Minnesota Weeds
Dandelion
It is spring and summer will be here soon which means it is
getting warmer then comes the sun, then comes the Minnesota Weeds. Warmer weather specifically means that those obnoxious
yellow flowers my kids love to pick
will be showing up in all yellow glory.
If you’re living in the Minneapolis, MN metro and are a homeowner who likes maintaining a healthy, green, weed free
yard, then you know what a pain these yellow infiltrators can really end up being.
Dandelions in MN are a public nuisance and abundant perennial weed with leaves
that are flat on the ground with a long deep penetrating perennial tap-root.
This common grass weed is often enjoyed by young bright eyed children looking
to please mom and get back on her good side, but despised by adults, especially
when they turn into white puffy clouds of seeds.
They grow best in Minneapolis,
Minnesota’s sunny but thinning lawns, and can handle, hard compacted soil in need of an aeration, but
not a ton of walking traffic. Dandelions flower (bloom) in both warm spring and autumn – the spring time
is the much heavier of the two blooming cycles – when the daylight times that are
under 12 hours long.
Minneapolis MN Management &
Control
What can be done by Minneapolis MN homeowners to route
one of the worst Minnesota Weeds
those vile yellow broadleaf weeds?
Dandelions controlled quite easily by
having your Minneapolis MN lawn care professionals at Weed Man MN utilize our golf course grade broadleaf weed herbicide.
The optimal time for the most effective treatment of a dandelion is after the plant has yellow flowering stage and is in the “white puff-ball”
stage. Early to mid-fall is also a good time to apply broad-leaf weed treatments,
because this is when dandelions transfer the most nutrients
from their leaf blades to their root system for winter hibernation. Weed control applications at this period
of time will interrupt the weeds natural growth patterns, and you would be able
to see obvious results the in the following spring season.
The other need thing to do is keep a dense, thick, healthy Minneapolis, MN lawn. As mentioned before,
a wispy thin unhealthy lawn is more likely to catch a “cold” like a weak immune
system in humans, but in the grasses case lawn disease, insect infestations and
weeds. Keeping your grass lush,
healthy and full through extended slow release fertilization with watering, and
cutting your lawn routinely at a higher level will quite literally choke out
the dandelions and other Minnesota Weeds.
If you have a small number of dandelion flowers packed into one smaller
area of your lawn or contained in a flower bed, you may want remove them by
hand with a weeding fork. If done so make sure you get all the way down to the
root or the problem may occur in the exact location again. If you are able to
wait Weed Man Minneapolis, MN can
get out to the property and take care of the issue with finality. Minneapolis, MN homeowners may also collect
the lawn clippings when mowing the grass in trying to capture the weed right before
it turns white and goes to seed. However, be careful if you use this technique
some weed seeds “like dandelions” can be carried in the wind from anywhere and stay in your grass’
soil waiting for the right time to bloom. Because dandelions are not an annual weed but a
perennial weed, they will keep coming back every year and many times in bigger amounts
so if you do not take immediate and effective, more permanent controlling
measures you may be seeing a lot of yellow every year.
Make sure and call Weed
Man Lawn Care Minneapolis, MN we can take care of your Minnesota weeds, outdoor yard insects and aerations. Call
651-456-9696