Re: Bio-control for dandelions expected soon

**K* M* <k*@iol.ie>**

I suspect that if you lowered the blades by half an inch you would  
find that you no longer had that sea of yellow Andrew.

But that is an awful lot of mowing. Our couple of acres is quite enough

Kathryn

On 20 May 2008, at 18:39, Hamptongar@aol.com wrote:

> The problem with these two products is that dandelions are  
> perennial weeds
> with fairly substantial tap roots that are quite capable of  
> regenerating new
> shoot growth.  Simply burning off the foliage with these products  
> most  likely
> won't work unless it's applied repeatedly and the plant is no  
> longer able  to
> generate any more growth.  But that also means you're spraying the   
> nearby
> grasses which will also be damaged and browned as neither product  
> is a  selective
> herbicide..it burns whatever it hits.  I also have doubts about  how
> effective mowing is.  We cut nearly 50 acres once a week...at this  
> time  of the year
> twice a week and we cut it only to three inches.  Our untreated   
> lawn areas are
> a sea of yellow in early May even though they get cut once and   
> sometimes
> twice through June.  The dandelions seem to just slip under the   
> blades.  On the
> other hand on our fine lawns (only 8 acres) we do one  annual  
> broadleaf
> application of an herbicide in the fall and then hand  pull any  
> escapees in the
> spring.  As we all know...I hope...a well tended  and cared for  
> lawn (with little
> or no pesticides) can be lush, green and  therefore...mostly weed  
> free.  The
> correct use of corn gluten will also  help as it will inhibit the  
> germination
> of any dandelion seeds that breeze  in.
>
>
> Andrew Messinger
> The Hampton Gardener
>
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> In a message dated 5/20/2008 1:17:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com writes:
>
> Two  thoughts - both easier than a grubbing knife but still require
> some  labor:
>
> Horticultural vinegar - 10-20% acetic acid (household vinegar  is
> 4-5%).
> Nature's Avenger - this is a new, organic  certified product on the
> market.  It comes from a woman-owned  company in Davis California.
> It's active ingredient is the  citrus oil d-limonene, the same
> ingredient in the citrus based  de-greaser/cleaners that are on the
> market.
>
> On May 18,  2008, at 3:22 PM, Yvonne Cunnington  wrote:
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