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Thread: Dandelions
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05-21-2018, 05:12 PM #51
Fuck it, if most of you folks don't care about a non-chemical lawn and we are looking to sell this place in a few years I'm going to hit it hard this fall and next spring with the weed and feed. All the metro area folks will want to see a golf course lawn at the listing anyway.
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05-21-2018, 05:18 PM #52
and plastic beads from facial scrubs in our water, lead in pipes supplying the water to your house, balloons killing sea turtles, anti-freeze poisoning cats and dogs, lithium batteries....... and... and..... and......
I'm not advocating anyone should spray indiscriminately. I don't weed & feed my lawn and I do as much hand pulling and mowing as I can but when it comes to growing 100 acres of wheat something has got to give.
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05-21-2018, 05:19 PM #53
A teaspoon of of gasoline per dandelion does quick work on them pests. Lawn looks like it has the measles tho
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05-21-2018, 05:45 PM #54
Just use that fork thing, no chemicals and feed the bees. If there is that much and you have to use chemicals, just follow the label. My neighborhood is inundated with them, so I just work them a little at a time and there is less than them. Now, the damn bindweed that is taking over is what is really driving me nuts.
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05-21-2018, 07:03 PM #55
My neighbors bitch about my miniature marigold farm every year. I feed the bees and let the wind blow the seeds to share the wealth. I have all the fancy tools listed above but I am over worrying about it. Tried the corn gluten too. Top dress your lawn if you really want to feed those fuckers. Vinagreen if you want to spot kill. http://www.vinegarguys.com/vinagreen-weed-control
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05-21-2018, 08:08 PM #56
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05-21-2018, 09:03 PM #57
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05-21-2018, 09:31 PM #58
Turns out bindweed isn't what I thought it was. Thought it was just a benign ivy.
First google hit mentioned boiling water to kill, maybe you could use that in place of some chemicals.
I've found that effective against ants as well. Maybe they think it's a steam vent and relocate.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/pla...g-bindweed.htm
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05-21-2018, 09:43 PM #59
I don't believe any chemical short of sterilant kills bindweed. You can burn it with Glyphosate but that is about it. I've heard it has a tap root that can be 100 feet long. I either hand pull it or just let it be. You can mow it when it starts to wrap itself around tall grasses.
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05-21-2018, 09:56 PM #60
I don't mow, gave away my mower a decade ago. I don't have much bindweed, just rip it up now and then.
Speaking of which I was going to say some people upthread said he wanted roundup, but they want weedbgone if its in their lawn. Semantics, but if they're a chem newb, good to know.
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05-21-2018, 10:02 PM #61Registered User
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05-21-2018, 10:07 PM #62Registered User
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05-21-2018, 10:13 PM #63
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05-21-2018, 10:57 PM #64
Fork tool and hands and knees for 2 hours before each mow this spring. After a month they are mostly gone. Small yard though. Neighbors cat ate weeds sprayed with Roundup and went through all nine lives. With 3 kids and a dog, no chemicals outside for us.
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05-22-2018, 12:39 AM #65
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05-22-2018, 06:28 AM #66Banned
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Pretty ridgeback. I miss mine a lot.
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05-22-2018, 06:32 AM #67www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
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05-22-2018, 06:50 AM #68
Just plant marigolds to match.
This just popped up for me. Seemed fitting. Taylor farm FB photo.
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05-22-2018, 08:32 AM #69
Back in the early 80's a friend of mine had a lawn care franchise that used pump trucks to spray fertilizer and weed killer on your lawn, the company was called Chem Lawn, I always thought it was a bad choice of names. Eventually they changed the company name to Tru Lawn or something (They also own Merry Maids and a few other service companies).
Our biggest problem with the wheat fields is seed from other farms, We've noticed combines do a terrible job cleaning grain, We have to put it thru the seed cleaner (sometimes twice), and then thru the spiral separator to get the remaining vetch seed out.
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