I bought a lawn weedkiller spray and start in the spring with a quick burst to each rosette of leaves as soon as|I spot them. If you do go the daisy-grubber route take a pot of compost around with you to fill in the resultant holes - in fact if you have heavy clay like me a nice gritty compost actually helps the lawn.
I detest dandelions too and am not allowed to use weedkiller - poison in the garden! Dandelions are an invaluable source of pollen and nectar for honeybees, often when there is little else available. I dig up dandelions and find that the smaller ones are easier, especially when the sides of the plant are loosened with a weeding tool. With the bigger ones, I dig up what I can, fully aware that they will come back! I console myself that the lawn is green because of the weeds... Top up with gritty compost afterwards.
My neighbour picks the dandelion heads and feeds them to his chickens. I don't let my dandelions flower and don't like using weedkiller but will do anything to get rid of them.Gardenning granny can you tell me the name of the weedkiller you use and if it does not kill the grass. Another one of my neighbours sprayed her dandelions with a weedkiller and now has great big brown patches all over her lawn.
I had a very similar issue in my yard. The dandelions in my yard seem to be spreading every day. I found a resource that said if you mow your lawn frequently and have it aerated its supposed to prevent them from spreading or coming back. Has anyone else tried this approach?
I have heard the same thing but found it had no effect on the dandelions I had. Mowing the lawn frequently keeps them from seeding and spreading which is a good thing. Have not tried scarifying. The only thing I found works is digging them up individually and that is very labour intensive.
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I bought a lawn weedkiller spray and start in the spring with a quick burst to each rosette of leaves as soon as|I spot them. If you do go the daisy-grubber route take a pot of compost around with you to fill in the resultant holes - in fact if you have heavy clay like me a nice gritty compost actually helps the lawn.
I detest dandelions too and am not allowed to use weedkiller - poison in the garden! Dandelions are an invaluable source of pollen and nectar for honeybees, often when there is little else available. I dig up dandelions and find that the smaller ones are easier, especially when the sides of the plant are loosened with a weeding tool. With the bigger ones, I dig up what I can, fully aware that they will come back! I console myself that the lawn is green because of the weeds... Top up with gritty compost afterwards.
My neighbour picks the dandelion heads and feeds them to his chickens. I don't let my dandelions flower and don't like using weedkiller but will do anything to get rid of them.Gardenning granny can you tell me the name of the weedkiller you use and if it does not kill the grass. Another one of my neighbours sprayed her dandelions with a weedkiller and now has great big brown patches all over her lawn.
I had a very similar issue in my yard. The dandelions in my yard seem to be spreading every day. I found a resource that said if you mow your lawn frequently and have it aerated its supposed to prevent them from spreading or coming back. Has anyone else tried this approach?
Here's that article. I appreciate the help!
http://www.lawndoctor.com/content/controlling-spring-dandelions
Thanks in advance
I have heard the same thing but found it had no effect on the dandelions I had. Mowing the lawn frequently keeps them from seeding and spreading which is a good thing. Have not tried scarifying. The only thing I found works is digging them up individually and that is very labour intensive.
Will they guaranty to eradicate the dandelions, if so I am interested.