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Daisies in lawn

leeali86leeali86 Posts: 75
in Problem solving
So I’ve had a lot of daisies show up in my lawn first question why is this happening? And how to I deal with them? 
Thanks in advance.
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  • brackenbracken Posts: 91
    Make daisy chains.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Leave them be.  They're pretty, good for pollinators and do no harm. 

    Keep your mower blades high and don't be tempted to set them to scalping height as this will weaken your grass and encourage more daisies and worse weeds. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I like daisies in a lawn, but others don't. We're all different  :)
    They'll possibly have seeded in at some point, and/or they've been a bit dormant if the grass has been regularly treated or scalped too hard with a mower.
    If you really dislike them, you can either hand weed them - you'll need a small trowel or similar, or you can use a weed and feed product. 
    Your garden - your choice. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    My "normal"lawns are full of them,they just get cut with the lawn,I have 2 wildflower areas ( picture on the Wildflower posts 2 days ago
  • WildFlower_UKWildFlower_UK Posts: 236
    I'd keep them too, they look lovely (they remind of my childhood!) and are great for pollinators <3

    If you do decide to get rid (completely your choice), try to avoid chemicals and instead just pull them up by hand.
    "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need"
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We’ve just come back from a shop on the edge of our little town, on the way we saw fields of dandelions, you could not put a pin between the flowers, Fields completely yellow. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That would not please me as daisies do.  I find the yellow too hard.  Same with creeping buttercup.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I like my lawn daisies. I do mow the lawn but don't scalp it and the daisies pop up again. I like dandelions in flower but not when they've gone over, they look a mess.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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