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Lawn full of dandelions

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Luckygirl3 Mon 09-Sept-24 12:31:29

How do people get rid of them? My "lawn" is now a dandelion patch really!

I am not keen on using harsh chemicals as I am surrounded by farmland, and I have a biodigester and do not want anything to interfere with that. I am not able to dig them all out - I am not fit enough and getting help with these things is very hard round here. Also having a lawn full of the resulting holes is hard to walk on!

Any ideas??? Anyone ever used one of those things that burn weeds?

Any ideas?

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Allsorts Tue 01-Oct-24 07:35:21

I could deal with dandelions, they do at least look pretty and feed the bees and insects,, thank goodness you do not have woodrush, nothing kills it, its ugly, invasive and I wage battle continuously , it serves no purpose but to destroy the lawn.

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ziyaa Thu 03-Oct-24 15:17:23

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Fidelity2 Fri 11-Oct-24 20:48:58

Where are the spiders in my home coming from? I seem to find 2 or 3 every day! There is a saying ....If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive. I have just flushed one down the loo as it is raining outside. They just give me the creeps! I don't have any cobwebs!

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MissAdventure Fri 11-Oct-24 20:58:45

They are fast runners this year. Urghhhh! 😱

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MissAdventure Thu 17-Oct-24 18:01:06

Reported.

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Gwyllt Thu 17-Oct-24 18:42:00

ALLSORTS. Having just read your post I looked up woodrush and realised I’ve got patches of it Unlike you it’s well behaved and keeps itself to patches between the grass ( not lawn ) and the ivy under the tres where it is quite shady It’s let to grow and strimmed occasionally

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Ilovedogs22 Thu 17-Oct-24 19:51:03

Its wonderful to hear that many of you Grans are allowing dandelions & daisies ect to florish & enrich your lawns with the wonderful, fantastic insects & wildlife that they attract.
I think my lawn/grass really looks like a beautiful, natural tapestry & it's wonderful to watch all the benificial life it supports too. DH totally disagrees! grin 🌞🌍🎄🍎

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