More bindweed for the garden. This year, we received 5x more than last year, thanks to Ron and Nina at the State Insectary
750 grams of bindweed mite infected bindweed vines were obtained from the State of Colorado "request-a-bug" program in June 2026. These short strands were twisted around the bindweed vines in the garden, and labelled with red colored ribbons. We now have our own "insectary" which with some luck and work, will serve as a source for more infected bindweed vines to help control other areas.
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Our bindweed mites experiment.
150 grams of bindweed mite infected bindweed vines were obtained from the State of Colorado "request-a-bug" program in July 2025. These short strands were twisted around the bindweed vines in the garden, and labelled with colored ribbons. Notice below how some leafs appear to have been eaten
We still don't know exactly what is causing the whitening of the bindweed leaves, and the areas in them that have been consumed. One bindweed leaf has been examined under a microscope, which seems to reveal circular/spherical growths. But we are not sure if these are indicative of bindweed eggs or galls, or some other organism.
