"cloud dreamer" <Stop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Mark wrote:
>> hey cd,
>>
>> I've been mowing low, and it seems like they like it that way this year
>>
>> I've never seen dandelions like this year, its ridiculous
>>
>> The trouble is indeed coming from the neighbours, on both sides they
are
>> rampant as wel, and each year, I'm pretty much fighting a losing
battle,
>> but still fighting all the same.
>>
>> gah
>
> One both sides? Ugh. Yeah...not worth spending the money on
> weed-n-feed...it's just adding junk to the lawn with no benefit. The
> dandelions like the cool weather we've been having. When the warm temps
> really hit (yeah..this is just a tease right now) the little guys won't
be
> as bad. I expect a dry summer...which they won't like.
Actually, if you mow low, which is bad for your grass, you'll encourage
the
weeds to takeover as your grass dies off. Mowing regularly to keep an
even
long length to you grass will help crowd out the weeds and encourage your
grass to grow because it will maintain a better moisture level and cooler
soil. Nothing beats a regular long mow for the health of your lawn.
Between clover, lime twice a year, 15-15-15 fertiliser lightly once a
year,
and regular long mulch mowing I'm making headway even against the dreaded
gout weed infestation. This year I've started clearing some of the bad
patches of goutweed by hand pulling the roots and reseeding little patches
with shady or sunny grass mixed with clover. I don't mind the gout weed
so
much. If you keep the heads mowed off it looks like grass, but it crowds
out flower beds something awful. If the lawn was perfect, I'd have
nothing
to do when I'm doing nothing.
>
> ..
>
> We must change the way we live,
> or the climate will do it for us.
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