Dandelion, so beautifully blooming in the spring with its yellow suns, is very difficult to destroy. He is very tenacious, and in order to get rid of him on the site, you need to constantly fight him. Mow, pull, dig out, and do not bring to flowering. Because even a mowed plant blooms and sprinkles seeds around, which the wind carries throughout the area, and it sprouts again and again.
Folk methods of dealing with dandelions
If you do not want to use chemistry in the fight against dandelion, salt will help. The plant needs to be cut deeper to the root and sprinkled with salt. True, this is not very good for the surrounding plants, but if you have a meadow of dandelions, it is quite possible to poison it with salt and vinegar, sprinkling and watering the plants. Mowed stems with flowering need to urgently be removed, burned or dug deep into the compost pit, otherwise, simply thrown from the top, they will sprout again, and your work will be in vain.
Mowing can well help in this unequal fight. Regularly, after a week, mow under the root of the plant, and gradually, losing the force spent on the constant growth of greenery, its roots will die. You only need to make sure that the plant does not have time to disperse the seeds, and your struggle will succeed. The same applies to the remaining weeds.
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Fighting Dandelions with Herbicides
If there is already no strength to deal with dandelion by folk methods, herbicides will come to your aid, we will tell you a little more about their action.
If you got an abandoned site heavily overgrown with weeds, we recommend that you turn to drugs there like Lontrel and Tornado. They are able to completely clear the site of all weeds. In the autumn, or, if it’s too late, in the spring, about a month before the start of planting, shed the site with the above mentioned drugs, and then you can plant the necessary crops. Caution: be careful if there are trees or bushes on the site that need to be maintained - make sure that the drug does not get on them.
If you only need to get rid of the dandelions themselves, then use Lintur - it is designed specifically for their destruction. Do not mow the lawn before using the drug so that all the leaves absorb Lintur as much as possible, and the plant dies. It will take about a month to completely destroy it, although the results will appear in a couple of weeks. The drug does not affect other plants, so it can be used for ready-made plantings.
Another great drug for this purpose is Sniper. With the help of an applicator, it must be applied to plants, it will destroy them completely, up to deep roots. The only thing - make sure that the plant does not have time to spread the seeds, and you will be able to remove the weed from the site completely. Although, it must be borne in mind that if there are dandelions in the district, you will not completely get rid of them, since the seeds will be applied again in the wind, settle on your site and sprout.
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Or maybe not fight?
The fact is that dandelion is very useful, and perhaps, from his enemies to transfer to the rank of friends and take from him all the benefits that he has? And it is large enough that people understood in ancient times, and usefully used dandelion for their own purposes.
Honey, jam, various syrups were cooked from it, tender leaves were added to salads, dried roots, and so on.And all because the plant has a lot of usefulness, for example:
- Antioxidants, which are full of all parts of the plant, help restore the liver.
- Dandelion is useful for acne, diabetes, anemia, and even helps fight cancer.
- The ancient Romans knew its properties, and used it as a laxative, heat-relieving, choleretic and sedative.
- The ancient Greeks used dandelion to enhance lactation, increase immunity, and a remedy for worms.
- In many countries, dandelion is specially cultivated, it is used against tuberculosis, to fight viruses, and remove toxins.
- The plant is used to improve digestion, weight loss, with inflammation of the lymph nodes, as a choleretic and able to stop bleeding plant.
Dandelion is so rich in useful ingredients that 2 tablespoons of fresh juice will give the body all the day you need, honey from it is great, and vitamin salads with green leaves are incredibly useful.
Having learned all the information, think about whether you need to deal with dandelions, or turn their presence on the site in favor of health.
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