Dandelions in lawn

[3offTheTee]

Have this problem every year and whilst there is very little sub soul with bricks underneath the turf it seem to be getting worse.

Apart from relaying the lawn any suggestions please

 

[Pull]

Get to a wilko's or b&q and buy some weedkiller but make sure that you don't buy the grasskiller stuff!! Has to be fine to use on grass.

Follow instructions on back to get mixture into a sprayer (cheap spray gun will do) and then go round and spray each dandelion. This should start to kill them off but i'd recommend repeating this process 3/4 times to make sure they really get killed off down to the roots.

The current wet weather isn't helping!

 

[CliveW]

Use a propriotary lawn spot weeder. http://www.doffgarden.co.uk/product/improved-lawn-spot-weeder Or mix a Glyphosate weedkiller, such as Tumbleweed, with wallpaper paste to make a gel, and paint it on the dandelion leaves. Pretty slow, but very effective.

 

[3offTheTee]

many thanks

 

[cm_qs]

Cut your grass half as short and twice as often.
If your mower has height adjustment, raise it up by at least a couple of notches from where it is. This may go a long way to solving the underlying problem.
Grass, like any other plant, depends on sunlight to photosynthesise and grow healthy.
If you cut your grass too short, you restrict the surface area available to soak up the sun and the grass is unable to compete against other plants which have leaves which are broad and lay below the level at which the mower will cut them e.g. dandelions, daisies or plantain.
If you leave more leaf on each blade then, over time, the grass will naturally crowd out the low lying, broad leaved weeds. Once this thick sward of lawn is established then you can gradually cut it shorter and shorter if you wish as long as you maintain it in the zone where it is able to outcompete the weeds.

Also, giving nature a hand by employing a bit of chemical warfare will certainly speed up the process as per previous posts

 

[daymond]

Combined lawn fertiliser and weedkiller applied on a dry lawn just before rain.

 

[Foxholer]

These posts just confirm what an Senior Pro keeps saying:

In a club of 700 members, there'll be 500 Course Architects, 500 Head Pros and 500 Head Greenkeepers!

 

[CMAC]

These posts just confirm what an Senior Pro keeps saying:

In a club of 700 members, there'll be 500 Course Architects, 500 Head Pros and 500 Head Greenkeepers!

and no mathematicians as that's 1500

 

[srixon 1]

Have this problem every year and whilst there is very little sub soul with bricks underneath the turf it seem to be getting worse.

Apart from relaying the lawn any suggestions please

Get a rabbit

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Darth
Some of the members are multi tasking.
Burdock and dandelion wine.

 

[AmandaJR]

All I know about them is they make you pee the bed...don't they???

 

[Perry]

The Evergreen 4 in 1 stuff is really good, can get it for about £8 for a box (2/2.5kg i think). I do mine twice a year with it, not a weed in site.

 

[Pants]

Using an old chisel or long bladed screwdriver, insert deep into soil close to the plant alongside the deep tap root, apply a slight leverage and hey presto you pull out the dandelion with most of the root.

Far quicker and probably more effective than painting the leaves with weed killer and you won't run the risk of killing the adjacent grass.

Then, as suggested, when you cut the grass don't scalp it. Don't think of green or fairway length. Think 1st cut. Your lawn will thank you for it.

 

[CMAC]

while were on lawns mine has lots of scabby bald patches after putting down 2 lots of a granule moss killer and feed stuff:angry:
so now I should sprinkle grass seeds and sand I think, anyone know?

 

[bobmac]

When you water your lawn, add a drop of whisky. That way, your lawn will grow up half cut

 

[CMAC]

Think you've been on it already