Dandilions

Dusty · 05-12-2008, 12:35 PM

Ugh...... I hate them ..... dandilions., but now we have a new law .... A pesticide law. We cannot put any pesticide on our lawns and will get a fine , but how they are going to police.it is another question.

Short of having to dig them out manually does any one have an alternative , natural solution?

When you go anywhere now it looks so bad cause the parks and everywhere are turning yellow instead of green... Sigh

Tyler1 · 05-12-2008, 05:57 PM

My wifes daycare kids love to pick the yellow heads off, I'm very encouraging when they do it, I might have to make a contest and a prize for the kid who picks the most...

! Too bad I don't drink, I could make some dandelion wine. I wonder how they would taste in a juicer?

Whirlwind · 05-13-2008, 04:47 PM

I've been in my home for almost 5 years now. I've been trying to grow a lawn ever since I moved in, without much success. The ground's too rocky, I have to rake every spring. I plant seed and watch it wash away. The birds all laugh at me from their branches in the trees, pointing with their wings and throwing their heads back to cackle.

I planted a cherry tree and I'm tending to it every day. I still water my grass, or what little of it there is in the desert sun.

Last week, I noticed something strange.

A dadilion!

My very first one! My first house, a big accomplishment, my grass that's growing...and this, my precious little first dadilion!

All mine. So yellow and bright in the grass that's hard growing.

I'm so blessed!

smellycat · 05-13-2008, 05:03 PM

who,s law do you live by.?

Dusty · 05-13-2008, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smellycat

who,s law do you live by.?

?????? Michael .... We have to abide by the laws that our city puts out.

Thanks for all your comments but no body has helped my problem.

Whirlwind · 05-13-2008, 06:23 PM

I'm sorry Dusty.

Have you tried that spray? You spray it on the plant, supposedly, and it kills the entire plant?

I had no idea that they could make laws about flowers. Or are dandilions flowers? They look sure look purdy to me.

adonaicole · 05-13-2008, 07:19 PM

I've heard that they don't like boiling water very much.

Dusty · 05-13-2008, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whirlwind

I'm sorry Dusty.

Have you tried that spray? You spray it on the plant, supposedly, and it kills the entire plant?

I had no idea that they could make laws about flowers. Or are dandilions flowers? They look sure look purdy to me.

We cannot use any pesticide.... It is banded and we will get a fine but we can't buy any of that stuff in the store anyways.

No ,dandilions are weeds .... sorry to burst your bubble..... he he
and they look horrible in the lawn and they choke out the grass and now everywhere in the parks... all you see is yellow.

Dusty · 05-13-2008, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adonaicole

I've heard that they don't like boiling water very much.

Thanks , Don I will try that but at the moment am just digging them out.

05-12-2008, 12:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dusty Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 6,534 Rep Power: 7	Dandilions Ugh...... I hate them ..... dandilions., but now we have a new law .... A pesticide law. We cannot put any pesticide on our lawns and will get a fine , but how they are going to police.it is another question. Short of having to dig them out manually does any one have an alternative , natural solution? When you go anywhere now it looks so bad cause the parks and everywhere are turning yellow instead of green... Sigh __________________ Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. -- John Wooden Joke Police.. Mark and Amandaz

05-13-2008, 04:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Whirlwind Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Oregon Posts: 2,964 Rep Power: 3	I've been in my home for almost 5 years now. I've been trying to grow a lawn ever since I moved in, without much success. The ground's too rocky, I have to rake every spring. I plant seed and watch it wash away. The birds all laugh at me from their branches in the trees, pointing with their wings and throwing their heads back to cackle. I planted a cherry tree and I'm tending to it every day. I still water my grass, or what little of it there is in the desert sun. Last week, I noticed something strange. A dadilion! My very first one! My first house, a big accomplishment, my grass that's growing...and this, my precious little first dadilion! All mine. So yellow and bright in the grass that's hard growing. I'm so blessed! __________________ Chapter-by-Chapter, verse-by-verse. Jesus is the Living Word.

05-13-2008, 05:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
smellycat Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: uk Posts: 5,577 Rep Power: 7	who,s law do you live by.? __________________ GOOD BAD SALVATION

05-13-2008, 06:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Whirlwind Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Oregon Posts: 2,964 Rep Power: 3	I'm sorry Dusty. Have you tried that spray? You spray it on the plant, supposedly, and it kills the entire plant? I had no idea that they could make laws about flowers. Or are dandilions flowers? They look sure look purdy to me. __________________ Chapter-by-Chapter, verse-by-verse. Jesus is the Living Word.

05-13-2008, 07:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
adonaicole Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Stevenson, WA Posts: 567 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 1	I've heard that they don't like boiling water very much. __________________ Love one another, for that is pure, undefiled religion. Don

05-12-2008, 05:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyler1 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 98 Rep Power: 1	My wifes daycare kids love to pick the yellow heads off, I'm very encouraging when they do it, I might have to make a contest and a prize for the kid who picks the most... ! Too bad I don't drink, I could make some dandelion wine. I wonder how they would taste in a juicer?

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