hopes they don't turn up to weddings/christenings etc.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by happyhumph View Post
                  They are a lovely annual which will not take over & if you bin them we will need to start a "thread of shame "
                  OK no bin, would composting be acceptable, sort of green manure type thing ?
                  Jimmy
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by muddled View Post
                    And if you bin them, I hope your Mrs takes revenge
                    Revenge ? What possible revenge could she inflict after 45 years of marriage ?
                    Jimmy
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Jimmy View Post
                      Revenge ? What possible revenge could she inflict after 45 years of marriage ?
                      Jimmy
                      You have still a lot to learn yet then.
                      Morning glory is quite a nice climbing flower and it comes in several colours, as has been stated they are of the same family as bindweed, same growth rate but no problems with them at the end of the season, so let them grow up your wigwam
                      it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

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                      • #12
                        And post a picture when they flower!!
                        Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                          Originally posted by Snoop Puss View Post
                          Cadalot, really!!!
                          Sorry Snoops but you can't beat a good double entendre every now and then, coz it's not my smutty mind doing the work, it's yours
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                            Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                            Yup.
                            Espesh as this is a family forum!
                            That's about as bad as I get, honest I would not like to give VC a reason to use that pointy stick
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                            • #15
                              Very wise, Cadalot, very very wise

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