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I would note that dandelions are not considered invasive in most of the United States. They're non-invasive exotics instead. Considered beneficial actually. I
by goda90 2y ago
I would note that dandelions are not considered invasive in most of the United States. They're non-invasive exotics instead. Considered beneficial actually.
I see native bumblebees feeding on a lot of what busybodies would label as weeds and try to regulate away. This approach would just be asking for heavy use of pesticides to maintain monoculture grass.
- conductr 2y agoAs an owner of and neighbor to many of the standard protagonist monoculture lawns being discussed here, I would also caution against this concept due to how it will be managed; copious amounts of pesticides more than is already being used is what will happen. I try to handle weeds by mowing frequently enough they never get to maturity and so my neighbors are sending dandelions into my yard, I don’t fight it, I just make sure they never get tall enough to bloom or cast seeds from my area. They’re so hard to keep away, I would have to put down full coverage pesticide if I was trying to fight their very existence on my property. My neighbors aren’t even that neglectful. Yet you see it ever. If I had to guess the largest producer of dandelion diaspora are schools and parks and some of the medians in my city along with random patches of “low maintenance”/ vacant land. It’s also windy where I live so it just travels far.
- WillAdams 2y agoI've managed to remove dandelions from of my yard by mechanically digging them up by the roots (also did the same to buckhorn --- next on the schedule is broadleaf plantain) after one year where I just tore off each plant at the surface and then put a piece of rock salt on the opening of the root. My daughter was quite put out when there was a contest in her biology class for bringing in the longest dandelion stem.
- __s 2y agoI prefer to turn dandelions into salad & wine
- WillAdams 2y agoWhen I was much younger and times were quite difficult for me, I just about lived on dandelion salad for the better part of a year (and only escaped getting poisoned by an herbicide because I had a habit of blanching the plants I was planning on eating by putting a rock on top of them the day before).
- UtopiaPunk 2y agoMy family likes to pick a big bowl full of yellow dandelions and then make a dandelion-rhubarb pie. We make it a point to do it at least once a year as a kind of seasonal tradition.
- UtopiaPunk 2y agoWhat's wrong with dandelions? I like them and so do the pollinators.
- conductr 2y agoMight be something regional. But where I live it’s just a prevalent weed that most homeowners want to kill off. I’ve never eaten it like some of the other comments. Never heard of anyone else around here eating it either.