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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) May 25, 2007

How can I tell a young bindweed plant from a young morning glory plant?

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) May 25, 2007

Mobi - post any photos that you may have...the term 'bindweed' has been variously applied to plants that spread by underground rhizomes and to some that do not spread by underground rhizomes...

The annual MG's will sprout from seed and show the cotyledons whereas the perrenial 'bindweed' types will much more often just throw up shoots from the roots and the embryonic leaves are rarely seen...

Let's see what you got(?!)...

TTY,...

Ron

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) May 25, 2007

I'll get you some pictures tomorrow. But they are past sprouting and are plants but not yet blooming. I don't want to pull them out until I am sure that they are bindweed as I seeded a lot of MG (but I also have a lot of bindweed).

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) May 27, 2007

Here are some pictures. Bindweed or MG

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) May 27, 2007

Here's another

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) May 28, 2007

Mobi - The plant you posted above doesn't look like any type of Convolvulaceae to me...it does look like something in the genus Polygonum or Fallopia...

Here's a few related links


http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/646425/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/710588/
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/vines/msg090823129230.html

TTY,...

Ron

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) May 28, 2007

I think it may be the buckwheat from the birdseed I put out last year and this year!
Thanks Ron, that really helped!

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