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Dandilions in the lawn  . ive weed n feeded . and its still like a field of the fecking things . any advice please?  

Answer 1

Embrace them and feed the bees!  

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Brings a bit of colour to the grass

Answer 2

I did weed and feed last year and seriously have never had so many weeds in my lawn wtf

Answer 3

Okay this may sound crazy but can you dig out dandelions and replant then in a pot just for the bees?  

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@antemortem Burnside love this, don't have an answer for you but it's a lovely idea x

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@genniegennifer I’ll go to some lengths to help the bees out  

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They don't like being moved but you can plant the fluffy seed heads instead

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@jeneejenei77 ah, now there’s an idea!  I like that idea.  

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@antemortem Burnside great idea!  

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@jeneejenei77 call me mad but I’ve just gone around my garden and collected the fluffy heads/seeds. Taking on your idea!   

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@antemortem Burnside fox and cubs are also pretty plants that are good for bees and they love my climbing Jasmine plant there's always a couple friends buzzing around

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@jeneejenei77 naww that’s so cute!  

Answer 4

My guinea pig loves them for a treat and I also leave them for the bees

Answer 5

Time of time every where  

Answer 6

Bin heads before the get seed heads. but let them flower for the bees

Answer 7

What's wrong with them?  

Answer 8

Arnt they just beautiful and you are feeding the  and butterflies  well done nature is beautiful

Answer 9

When you have this over your wall on council land you’ve got no chance!  

Answer 10

Ugh I blame my daughter for my lawn being like this !  she deliberately blows the seeds off them . all over the garden because she figured more grow that way  

Answer 11

Dead head them before mowing the lawn it stops the seeds being resown

Answer 12

Get a tortoise!  

Answer 13

Leave for the bees

Answer 14

I know the feeling

Answer 15

Make dandelion honey!  

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@degrease yes definitely and I seriously want to try make this too, looks so nice but I would still leave some for the bees too, they need all help they can get.  

Answer 16

Table salt poured into the middle, just a small mound, works everytime

Answer 17

Enjoy them  

Answer 18

Bees need dandelions, please leave them till they have finished flowering at the very least.  

Answer 19

Chop there heads off before they seed

Answer 20

Pick them. Dandelion tea

Answer 21

Learn how to make Dandelion wine

Answer 22

Not another dandilion post.  We know. Some of you like a wild lawn with them in it. Others like a manicured one with none at all. The op wants them removed so stop saying to keep them.  

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We use this type of tool

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@strap I have one of these, works really well

Answer 23

I have dug mine up and replanted them in another spot u can also use heads once dried for tea salad and leaves as well as tea they are good for you iron vitiam k c and d

Answer 24

Really only digging the flipping things out is the only way. …. long roots

Answer 25

In this day ! People still see it as a weed ! Lol

Answer 26

Get a tortoise they love em  

Answer 27

Enjoy them. They’re great for bees.  

Answer 28

I keep the dandelions in my garden. the bees love me for it  

Answer 29

Why do ppl hate dandelions so much

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@longley Lyons our verge is full of the at the moment looks so pretty

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@hedveh I know I think they are lovely . And I noticed our grass area out the front the Daisy's only grow where the weed killer was sprayed

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Its mad. I eat them in salads! I have a gallon of dandelion wine brewing. People have been brainwashed

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@longley Lyons i think they look lovely too but when they finshed the greenery is an eye sore. my lawn is massed in them.  

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Free food for you! Tastes like rocket. Eat the young leaves, they taste best

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The bees need them.  

Answer 30

Best stuff you can buy !  

Answer 31

Make dandelion honey, recepy can be found online. X

Answer 32

I was all up for leaving them for the bees, but they have taken over mine. Im sure they are fine if the grass is well established and not patchy, but if youre in the process of sorting it out, dandelions are a pain!  

Answer 33

Make tea.  

Answer 34

The bees  love them.  

Answer 35

I have a lot in my garden, but pull the flowers off, this stops the flowers coming

Answer 36

Dont let the grass get long keep cutting it otherwise the plants get stronger and keep picking the flower heads as soon as you see them

Answer 37

Keep pulling flower off . try verdone

Answer 38

Same problem here. Learn to love them. The bees do

Answer 39

Aw they are really good for the bees and butterflies. try leave and cut around them x

Answer 40

Majella Coyle

Answer 41

Try and get hold of some pastor it kills everything but grass.  

Answer 42

Embrace and enjoy nature at it’s best.  

Answer 43

They are only good for the bees as there is not many flowers about at the min x

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@oliana59770 no, they are completely edible by humans too.  

Answer 44

What I do is, allow dandelions to flower but then immediately grub out the bud for the dandy lion clock. Allows bee food, but garden doesn’t be overtaken.  

Answer 45

Leave them for the bees!  

Answer 46

Eat them. They are highly nutritious. You're trying to kill free food

Answer 47

You can eat the leaves, flowers and roots

Answer 48

My tortoise loves them

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My  loves them

Answer 50

Get a rabbit

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Bees  love them.  

Answer 52

Not sure anyone has mentioned it yet so let me be the first to say - "They're really good for the bees! "  

Answer 53

Bees do love them. I keep a patch specially

Answer 54

While personally I leave a few around for the bees (and because I like the flowers anyway) I'm not going to echo the dandelion defence squad since it's your space and it's up to you what you want and don't want there, and it can become frustrating when it starts taking over your lawn. There are various lawn friendly weedkillers you can try, although honestly the best way (and most nature-friendly way) is to dig them out by hand. Maybe move a few to pots if you don't want bees protesting with placards outside your house  

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Also please don't use boiling water, it will kill every insect in the soil beneath including helpful creatures like worms

Answer 55

Apple corer gets out the roots

Answer 56

Aww bees  mun

Answer 57

Dandelions are edible for us humans, and the insects love them x they are also a diuretic x

Answer 58

Eat them

Answer 59

They’re lovely

Answer 60

Great for the bees   

Answer 61

Dandelions are pretty and great food for the bees.  

Answer 62

Yes. Leave the Dandelions alone, let the Bees get our honey. Dehead and do what I do. A long screwdriver and dig deep to remove root. Bee Kind

Answer 63

Don't mow yet. Bees love em

Answer 64

Spread lime on it to change the PH level of the lawn/soil. Dandelions thrive in alkaline soil.  

Answer 65

Sprinkle table salt on them. It works.  

Answer 66

Im gonna have a potful of them next year. early food for the bees, without bees our eco sytem collapses

Answer 67

I've tried weed and feed and still full of dandelions

Answer 68

Eat them

Answer 69

Feeds the bees and insects love em

Answer 70

Save the dandelions

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Bees love em

Answer 72

Keep them

Answer 73

I don’t know why people are posting keep them. Lots of people don’t want them in their grass. I’m sure they have plenty of other flowers  

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@armenian it’s opinions hun ‍♀️

Answer 74

Dig them out at the root I got a grumpy gardener gadget for it then spray the weed killer x

Answer 75

Personally Id leave them Leave them alone or chop the tops off and use an Apple corer to get the roots out the ground.  

Answer 76

Let the bees have them we need bees  

Answer 77

I leave mine and just mow around them lol. For the bees xx

Answer 78

Buy a bunny rabbit they love dandelions

Answer 79

Dandelions are good, among first flowers so good for bees, you can use the heads for making wine and the root can be used as well.  

Answer 80

My only descent neighbor across the street has a actual device to pull them up no toxins needed. Maybe google that.  

Answer 81

Resolve lawn weed killer- does the job fast

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I have got a bee friendly area in my garden and not in the lawn @rhu269 Jenness

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@dionnedionysia39885 Eh? So you think the bees know to avoid the poison on your lawn?! They’re clever little things but they’re not bloody geniuses  

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@rhu269 Jenness bees go where nectar is, and not weedkiller, I choose to keep my lawn weed free, my choice.  

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@dionnedionysia39885 They ingest weed killer from dandelions. It kills them. They are an endangered species. But yes, your choice, but a terrible one.  

Answer 82

It's a simple implement, not expensive.  

Answer 83

I leave all flowers in the lawn and now fortnightly. We only get a few bug problems as the eco system is strong. Great biodiversity . Bees, hoverflies, birds , butterflies . The whole kaboodle. It's like Snow White on steroids.  

Answer 84

Toni your a dandelion expert

Answer 85

I googled it

Answer 86

Leave them for the bees. Just Mow paths across the grass.  

Answer 87

Pick them and make dandilion honey  

Answer 88

I had none untill i got a gardener in to cut grass now my front and back are full of them

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@seljuk691 the seeds can be in the mower. If he’s mowed a lawn with dandelions then yours you’ll get some. Happened to my sister after she loaned out her mower.  

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@megalocardia i thought that, seeing as he gardener you would think he would clean his equipment before next job

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@seljuk691 but then if you’ve got a problem with dandelions I’m sure he will help you (for a price )

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@megalocardia l`m sure he will but my back garden is getting slabbed for better use with my wheel chair front garden my son has gained a job lol

Answer 89

Leave them, they're an asset to the garden.  

Answer 90

Dead head them

Answer 91

Leave them they are feed for the bees and if we didnt have bees we won't be here .  

Answer 92

Pick the leaves for salad.  

Answer 93

Eat them.,  

Answer 94

Old fashioned dig out with a old knife, works a treat

Answer 95

You need to get them out with all the root with small hand spade. I hand dug 4 black bags worth last year before we seeded a new lawn. There back but not as bad. It’s quite therapeutic getting them out with the whole root like digging for carrots!  

Answer 96

Also quite satisfying to take a lighter to the seed heads.  

Answer 97

Hundred weeds or a million wishes