Spring is also the time that clover grows all over the lawn and attracts bees. I wouldn't mnd but I'm alergic to bees. Have to get out there and mow the grass. And Bindi-eyes...the enemy of every Australian kid in summer. The prickles on these little suckers can almost puncture a bike tyre. Often I've had to rescue one of the kids. 'Help, I'm stuck in a patch of bindis!' So I'll be pulling prickles out of my feet for the next few weeks.
I sprayed alot of the bindis with vinegar. It works best if it's a really hot day. And you've got to get them before the prickles develope. I have used about four litres of vinegar but there was no way I was going to be able to spray the whole 2 1/2 acres. There is a bindi free path to the clothes line and to the car and most of the childrens garden has been done.
It has been so warm that I thought I'd better make little Tui a sunhat. Isn't she cute.
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Hi there,
Just wondering, while the bindis which come out each summer in my yard are green, would spraying the front lawn with vinegar also kill the Buffalo grass?
And we have a few invading plants coming through the buffalo, what in particular does the bindi look like? does it have flowers? Or is it the one with green burs looking a bit like miniature Venus fly-traps, or is it the plant with the purplish stem and green leaves a little like those of clover?
Any description would be very much appreciated, so I can get out there and pull the right ones up before I have to start pulling them out, with a bit more pain..
Thankyou
Sounds like the green ones with the burrs are bindis. I have noticed that it doesn't effect the grass too much, but I usually try to spot-spray the prickles which can be a bit tedious! The bindi has fne carrot type folliage and the leaves spray out in a circle from the base. I hope that helps.
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