dandylions
annmarie 2
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has anyone had any luck getting rid of dandylions, ive tried most stuff but I don't want to use any weedkiller as it often burns the grass , pull them out but they stil keep coming back
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annmarie 2
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The problem with dandelions is that they have a long tap root. Even a tiny bit of root left will sprout, and when you try and pull them up almost certainly the tap root will snap and in a while it will appear again.
I don't have a problem with them in the lawn, as I find regular mowing eventually kills them, but I see my neighbour uses a glyphosphate 'pen' to dab the leaves - this kills them and so long as you're careful won't scorch the surrounding grass.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
annmarie 2
There is a small tool you can get that allows you to push it down the side of weeds and then pull them out by the roots. looks like a flat blade screwdriver with a slot in the blade works well but can leave a hole where you have removed the weed .Tried it on a stubbon dandylion last week and worked a treat.
another method is to place some table salt directly into the middle of the Dandylion and moisten it with a bit of water, a few days time it will have died
Another method is to get a Tortoise as when I was a boy my one loved to eat dandylions leafs and flowers so my dads lawn was dandylion free
Good Luck
Jolly Gary
Or use the special lawn weedkiller in a spray bottle. Does not harm the grass.
I use on old bread knife and try pushing it in about 2 inches away from the centre of the plant, chop the root as far down as you can and the plant pops out, fill the hole with some soil and a pinch of grass seed,
repeat every three weeks and eventually they disappear! plus the plants can be rotted down in water like comfrey to make a good lawn feed!
I just kept cutting off buds/ flowerheads as soon as I spotted them and am now free of them in my lawn.
That's called a "daisy grubber" [google it and then click Images] - I have one with the extra piece of curved metal on the back and it's perfect for pulling out dandelions and also flat plantain types of weeds that are lower than the mower blades. Also useful in the flower beds as well as the lawn. I wouldn't be without one having had one for a few years.
I have one of them but I seem too be forever on my knees lately in fact every summer my neighbour is what you call not very nice in many ways , his grass was that longyou couldn't see his dogs going around so any weeds ie dandy lions grow like mad and blow in the wind so too speak ... mind you he must of clicked on because he has cut it twice this year , which is a good thing but I now see what he given his dogs too eat last week it was a pigs head and side which they didn't eat so now we get big blue bottles buzzing about with rotten meat lying on the ground to rot ... I hate dandy lions there seem too be no end to them as soon as you clear them the following day theres more, plus the ants seem to build there nest on them
Buy a spray bottle of lawn weed killer - end of problem for now until this year's seeds germinate. It is just one of these jobs that need done regularly as soon as you see the distinctive leaves coming up or the first sign of yellow. Don't wait until the plant has seeded.