Help! Eradicating Dandelions

Without the use of chemical herbicides, its almost impossible to control them..There are lawn care companies use use the most natural methods. Having good healthy strong grass is the best way to keep out the weeds. Once you can initially get rid of them and have a healthy lawn, you need to keep it up to keep the weeds out with regular feedings, fertilizing etc. It also happens that no matter how hard you try, if your neighbour has them, then you will too when the seeds blow your way. So a thick healthy grass is the best way to keep them out. Thick grass leaves no room for weeds roots to make a home.

If you don't want to use harsh chemicals, then your best bet may be to change your attitude toward the dandelions. They're almost impossible to get rid of, so you may as well learn to like them. If you think about it, what's wrong with dandelions? They're not actually harmful to your yard or garden, and they have a really pretty yellow color. I love seeing the first dandelions each year because it means that spring is here. And dandelions can actually be useful, too, because they're edible. You can use the very young leaves in salads, and you can also make tea from dandelions that has health benefits. And if you're really adventurous, you can pluck young flower heads and batter and fry them as a snack! I used to love fried dandelions when I was a little kid.

I think the best way to do this non-chemically is to get some weed and seed from someplace like Home Depot. This is grass seed that grows very thick and strong; so strong that it chokes the dandelions and any other weeds out of existence. This worked wonders for my grandmother, who battles dandelions every year. Its the neighbors fault. He doesn't do anything about his dandelions and in spring it looks like he is growing them on purpose. If we could only get him to use the weed and seed *sigh*

The product that we use is made by Ortho and it works like a charm! We use it in our front lawn every spring and even though it takes a few days for it to work, or even a week or more, it does do the job and keeps the weeds gone all through the summer! It's called Weed Be Gone. Try it, I promise you that you won't be disappointed!

We tried to get rid of these evil beings with no luck. And anyone who doesn't think dandelions are evil beings hasn't tried to do them in. I swear these things hide and then in two or three hours come out again. Finally we gave in and brought a lawn service who sprayed for them once a month. The only reason we did this was to sell our home which had beautiful lawns as a large selling point. This worked.

I hate dandelions, they are pretty much the bane of my gardening existence. We live on a corner lot and across one way is an elementary school, the other way is a run down duplex and they both seem to be dandelion farms. Our poor lawn is stuck right in the middle of all those swirling seeds! I know you don't want chemicals but what I use and love is a twice a year Weed & Feed treatment that you attach to the hose and just spray on. If fertilizes the lawn and kills the weeds. I find that after I use that in the spring the dandelions are easily pulled out of the lawn and the whole plant, roots and all, comes right out. Other that that the only thing I can really suggest it pulling the flowers off before they go to seed and keeping the lawn nice and short so you just see uniform green. Or trying to dig them out but chances are you wont get the whole root.