you have dig the root up and make sure non of the flowers do not go to seed ,its on going battle,you could make dandelion wine ,coffee or a extra for your salad.
If you try to cut out dandelions you have to get out every single bit of root otherwise you're just propagating them by root cuttings. There are several name variety of dandelion for salad but they are forced to make them less bitter. There isn't any point in worrying about the seed heads for most people as road verges provide an ample source of seed. I am going to have ro rely on Roundup for the borders.
Actually Patty, Verdone is safe with children and pets but weather you feed it to them is subjective, says so on front of the box,see amazon,clear enough pic.
Most important factor in using hormone weedkillers, lawn ones mostly are, the weeds must be growing really well which means warm nights. Forget day time temperatures, you need warmish nights for best results. Can be lovely during the day but with cold nights growth is very slow, as i'm sure you all know!
It's the hormone weedkillers that make them grow fast as yvonne says
Dan2012 I'm thinking of spraying one or two that live round here- it might be more effective than controlling the weeds....actually I might spray the negligent parents instead
I used to use Verdone and it was very good. Have mainly used one of the well known weed n feed types recently. If I waited till it was sunny to dig them out the entire garden would be yellow..
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Organically, get a tortoise - brilliant eradicators of dandelion - in fact I used to grow / transplant potfuls to satisfy their cravings. Sadly after 40 years I don't have them anymore (thanks to the vicious frosts of 3 years ago) - once again I have a dandelion problem!
If you've ever had the delight and joy of seeing a bullfinch picking the seeds off a dandelion clock, you'll do as I do and leave them for the birds. My lawn is full of weeds (or wild flowers- depends on your viewpoint) Daisies, dandelions, violets, Bugle, clover and a bit of grass. This morning I watched a great spotted woodpecker drumming on the lawn, and pulling out worms, then flying off with them, presumably to feed his babies. It's not a bowling green, but its adequate as a green space for the summer. It only gets cut on highest settting of the mower, I only feed with blood fish and bone, and never use wedkiller on it.
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If you try to cut out dandelions you have to get out every single bit of root otherwise you're just propagating them by root cuttings. There are several name variety of dandelion for salad but they are forced to make them less bitter. There isn't any point in worrying about the seed heads for most people as road verges provide an ample source of seed. I am going to have ro rely on Roundup for the borders.
Actually Patty, Verdone is safe with children and pets but weather you feed it to them is subjective, says so on front of the box,see amazon,clear enough pic.
Most important factor in using hormone weedkillers, lawn ones mostly are, the weeds must be growing really well which means warm nights. Forget day time temperatures, you need warmish nights for best results. Can be lovely during the day but with cold nights growth is very slow, as i'm sure you all know!
It's the hormone weedkillers that make them grow fast as yvonne says
Dan2012 I'm thinking of spraying one or two that live round here- it might be more effective than controlling the weeds....actually I might spray the negligent parents instead
I used to use Verdone and it was very good. Have mainly used one of the well known weed n feed types recently. If I waited till it was sunny to dig them out the entire garden would be yellow..
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Organically, get a tortoise - brilliant eradicators of dandelion - in fact I used to grow / transplant potfuls to satisfy their cravings. Sadly after 40 years I don't have them anymore (thanks to the vicious frosts of 3 years ago) - once again I have a dandelion problem!
If you've ever had the delight and joy of seeing a bullfinch picking the seeds off a dandelion clock, you'll do as I do and leave them for the birds. My lawn is full of weeds (or wild flowers- depends on your viewpoint) Daisies, dandelions, violets, Bugle, clover and a bit of grass. This morning I watched a great spotted woodpecker drumming on the lawn, and pulling out worms, then flying off with them, presumably to feed his babies. It's not a bowling green, but its adequate as a green space for the summer. It only gets cut on highest settting of the mower, I only feed with blood fish and bone, and never use wedkiller on it.
There's a thought .. a tortoise!