Bindweed

I read something very interesting about this weed that continues to try and strangle our mock orange bush in our front garden. It was some facts about this common pest: "In one laboratory test plot, a single bindweed, six months after germination, produced 197 vertical roots for a total count of 788 feet of roots. Add to that 34 horizontal roots on which there were 144 new shoot buds, each of which were capable of be becoming a new plant" - The book entitled "The quarter acre farm" by Spring Warren. No wonder after 3 years of pulling it out it still returns just as strong as ever.