On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 08:59:33 +0100, Olly wrote:

I have a large lawn which is full of Dandelions ...
What is the best way of removing them apart from forking them out
which doesn't always get all the root anyway!
Some sort of weed killer that just trats the weed and doesn't harm the
grass etc. ? Anyone here found something that really works ?

What you want is a 'broadleaf' weedkiller. In the US, I've used Ortho
'Weed-B-Gon'. Their site lists ingredients thus:

Active Ingredients: 1.30% Dicamba, 3.05% 2,4-D, 10.6% MCPP

They used to have this in an aerosol foam can, which was very handy
for spot-treating individual dandelions. It worked quite well and
definitely killed the whole plant. It also comes in spreadable
granules, and I imagine there's something similar available in the UK.