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The previous owner of my (half) allotment rotovated it every year and only grew potatoes
So when I took over there was couch grass and bindweed everywhere.

With half the allotment - I used glyphosate as it is supposed to go down into the roots and kill off the whole plant. I realise it may need a second going over. But I thought that as everything looked pretty dead (after about 6 weeks) I should start digging.

I am digging up loads of thick white roots - but don't know what to do with them. I did try drowning them as suggested by Bob Flowerdew - but after three weeks all I got was a foul smelling liquid :( and some very healthy looking roots at the bottom of the bucket. :shock:

I don't want to put these roots in my compost bins because they are bound to survive.

So, how should I get rid of these roots?

Putting them in the council green waste is a possibility. But I was also thinking of burning them. I found this on amazon http://tinyurl.com/4yu2uyv and think it might just do the job.

I assume I can use the ash on the plot - and so complete the cycle.

any suggestions gratefully accepted.

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I think burning is the surest way to dispose of them. :)
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I'd burn them too.
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As NB suggests I would burn them,this is the surest way of taking them out of the cycle.JP.
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