Dandelions attack!!!?

Question

Along with my new house, (well, 100 years old but new to me), I inherited a rather 'dead' looking lawn. It was full of dandelions and moss. I dutifully bought the 'weed and feed' from B&Q and within a few days, it was dying off where the dandilions and moss lived. I painstakingly scraped all of the moss from the garden and dug up the dandilions. I re planted grass seed and for the last two months I have had lush green grass that I was really proud of (mental note to self, I must get a life!!)

However, I have noticed, just two months later, I have the dreaded dandilions rearing their heads again and killing off the grass around their leaves - as they do. I have pulled them up and am left, once again, with holes in my grass!!!

Has anyone got a magic cure for ridding my grass of these blighters for good? I know they have long roots, which keep coming back, but surely, without using a pestacide, which will kill my grass, there must be a way of getting rid of them?

Thanks x

Answer 1

2 words:  Dandilion Wine!  (ok normally I try to give real answers but everyone beat me to it! )    Good luck with the lawn!

PS: working on your lawn, outside in nature, and being proud of your work is why people have flower gardens! Just because your 'garden' was a lawn, doesn't mean you don't "have a life"! Nice lawns are hard work, so be proud of it!  :)

Answer 2

it's the soil conditions underneath the grass that is the problem not the grass itself.Dandelions cannot survive in a lawn that is draining properly.Moss also.

So no magic cure except to put 100s of holes in the lawn and putting sharp sand in the holes to make water drain from the lawn faster.If it's a small lawn,dig it up and add a ton of sand and re-create

Answer 3

hit them with a blast of undiluted white vinegar, on a fine sunny day,then again with a strong concoction of baking soda and water, also on a fine sunny day

Answer 4

May sound tedious, but you did say you need to get a life! Get some "Roundup" weedkiller and a paint brush, don,t splash the stuff around, but gently brush each dandelion leaf with it, especially the crown. after a maximum of 2 weeks they should start to die, let it work, don't remove the leaves until they are definitely dead, repeat the process as needed.You will need to do this as their roots may have little bits surviving after treatment, just persevere!

   Remove the flowers from any Dandelions before they seed to prevent re infestation, (wet beds are just a myth)! Remember the seed last for a long time, so keep at it.

Answer 5

you could get a knife and cut them out, cutting a 'cone' around the base so you get as much of the root out as possible. then sprinkle a little salt onto the root to kill it off properly - make sure you dont spill it on the grass around it otherwise you will kill that too. however if the dandelions seeded before you moved in then there will be lots of seeds lying dormant in the soil and will just keep springing up so you might keep having this problem. just make sure you pull any flowers off before they seed and worsen the problem. the holes in the lawn will be good for aereating it and making it healthier in the long run!

Answer 6

Use the Scott grass fertilizer with the weed killing stuff in it. We had weeds all in our yard and we used that stuff and havent had a weed in months. I cant exactly remember what it's called, but I know it's made by Scott. I want to say it's Scott weed and feed, but I'm not sure. Also, try to pull them up before you mow and if you cant pull them, cut the heads off while they're still flowers. Good luck!