Hound wrote in :

Unless ALL your near-by neighbors con troll the dandelions and
crabgrass in their yards, your chances of controlling them in your
lawn by just pulling them, especially in a larger yard, are next to
nil.

This is especially true if you are feeble or have more cents than sense.

You are far more likely to have dandelion germination from flower heads
that fallen in situ due to herbicide action or your own mowing than cast
adrift on the wind from a neighbor.

It's not a problem as long as you continue to pay the lawn company for
emergent control OR if you remove the flowers in the first place. If you
don't want to pay a lawn company, it seems to me that it would be about the
same amount of work pulling a root with a dandelion fork as it would be
going around hand spraying. YTFMLMV.

It has nothing to do with being feeble or having more cents than sense.

It about wasting valuable time fighting a loosing battle.

The lawn company is not stupid, they put down a herbicide for the dandelions
along with a pre emergent to prevent the falling dandelion seeds from
germinating.

Hound wrote in :

It has nothing to do with being feeble or having more cents than
sense.

It about wasting valuable time fighting a loosing battle.

If you let someone tell you what you are or are not capable of, you've
already lost.

The lawn company is not stupid, they put down a herbicide for the
dandelions along with a pre emergent to prevent the falling dandelion
seeds from germinating.

The point is: once you lay off the pre-emergent, the dormant seeds (which
were likely not blown in from your neighbor) will germinate and you're back
to calling the lawn care company.

"Salty Thumb" wrote in message
...
Hound wrote in :

It has nothing to do with being feeble or having more cents than
sense.

It about wasting valuable time fighting a loosing battle.

If you let someone tell you what you are or are not capable of, you've
already lost.

The lawn company is not stupid, they put down a herbicide for the
dandelions along with a pre emergent to prevent the falling dandelion
seeds from germinating.

The point is: once you lay off the pre-emergent, the dormant seeds (which
were likely not blown in from your neighbor) will germinate and you're
back
to calling the lawn care company.


This is what I have experienced. We moved into a 7 year old house 8 years
ago. The previous owners had no interest in gardening and the entire
landscape was neglected. The lawn had a lot of weeds and crabgrass along
with bare spots. We moved in on March 1st, and I started with a turfbuilder
with a pre-emergent herbicide immediately. I followed this with the usual
post-emergent treatment. Insects and fungus weren't a problem so I skipped
the turfbuilders with insect control. For a few years I overseeded and top
dressed the lawn. Since the lawn has filled in nicely and the weeds and
crabgrass are gone, I stopped the pre-emergent and post-emergent treatments.
A weed will appear now and then, but they are easily controlled with spot
treatments. I don't think that discontinuing the application of herbicides
on a healthy lawn will necessarily result in an infestation of weeds. As
for the lawn care company - I can't imagine using one. I guess I'm just too
thrifty to pay someone for something that I can do with so little effort.

That OK by me, I know their number.

On 5/5/04 12:27 PM, in article lid,
" wrote:

For some reason, my lawn has been taken over by dandelions this year. I
have tried spraying weed killer (Ortho: the type that you hook with the
water hose and spray with water), but that doesn't seem to help.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

-sm


I have the same problem...not sure why...I have a novel way to get rid of
them. I practise my golf swing on them...an 8 iron seems to work the best.
Lots of dandelions=lots of practise...
Gary
Fort Langley BC
Canada

"gary davis" wrote in message
...
I have the same problem...not sure why...I have a novel way to get rid of
them. I practise my golf swing on them...an 8 iron seems to work the best.
Lots of dandelions=lots of practise...
Gary
Fort Langley BC
Canada

Sounds easy, but if you only knock off the green top without removing the
tap root, they'll resprout.

John

Weed be Gone used to have the most sadistic comercials I loved them .
now they are kinda boring :-)
On Wed, 5 May 2004 19:44:50 -0700, "Ken"
wrote:

Use weed-b-gon


wrote in message
...
For some reason, my lawn has been taken over by dandelions this year. I
have tried spraying weed killer (Ortho: the type that you hook with the
water hose and spray with water), but that doesn't seem to help.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

-sm

I'll send over my tortoise! That's her favorite food! I make sure that my
backyard is full of dandelions.

--
gloria - only the iguanas know for sure

"Gloria Lenon" wrote in
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I'll send over my tortoise! That's her favorite food! I make sure
that my backyard is full of dandelions.


It's a long walk out of Florida for a tortoise