At 8 minutes, she finally gets to the point, but even then, not so much. One needs a turning fork. Find the root, stab your fork in and Loosen the soil with a rock back on thefork, but dont turn it. Pick the fork back up and tap tap tap the soil you just loosened, and pull out the roots. If there are runners, follow them. Keep using this method. You do not want to leave roots innthe soil if you can possibly help it.
The main thing along with the root is, make sure to get the flowers, as the seeds in the flowers last about twenty years if they are allowed back into the soil. Hot water also helps prevent growth, as they will grow up onto any tree, wall, fence and or trellis.
I've been doing what you show for the last 20 years - and it is driving me crazy. I see streams of vines going along walls of 30 to 40 feet. Would cutting these streams of vine roots in several places help stop spread? If I did nothing with these Morning Glories they would grow from my back fence over back yard, over house to front yard and into street.
Don’t agree with this method I’m a farmer out of the central coast and these weeds are horrible by pulling them out or discing with tractor they have rhizomes so you just doing them a favor not mentioning that their weeds go many many feet into the soil when you rip them with huge 3ft ripper shanks they come out looking like chowmein. Morning glory that is
They certainly do grow deep in the soil. I've dug them out before with a shovel and it certainly is like trying to get out many pieces of brittle noodles. It's a nightmare that I'm getting ready to take on in a different area, (and dreading the work). Running a tractor through morning glory sounds like a complete nightmare unless you're trying to propagate and farm the morning glory. Too bad it's worthless. I can't resort to weed killers because I'm gonna grow fruits and vegetables organically in this area. So this method of digging them up is gonna work best for me, (unfortunately).
@@succulentqueen7737 That would take forever. I don't envy you in this. Ugh. I've been battling morning glory (such a wrong name) for a few years on my front lawn that's been slowly taking over more and more. Trying to dig it out was a nightmare. Had more success with just snapping them off consistently and robbing them of sunlight (via leaves). But as soon as I let it go for a few days, they're back and thriving. Gotta be super diligent to make sure the root dies.
Hi Juan, thanks for your thoughts here on the matter of morning glory removal. We're sorry to hear you are dealing with morning glory down of your own down on the central coast. Yes, unfortunately this video cannot cover all viable removal mechanisms. Our intent with this video was to provide folks with some potentials options for removal. Successfully morning glory control will take diligence and consistent effort over time.
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At 8 minutes, she finally gets to the point, but even then, not so much. One needs a turning fork. Find the root, stab your fork in and Loosen the soil with a rock back on thefork, but dont turn it. Pick the fork back up and tap tap tap the soil you just loosened, and pull out the roots. If there are runners, follow them. Keep using this method. You do not want to leave roots innthe soil if you can possibly help it.
The main thing along with the root is, make sure to get the flowers, as the seeds in the flowers last about twenty years if they are allowed back into the soil. Hot water also helps prevent growth, as they will grow up onto any tree, wall, fence and or trellis.
I've been doing what you show for the last 20 years - and it is driving me crazy. I see streams of vines going along walls of 30 to 40 feet. Would cutting these streams of vine roots in several places help stop spread? If I did nothing with these Morning Glories they would grow from my back fence over back yard, over house to front yard and into street.
Actually the main root is way thicker and about 2 feet down I'm dealing with it right now
my old arthritis hands really hurt from pulling
I’ve got some knowledge if u want to compare some notes🙏
Can you just burn them with a torch?
Don’t agree with this method I’m a farmer out of the central coast and these weeds are horrible by pulling them out or discing with tractor they have rhizomes so you just doing them a favor not mentioning that their weeds go many many feet into the soil when you rip them with huge 3ft ripper shanks they come out looking like chowmein. Morning glory that is
They certainly do grow deep in the soil. I've dug them out before with a shovel and it certainly is like trying to get out many pieces of brittle noodles. It's a nightmare that I'm getting ready to take on in a different area, (and dreading the work).
Running a tractor through morning glory sounds like a complete nightmare unless you're trying to propagate and farm the morning glory. Too bad it's worthless.
I can't resort to weed killers because I'm gonna grow fruits and vegetables organically in this area. So this method of digging them up is gonna work best for me, (unfortunately).
@@succulentqueen7737 That would take forever. I don't envy you in this. Ugh. I've been battling morning glory (such a wrong name) for a few years on my front lawn that's been slowly taking over more and more. Trying to dig it out was a nightmare. Had more success with just snapping them off consistently and robbing them of sunlight (via leaves). But as soon as I let it go for a few days, they're back and thriving. Gotta be super diligent to make sure the root dies.
Hi Juan, thanks for your thoughts here on the matter of morning glory removal. We're sorry to hear you are dealing with morning glory down of your own down on the central coast. Yes, unfortunately this video cannot cover all viable removal mechanisms. Our intent with this video was to provide folks with some potentials options for removal. Successfully morning glory control will take diligence and consistent effort over time.