I've used ortho weed b gone and it has always worked well. I just put it in
a miracle grow sprayer, attach the hose and go for it. Always seems to
work, not to mention all the other weeds it gets as well.


"David Combs" wrote in message
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In article ,
KLM wrote:
On Fri, 07 May 2004 13:35:55 -0500, Dan Hartung
wrote:

I agree with what Dan said.

After fighting a losing battle with dandelions for nearly a decade I
had good results. Some of my dandelions had roots the size of
carrots.

Maybe 20 years ago it was -- the yard had a fair coverage
of dandelions; the chemicals I tried didn't kill them,
not at the strength I was using it at, and I didn't
want to use anything stronger.

So I got one of those probe-things for dandelions,
sat down in the yard, and started to work -- maybe
two hours a day, for a week or two. Got 'em all.

Kept a watch out -- every day I went out to catch
any new ones.

(That was in the summer (of course))

Anyway, the next summer, still had them, but
no where's as many, and got them too, by hand.

Fewer yet the third summer.

Since then, very, very few.

And the adjoining yard in the back (with
a sheer-wall between us, their yard is 4 or
so feet lowere than ours), they had lots
of dandelions earlier this summer, and they
bloomed and everything, but strangely no problem
came from it.

Anyway, that's *my* experience.

David

Pick a sunny day with no rain the forecast. Use Weed-B-Gone or
Spectricide per directions on the bottle. Dandelions that are
well-established may require a second spraying 2-3 weeks later. Make
sure you wet all the leaves with the product. A garden sprayer is
easier on the back than a hand-held sprayer bottle, especially if you
have a lot of dandelions to treat. Do not mow 2 days prior or
following the treatment.