Yellow heads of dandelions delight immensely in the spring, when their bright inflorescences bristle cheerfully over the green grass. After a boring and long winter, it's like the promise of a hot, sunny summer. But the joy passes quickly, it is worth seeing this disgrace on your own well-groomed lawn. There is no time for sentimentality. Fighting dandelions is quite exhausting.
Destroy the weed not for any special aesthetic reasons. It's just that if you leave at least one plant alone, it will instantly multiply and crowd out other cultivated grasses. The unpretentiousness of the dandelion is known. It doesn't matter to him - whether it's drought, whether it's raining without ceasing - he will survive any bad weather. Its seeds are scattered by the wind. Lightweight, silvery parachutes travel quite a distance once they hit the ground, they are ready to sprout.
The fight against dandelions on the lawn is complicated by the fact that the powerful root of the plant goes deep into the soil by 25 centimeters. It's hard to get it out completely.how it breaks easily, and any part of it, even a very small one, is capable of giving life to a new shoot. So you have to pull out an annoying weed all summer.
What are the methods that mankind has come up with for all those, perhaps, centuries, that an uncompromising struggle with dandelions is being waged? The simplest and environmentally absolutely harmless is to dig up yellow flowers with a root, without waiting until they bloom and let their seeds fly free. However, the word "simple" is not quite right here. This method requires significant physical costs.
First of all, in order to make your work a little easier, water the lawn beforehand: it is easier to pull out the weeds on the lawn from moist, pliable earth. Do not grab the leaves, you will not be able to immediately remove the plant, most likely, you will just cut off the top. Dig up the soil in front of the root in several places. The shovel is not suitable for this. Use a knife or buy a special tool from the store. The latter is a bladed screw, similar to the Latin letter V. The tip of the device is immersed in the ground with a dandelion and a button is pressed. The tool, along with the soil, carefully removes the plant.
There are, of course, more radical methods. Chemical herbicides and insecticides are sold on every street corner. Working with them is not safe, so strictly follow the rules.
Are you afraid of the harm caused by chemicals? Try grandma's recipes. For example, the fight against dandelions can be carried out with the help oftable s alt. Pour it into the center of a rosette of dandelion leaves: after a while, it will seem to burn out, leaving behind a brown spot. No wonder in ancient times the Romans, in order to break the barbarians, sprinkled their fields with s alt. No crops - no harvest. Be careful not to snag the right plants. Vinegar has a similar effect.
The fight against dandelions includes not only measures for their active destruction. Sometimes preventive measures give good results. What is easier - not to remove the cut grass from the lawn. Mulch not only fertilizes the soil, but also prevents the germination of weeds. It is more difficult for seeds to establish themselves on the ground; the shoots of the plant do not have enough sunlight to actively grow. Periodically seed the lawn, planting new grass in place of the "bald spots".
But the main thing is the attitude to the matter itself. If you learn to benefit from the seemingly most unpleasant activities, then the process will no longer cause dull irritation. Think how many vitamins are contained in the weed you hate! Do not throw away torn dandelions, it is better to add them to a salad, make jam or honey from flowers.
