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What do you do about dandelions in your yard?
Asked at The Merc, 901 Iowa on May 12, 2009
“I do broadleaf fertilizer before the year starts and then I dig them out as the year goes on.”
“I let my husband deal with it.”
“We don’t have a yard, so we don’t have dandelions.”
“I dug them up with a dandelion digger.”
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average (anonymous) says…
I look at them, mow them with the rest of the yard, eat some early leaves with salad, and generally deal.
In my garden patch, I pull them or hoe them. In the yard? Bah.
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
I eat em early... mow em late.
xbus, temporarily retired
hodgesmom (Dayle Hodges) says…
I smile and remember how my little girls used to bring them to me....sweet memories.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Better Living Through Chemistry.
autie (anonymous) says…
mow
Gootsie (anonymous) says…
We have none. Just beautiful green grass!
Hubby likes yard work - I don't. That's why it looks good!
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Holy cow. The LJW has presented three opportunities today to reenact the absolute stupidest long winded argument ever on the esteemed LJW article threads.
I use the weed 'n feed, mow, and then pop the survivors. "POP" sweet sound.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
I let the polar bears eat them.
autie (anonymous) says…
Hey, we got a birthday today. Happy Birthday, Charliejohnson. You're probably busy out picking dandelions this morning.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Nothing better than a little dandelion wine on a birthday.
autie (anonymous) says…
I really don't give a flyin squirrels Klondike Bar about dandelions..but my, ain't the forecast looking nice. A big dry line out in west Texas and Red Dirt land...60% chance of more excitement tonight and even more tomorrow.
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
autie--- fishing has been good... even in the rain (never claimed to be smart)
Made_in_China (Paul R. Getto) says…
Eat some of them in salad. They are wonderful when they are young.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…
"Holy cow. The LJW has presented three opportunities today to reenact the absolute stupidest long winded argument ever on the esteemed LJW article threads."
That awards been given out already? Which thread was that? Got a link?
sgtwolverine (anonymous) says…
Absolutely nothing. What's so bad about dandelions? And seriously: what's so important about a perfect green lawn?
meggers (anonymous) says…
My only problem with them is that because they grow so much faster than the grass, I need to mow more often when they're shooting up. I had a lot more this year (guess it was the wet September), so I finally broke down and sprayed just to try to keep them from spreading further.
I needed to spray a couple of patches of chickweed, anyway. By the way, does anyone have a surefire method for getting rid of THAT? It seems like just when I get one area under control and reseeded, it pops up somewhere else, killing all of the grass in that spot. The spray only seems to work marginally well.
BABBOY (anonymous) says…
Not something I think about that much. There is only a few weeks in the year when they even bloom in great numbers.
prospector (anonymous) says…
I practice my golf swing.
justice4all (anonymous) says…
weed and feed. It works awesome.
autie (anonymous) says…
Or not. There is so many, charlie would spin in a circle and fall over trying to think of one.
gsxr600 (anonymous) says…
Not the Merc again.... maybe LJW could try broadening it's scope. Oh wait, that will never happen.
sgtwolverine (anonymous) says…
There's a big difference between "lawns full of weeds" and "typical dandelion population." I don't treat my lawn, and yet the evil dandelions haven't overtaken it, nor have they damaged property values.
In conclusion, there's a big space between two extremes.
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
Hey Sarge... wish I had your wisdom.
Irish (Leslie Swearingen) says…
You'll pry that dandelion out of my cold, dead hand!!
GardenMomma (anonymous) says…
Wait until they go to seed and pick one, make a wish and blow all the seeds off in one breath.
Pywacket (anonymous) says…
Andrew! Dude! If you use broadleaf fertilizer, no wonder you spend the rest of the season digging them out! ;-)
I know you meant "herbicide"--just had to give you a hard time.
I love to have anal neighbors like Pilgrim, just to make them crazy with my 2.65 acres of mixed forage (fescue, sedge, dandelions, violets, daisies, and numerous other wildflowers/weeds). I blow the dandelion parasol-seeds in your general direction!
I daresay my property valuation is likely a good deal higher than Pilgrim's, too--dandelions notwithstanding... Ha.
I do draw the line at poison ivy and spray it with deadly chemicals..
sgtwolverine (anonymous) says…
Pilgrim ... your paranoia about dandelions seems overwrought. I have not experienced dandelions so powerful and insidious as the ones you seem to be describing. Despite our relaxed policy towards dandelions, they haven't even come close to taking over. Also, since I live in a rural area where my neighbors' lawns can contact my lawn only by phone or email, I'm pretty sure their lawn-care habits don't make that big of a difference.
Seriously: they just aren't that big of a problem. I think you could worry less about them and more about something more consequential.
tonymontana (anonymous) says…
i pour nuclear waste on the yard to kill dandelions