How to Naturally Eliminate Dandelions

 

Dandelions are an extremely disturbing type of weed which is very difficult to dispose off unless you are using the right kind of methods. The Dandelions is a globe of fuzzy kind of seeds where sometimes we just like to blow them away into the wind. By using the tools, you can remove the Dandelions away from your lawn or your garden yard. Below are some of the tips that you can use whenever you want to eliminate the Dandelion using the natural methods.

To naturally eliminate dandelions, you need:

  • Salt
  • Vinegar
  • Cooking pot
  • Corn gluten meal
  • Lawnmower
  • Spray bottle


Naturally Eliminating Dandelions

How to Naturally Eliminate Dandelions

  • First method that you can use is by boiling some vinegar for at least one minute
    • Then, you need to wait until it is cool before you start to pour the vinegar into the spray bottle.
    • By boiling the vinegar, you would be able to create a higher concentration of acetc acid which is a natural weed killer that you can use for removing Dandelions.
  • Another options that you can try is by spreading some salt especially on area that you feel the Dandelions are growing
    • By doing this, you would be able to kill the Dandelions and remove the plants permanently.
    • Ensure that you pour some of the salt to the base of the Dandelions in order to destroy the roots thus prevent it from spreading.

Always remember that you must not spread the salt on any area which is not affected by the Dandelions.

  • The next step is for you to pull out the Dandelions away from the soil.
    • Ensure that you pull its taproot along with the Dandelions. The taproot has the ability to grow up to 10-inches deep into the ground.
    • If you do not want the plant to sprout further away from your house, you should be removing the Dandelions taproot. The taproot can prevent the plants from sprouting further to other area.

 

  • Then, you need to spray vinegar to the affected area in order to disposed-off anything that you might have missed especially when pulled out the weeds.
  • Another option is to spread Corn Gluten Meal (CGM) onto your garden. The CGM is hundred percent natural and also safe for pets and children.
  • Besides that, you also need to maintain the lawn in your garden by cutting it so its grass blades provide you with at least three inches tall. With the grass having the same height or taller, it would be very difficult for Dandelions or even other weeds to create their own roots.
  • Next method that you can use is by using a large screw driver that comes with a V shape cut
    • The Dandelion remover tool needs to be pushed into the ground right beside the Dandelion plant. After that, you can push the tool’s handle toward the ground thus making the dandelion pops out of the ground.
    • Make sure that you removed the entire Dandelion roots so that it will not grow again in the near future.
  • Another way is for you to use a shovel in order to dig up the Dandelions.
    • Make sure that you separate the Dandelion from the soil
    • Always keep the grass upward while the soil needs to be pressed back onto its original spot.

    Always remember that if you want to naturally eliminate Dandelions,

    • Make sure that you are always careful once you are using salt to eliminate the Dandelions. If the salt that you used falls on any other plants, it will definitely terminate the other plants as well.

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