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vine in impatiens
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Posted by triagnfarm Fla (My Page) on Wed, Jun 9, 10 at 9:32
| I have gorgeous impatiens under a huge oak tree in the shade. They are doing wonderfully but for the second year in a row I have been getting long vines in the plants. They are easy to pull off the plant what are they?? How do I get rid of them? They wind themselves around the plants are are mainly on the tops so you can reach in and grab them out but what do I do????? |
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RE: vine in impatiens
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| Just pulling off the vine is not getting the roots and it will still grow. Trace the vine back to the root, then pull off the trailing part. Put a paper towel roll, or make a funnel shaped tube out of cardboard. Press it into the ground over the vine root and spray with roundup. Roundup kills what it touches and is neutralized when it hits the ground and water will also neutralize it. Leave the tube there and spray the surrounding impatiens with water to wash them off, in case there was overspray. Keep the water from the hose below the tube. When the plants are dry take the tube out. Within 2 weeks the vine will be dead |
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