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Rome was not built in a day. Slow and steady wins the race. Also oddly satisfying activity. You get a little bit of exercise. They also have a great warranty from Fiskars. I am on my second unit. So keep the receipt. No chemicals needed.
Beautiful_Stop_3108
I agree with the above… Spray the yard and pick what you can with a fiskars or grandpa’s weeder. Doing this, it will improve immensely with time.
djjsteenhoek
Granular Weed and Feed has worked extremely well for establishing a normal grass yard in my experience, the dandelions try to grow and just wilt immediately.
Tried the pulling tool and just left huge divots in the yard lol aerating I guess
CherokeeP3822
Just pick them and eat the roots (or is it the stems?), they’re good for your heart
OSU_Go_Buckeyes
Scott’s Step 2 did the trick for me.
Tiny-Dragonfruit8133
Post/pre emergent is the best way, but the ultimate goal would be to have a turf so thick weeds can’t grow in it.
glwy
Pour some leaded water over them.
Hot_Egg5840
Eat them, make tea.
aHipShrimp
Speedzone. Get a gallon pump sprayer snd mix a batch. Won’t kill grass, only broad leaf weed
autdho
Trimec
Certain_Luck_8266
2,4d spot treatment. I have a specific 1 gal sprayer for this and I hit the yard wherever I see yellow
camprn
I bought a grandpa’s weed puller. That really helped with this chore. Otherwise, embrace the dandelion.
ThisAppHates1A
Once you get your lawn under control you can individually pick them or treat spray them. But if your lawn is half weeds you will need to use chemicals first. You really want to get a good pre emergent in the early spring before they appear but you can still attack them now and get it under control. A lot of people don’t like weed/feed products but I’ve had really good experiences with them. Once you get your lawn in good shape and there’s only the occasional one that pops up then you can pull them without chemicals. Overseed this fall so that next year your lawn is full and it makes weeds harder to grow.
80_Kilograms
Any herbicide containing 2,4-D. Ortho Weed B Gone or WeedClear are sold almost everywhere.
I usually just spot spray with a tank sprayer, but if you have a lot of them, do a blanket spray with a hose-end sprayer. And be forewarned that it will kill almost anything you spray except your grass.
You should also add a non-ionic surfactant to your mix, even though the label probably does not tell you to.
Trying to pull dandelions out is a waste of time unless your yard is the size of a postage stamp or you have all the time in the world… and you want to keep doing it forever.
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This is the answer….
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Get one of these. Just remember that
https://preview.redd.it/7fe507nlnc0h1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5106f819cd8e5198b907c23168c2e418d84972f5
Rome was not built in a day. Slow and steady wins the race. Also oddly satisfying activity. You get a little bit of exercise. They also have a great warranty from Fiskars. I am on my second unit. So keep the receipt. No chemicals needed.
I agree with the above… Spray the yard and pick what you can with a fiskars or grandpa’s weeder. Doing this, it will improve immensely with time.
Granular Weed and Feed has worked extremely well for establishing a normal grass yard in my experience, the dandelions try to grow and just wilt immediately.
Tried the pulling tool and just left huge divots in the yard lol aerating I guess
Just pick them and eat the roots (or is it the stems?), they’re good for your heart
Scott’s Step 2 did the trick for me.
Post/pre emergent is the best way, but the ultimate goal would be to have a turf so thick weeds can’t grow in it.
Pour some leaded water over them.
Eat them, make tea.
Speedzone. Get a gallon pump sprayer snd mix a batch. Won’t kill grass, only broad leaf weed
Trimec
2,4d spot treatment. I have a specific 1 gal sprayer for this and I hit the yard wherever I see yellow
I bought a grandpa’s weed puller. That really helped with this chore. Otherwise, embrace the dandelion.
Once you get your lawn under control you can individually pick them or treat spray them. But if your lawn is half weeds you will need to use chemicals first. You really want to get a good pre emergent in the early spring before they appear but you can still attack them now and get it under control. A lot of people don’t like weed/feed products but I’ve had really good experiences with them. Once you get your lawn in good shape and there’s only the occasional one that pops up then you can pull them without chemicals. Overseed this fall so that next year your lawn is full and it makes weeds harder to grow.
Any herbicide containing 2,4-D. Ortho Weed B Gone or WeedClear are sold almost everywhere.
I usually just spot spray with a tank sprayer, but if you have a lot of them, do a blanket spray with a hose-end sprayer. And be forewarned that it will kill almost anything you spray except your grass.
You should also add a non-ionic surfactant to your mix, even though the label probably does not tell you to.
Trying to pull dandelions out is a waste of time unless your yard is the size of a postage stamp or you have all the time in the world… and you want to keep doing it forever.
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I’ve used this for years. Works great.
Don’t
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