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8:25 pm
May 26, 2009
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Shells
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Ok, I know that there is a thread about dandelion wine and other uses for dandelions but what if you want to kill t them out right.
What if I just want to destroy, kill, demolish, remove , annihilate, eradicate, exterminate, assassinate, massacre, do-in …. the lovely little things?
Any ideas?
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8:56 pm
May 26, 2009
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Pete
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It is much easier to learn to do something with them than to get rid of them. If you dig them and don't get the entire root, you have only helped it to multiply. There are perennials.
Good luck!
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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9:14 pm
May 26, 2009
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Shells
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Well, not a chance that at this point in time I am going to do anything with them, with the yard, the house and full time work …… maybe at some point in the future, but in the meantime I am looking for some herbicide free ways to slow them down. I may try vinegar, I hear that works.
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10:42 pm
May 26, 2009
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Pete
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While you are working on that issue, you might pull off the blooms – that at least will keep them from spreading.
My Dad, years ago, started using one of those long-handled pointed weed tools to pop them out of the ground. He used it just about every day. After a couple of years he had successfully eradicated the dandelion population from his yard.
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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11:12 pm
May 26, 2009
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Fortunately the yard we have right now is "d" free…but I've used those tools in the past. I paid the kids a nickel a plant – and they only got paid if the root was attached!
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11:26 pm
May 26, 2009
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Shells
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I do have one of those too and it works well for the lawn, but I have lots coming up in the gravel drive and in the path to my composter. I do put up with a lot of them because I am rural and the neighbors aren't so caring about them (which is fine by me) but I would like to have the drive up to the house looking nice.
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11:50 pm
May 26, 2009
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Pete
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Ahhhh. That is a problem. Driveways are difficult. We have some there as well, and look forward to hearing your results.
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7:12 am
May 27, 2009
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Shells said:
I do have one of those too and it works well for the lawn, but I have lots coming up in the gravel drive and in the path to my composter. I do put up with a lot of them because I am rural and the neighbors aren't so caring about them (which is fine by me) but I would like to have the drive up to the house looking nice.
Flamethrower? No – blow torch. In the driveway and gravel a neighbor's gardener used to just nuke them. I don't know if they grow back, but maybe they would be scared to?
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7:12 am
May 27, 2009
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4rum
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If you choose to pull off the little yellow blossoms … wash them, rinse them and shake them lightly in a bag of flour. Sautee in butter with a little salt and black pepper … they taste VERY much like fried green tomatoes. I LOVE 'em!
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8:35 am
May 27, 2009
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I agree with the tenacity of the pesky weeds. If they can grow in a driveway and flourish with very little soil and survive the punishment of repeatedly getting driven over-they can survive just about anywhere. If your soil is heavy and hard like ours, a shovel may give you better results–and a chance to aerate the good roots. I have found though that the chickens love dandelion flowers, so I may just leave some to keep them happy. The flowers are a real treat!
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My budget plan is NOT getting a cart when I go to the store.
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10:09 am
May 27, 2009
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Shells
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WV_Hills said:
Shells said:
I do have one of those too and it works well for the lawn, but I have lots coming up in the gravel drive and in the path to my composter. I do put up with a lot of them because I am rural and the neighbors aren't so caring about them (which is fine by me) but I would like to have the drive up to the house looking nice.
Flamethrower? No – blow torch. In the driveway and gravel a neighbor's gardener used to just nuke them. I don't know if they grow back, but maybe they would be scared to?
Oh I should have thought about pulling out my flame-thrower.
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10:22 am
May 27, 2009
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I dont know if I'm brave enough to eat a dandelion!  Just says "im a weed" when I look at one! The kids across the street have been playing with a flame thrower the last few nights. It lights up the sky! I'm surprised the cops that patrol thru here havent said something to them,I dont guess its against the law just looks dangerous.
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10:26 am
May 27, 2009
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Shells
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Leahld22 said:
I dont know if I'm brave enough to eat a dandelion! Just says “im a weed” when I look at one! The kids across the street have been playing with a flame thrower the last few nights. It lights up the sky! I'm surprised the cops that patrol thru here havent said something to them,I dont guess its against the law just looks dangerous.
Oh goodness, I was just kidding about having one and in your neighborhood the kids play with them !! Its not so much that they are a "weed" that bothers me, more the "pee'd on" factor that disturbs me.
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10:13 am
May 28, 2009
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Leahld22
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Shells said:
Leahld22 said:
I dont know if I'm brave enough to eat a dandelion! Just says “im a weed” when I look at one! The kids across the street have been playing with a flame thrower the last few nights. It lights up the sky! I'm surprised the cops that patrol thru here havent said something to them,I dont guess its against the law just looks dangerous.
Oh goodness, I was just kidding about having one and in your neighborhood the kids play with them !! Its not so much that they are a “weed” that bothers me, more the “pee'd on” factor that disturbs me.
When I say “kids” you have to remember I'm 50! So theyre in their 20's HAHAHA!
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6:03 pm
May 28, 2009
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Runningtrails – Sheryl
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Those fried dandelion blossoms sound interesting! I see the leaves in the grocery store all the time. I have millions of dandelions in the field. I threw a handfull into the chicken pen and they ignored them, at the time. Maybe they ate them later. (They're a wee bit spoiled.)
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7:57 pm
May 28, 2009
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4rum
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If you like the taste of fried green tomatoes, you would like the fried dandelion blossoms. I was surprised the first time I ate them. There are nice pictures if you'd like to view them. Just open google, click 'images' and search for fried dandelion blossoms. They turn out like little 'roundolettes', golden brown and look almost as good as they taste.
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10:05 pm
May 28, 2009
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4rum said:
If you choose to pull off the little yellow blossoms … wash them, rinse them and shake them lightly in a bag of flour. Sautee in butter with a little salt and black pepper … they taste VERY much like fried green tomatoes. I LOVE 'em!
My Nannie cooks and eats them a few times each season. (She is 90, by the way.) She lived with us from the time that I was 5 until I was 12 and did a lot of the cooking. But, this was one dish that she could not get me to eat. She used to send us kids out in the yard to pick several handfuls of the leaves to stretch a mess of greens. I understand that city folks think dandelion greens are a delicacy. I have heard of goat cheese and dandelion greens, but I don't want to try it. Nannie says that when she was growing up that some of her brothers and sisters were picky eaters, but her step-father would tell her that he never had to worry about her eating because he could put her out with the cows and she would be alright.
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10:15 pm
May 28, 2009
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Shells said:
Well, not a chance that at this point in time I am going to do anything with them, with the yard, the house and full time work …… maybe at some point in the future, but in the meantime I am looking for some herbicide free ways to slow them down. I may try vinegar, I hear that works.
I did not have a real dandelion problem until I trucked in loads of creekside top soil. When I would dig them up, there would be a small chunk of old root with a new plant. I have had some success pulling blooms and digging. My mother says that vinegar works because it burns the root. I haven't tried it yet; but when I do, I am going to use a funnel to direct the vinegar to decrease the chance of killing the grass too.
My largest problems with weeds are crab grass and creeping charlie. If you have any ideas, please let me know. I hate chemicals, too.
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10:45 pm
May 28, 2009
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You can use a spray bottle on "stream" for the vinegar and get those pesky dandelions. It will be easier than the funnel.
And for those "picky" eaters out there, dandelion greens are a great source of vitamin C,K and iron. So live a little, and try something new!
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11:21 pm
May 28, 2009
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Shells
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I willingly eat raw fish ….. but dandelions …….. um, no.
LOL
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