"H Ryder" wrote in message
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I'd ideally love to have a lawn sprinkled with daisies but without great
lumps of other lawn weeds such as dandelions. At teh moment my lawn has
plenty of daisies but is also so full of dandelions that teh grass is
struggling to compete (we also have a lot of clover which I do not mind).
Any suggestions as to how to eradicate (or at least cut down) the
dandelions? There are too many and the lawn is too big for hand weeding. I
thought of pouring some kind of selective weed killer over the worst bits.
Will teh daisies recolonise them? Can you buy daisy seed and can I just
sprinkle it on? can you still get selective weedkiller that works? I tried
spraying all the dandelions with some last year but it had no effect (it
was
just a hand held pot of spot weeder.) any idea where I went wrong?
TIA,

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Hayley
(gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)
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Dandelions are not a real lawn weed and cannot withstand close mowing
and soon die off. Daisies, however, thrive with a close cut and without a
grassbox they will really prosper. Keep this up for a few months and the
dandelions will be finished.
I actually grow dandelions, packed into pots, kept in the dark, for
their blanched chards. Very special in salads.
My own lawns wouldn't dare produce a daisy!!
Best Wishes Brian.