The Dandelion!

[cdcengineer]

I need to exterminate some of these yellow buggers. I want to avoid poison since that might not be so good fort kids and dogs (both of which I'm fond of).

I hear salt, vinegar and a few other methods might be effective. Anyone want to share their methods for eradication?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I pull them when I see them, but I typically use a weed & feed fertilizer early in the spring which seems to take care of most of them.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

What Dex said.

Be advised that salt will leave a dead spot. Nothing will grow there.

 

[FLBuff PE]

Weed B Gone.

 

[engineergurl]

weed and feed

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I've heard that dousing with gasoline and lighting it will also cause a long-term dead spot. :true:

 

[FLBuff PE]

I hear up there in Breck that it is legal to burn a little weed.

 

[snickerd3]

Vinegar works wonders, but it needs to be a calm day and you have to saturate the little buggers without overspraying the rest of the grass as it will kill that too.

It takes a day or two to start wilting but it works. Tried it out about a month ago in a couple places to see how it did. Haven't gotten around to the full application yet....too windy or rainy of late

 

[snickerd3]

we weed and feed the yard for the danelions and the vinegar is for the gravel drive and sidewide cracks for us.

 

[engineergurl]

sidewide cracks?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

sidewide cracks?

Tear it out and re-do it. Cracked concrete is unacceptable.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

sidewide cracks?

Large quantities of crack shaped like a walkway.

 

[snickerd3]

sidewalk cracks...geeze.

If you'll pay for it Dex than sure definitely.

 

[engineergurl]

wasn't trying to give you a hard time, I just thought sidewide was kind of a cool word and we should come up with a definition for it...

 

[knight1fox3]

Weed B Gone.

This. I use this Ortho stuff quite a bit. I believe the label on the back indicates safe for people and pets. I mean you don't want to drink it, but it won't hurt anything by doing a few spot treatments here and there. Usually after 2 or 3 days I can already see the weed shriveling up (insert joke here). I use it on other weeds (clover) as well. Work great IMO.

I pull them when I see them, but I typically use a weed & feed fertilizer early in the spring which seems to take care of most of them.

This too. I do a Fall/Winterizer treatment in addition to the Spring treatment.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Even with the weed & feed, you typically only have to protect the area for about a day or so. Some blends are safer than others, so you just have to pay attention to which one you get.

 

[engineergurl]

if you get the kind that you apply dry to wet leaves once the leaves dry, the chemical should be soaked in and it should be harmless...

 

[cdcengineer]

I hear up there in Breck that it is legal to burn a little weed.

Completely legal with a Rx.

I've also heard weed & feed is the go. But I hear you gotta keep the dog and kids away for a week. That would be logistically tough with our Border Collie.

 

[cdcengineer]

Trying vinegar. We did a test area yesterday. I may try the Scott's weed and feed. I hear fall is a great time to do it. I used to have a handle on pulling weeds. And slowly declined with the effort since 2009.

Funny the date seems to coincide with the birth of mini CDC - hmmm?

 

[snickerd3]

^ i can't wait until minisnick is old enough to do the weeding and picking up all the damn pine cones...