Dandelions!!!!

[chasineyes]

Is there any "Real" way to stop them from growing in your yard. I mean if your neighbor has some or the local park, don't they blow and or carry to other lawns and infect them? I put down tons of preventer and the dammm things still pop!!!

THanks

[Eric Wettschreck]

One thing I learned a while back.......When I spray my lawn with 2-4-D I spray all the neighbors yards also. We all pitch in and buy the stuff together. Sometimes they use my wheeler with the spray boom and do all our yards. In the end, they all get done.

[LwnmwnMan2]

Is there any "Real" way to stop them from growing in your yard. I mean if your neighbor has some or the local park, don't they blow and or carry to other lawns and infect them? I put down tons of preventer and the dammm things still pop!!!

THanks

Preventer does nothing for Dandelions, only a post emergent control.

2 things. 1, you can never rid your yard of Dandelions if the property around you is infected. As you stated, you will always have seeds blow in.

2, you can rid your yard of 99.9999% of Dandelions. I have yards where it looks like someone sodded their yard with Dandelion turf next to my yards which are virtually solid green.

I would recommend finding a good spray to use, the higher 2-4-D content, the better the control of Dandelions.

Honestly, Dandelions are one of the easiest weeds to control.

[flipper]

I think they are real purdy.

[MuleShack]

It always helps to spray in the fall, that knocks most of them down and you dont get the seeds in the spring...except from the neighbors!

Normally twice a year spraying is needed for proper control.

[bhs91]

What is 2-4-D? I have a boatload of dandelions to get rid of!!

Thanks,

BHS

[Eric Wettschreck]

You can get it at most any hardware store. Much of it will be labeled LV-400. It's a broad leaf killer. However, be careful when spraying so you don't hit small trees, the wifes pretty flowers, or your strawberries as it will kill them also.

In the weed killer section, check out the labels of most lawn weed killers. Many of them have 2-4-D in them.

[Powerstroke]

2-4D is the most basic broadleaf weed control out there and is the best product for dandelions. Any lawn and garden or hardware store will carry at least three different brands of it.

It will be listed on the front under active ingredients. SPray the entire yard twice a season and spot spray individual plants as needed unless you want to pick them out. Usually the timing for the treatments is memorial day and labor day.

[McGurk]

My father in law goes by the "a good defense is better than a good offense" when it comes to weeds like dandelions. A good strong thick healthy lawn will choke a lot of them out and not allow them to take root in the first place. Just look at the lawns that have lots of dandelions... thin and weak turf. Take care of the lawn first and the weeds second. I pulled about a couple of brown paper bags worth by hand right away in the spring, and usually a couple more each mowing as I see them.

[harvey lee]

I agree McGurk.

My lawn is very thick and I have a huge lot next to me that is empty but it always looks like a dandelion field. Millions of them in that lot.

I spot spray once a year to kill maybe 6-8 dadny's. If the lawn is thick, very hard for them to pop.

Whe I spot spray, I always pick up some Amine 2-4d at my local fertilizer plant.