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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-04-27, Page 39Page 14 Yell Yw he F t''F,Y in lawn me ns control time is Those yellow dandelion blossoms and the puffballs that follow in spring are a good clue that the time is right for homeowners to lake action against weeds in their lawn. according to agronomists at 0 M Scott & Sons, the lawn people The reason, they say, as that dandelions and many other broadleaf weeds absorb the controls best when the plants are actively growing Dandelions are perennials. different from crabgrass, which reproduces itself from seed left over from the previous year The same dandelion can return year after year Digging them up is impractical, for as long as part of their long taproot remains m the ground, the plant will simply grow back. When using brow+.:eaf weed controls, homeowners should apply the granular material when the lawn is moist so that the active ingredients will stick to the leaves and then move into the plant, causing its eventual disintegration. The experts recommend the following steps: 1. Mow the lawn before applying the weed control, to keep the grass blades and weed leaves from touching the bottom of the spreader; 2. Pick a day when rain is not expected for at least 24 hours, since the weed control particles need to stick to the leaves for at least that long to do their work; 3. Make sure the lawn is wet at the time you put down the weed control. This could be from rain or watering, or probably best of all, from early -morning dew; 4. Use a precision lawn spreader to give an even, accurate application without waste; 5. Stay off the lawn for at least a day afterwards, to avoid knocking the particles off the leaves. Within a few days the weeds will begin to curl and shrivel noticeably, and in about a month they will have disap- peared completely. Since late spring is a time when most lawns need a second fertilization to replace needed nutrients and to strengthen them against the stresses of summer, the ex- perts suggest using a com- bination product that weeds and fe is at the same time. They point out that fertilizing the lawn will not reduce the effectiveness of the weed control, but will encourage the grass to fill in the spaces the weeds leave as they fade away. They add that once weeds are removed from a lawn keeping a thick, vigorous stand of grass is one of the very best meth for keeping them out. Old -Fashioned "Cures" for s,e Dandelion These days, dandelions are as easy to get rid of as walking across the lawn behind a s reader. But it was not always that way. Here are some of the cures for this famous lawn pest that were recommended back in the 1930s in Scotts LAWN CARE magazine: + One reader used a vacuum cleaner on a long extension cord to suck up his dandelion's white seedheads. Then he dug up the plants (so they kept coming back). + Another recommendation went like this: "Dip a shar- pen i', oak peg tapered very thin into a saturated solution of sulphate of iron. Stab dripping peg deep into heart of dan- Home v .^ riet y 'Snoopea' is a short, corn - pact sweet pea, entirely dif- ferent from any other you've ever seen before, The flowers are the same soft sweet pea colors of red, pink, white, purple and deep blue you'd expect, and the flower shape is the same. The main difference is they don't need trellising and will produce prodigiously during cool weather. A big success in Europe, they should be very popular here, too. detain, and let sun do the rest " t A lady said she had u-anned her dog to locate dandelions by smell, bate off the tops, and then dig out the roots * Another exotic home remedy for the dandelion was using dairy goats because 'they select weeds from grass ' Gasoline or kerosene also were favorite "cures " But the pleasures of having a weed -free lawn became much easier to achieve in 1947, when Scotts introduced a selective weed control that, when spread on a moist lawn, would eliminate dandelions and several dozen other kinds of weeds without harming ere desirable grasses The latest refinement for the busy lawn owner is a cum bination product that delivers a full feeding to the lawn at the same time the weeds are being controlled Readers who would like a free two year subscription to LAWN CARE magazine should write to Scotts LAWN CARE Subscriptions, 457 Horner Avenue. 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