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Bob F · 15-05-2010, 06:20 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden

wrote:
On Apr 2, 4:18 pm, willshak wrote:
Peter Pan wrote the following:

every year i put a borad leaf herbicice down to kill the dndylons,
every year they come back.. How do I get rid of them for good?

You can't get rid of them for good if your neighbors allow them to
grow. Besides, some will come back in spaces that didn't get dry
weed killer.. I buy concentrated liquid weed killer and mix it with
water in a 2 gallon pump sprayer and walk around the yard spraying
dandelions, plantain, clover, and ground ivy, that the granules
didn't get.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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An even better approach is to skip the granular herbicide all together
and just use the pump sprayer. That minimizes the herbicide and
delivers it right where it is needed. A good, dense properly
maintained lawn shouldn't need weed-b-feed at all and the small amount
of dandelions and other weeds can easily be taken care of with the
pump sprayer.

Once you get them in control, a trigger sprayer is all you need. Walk around the
yard every few weeks and just spray the weeds. Plus, fertilize the lawn so the
grass crowds them out, and mow long so it shades them out.