Posted 5/22/2024 06:22 (#10747443 - in reply to #10746995) Subject: RE: Dandelion season
Sanilac Co. Michigan
Birddy - 5/21/2024 17:24
Moose333 - 5/21/2024 09:37 Roundup will make sure they never come back.
No, it won't, many fields still have them sticking around after glyphosate at crop rates.
I just saw one field I know today, that has them back, just as bad as ever. Dandelion is one the worst weeds.
Not only just in lawns, but now getting to be a difficult field weed.
Oh, I dunno, maybe a guy needs to take a different approach to the "problem". Guys pay big money for radish and such, that throw down a deep tap root, busting compaction and creating water infiltration paths. Very laudable, but here you have a perennial, never ending supply that you don't have to buy or seed yourself that turns the same trick! Same goes for wild carrot. Might be a great cover crop mix of two distinct species that the NRCS will pay dividends on!
See, when you get lemons, might be a great opportunity to make lemonade!
In all seriousness, there's a tremendous bank of dandelion seed out there that's just waiting to germinate. For the most part it's become a non issue for me in continuous notill with a heavy small cereals component in the rotation. Lots of different herbicide modes of action keep it in check. It's that whole monoculture thing that gets a guy in trouble.
Now, if I could only find the silver lining to marestail and canada thistle....
Dandelion season
