{"id":2644,"date":"2019-10-04T00:02:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T07:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-141\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:48:24","slug":"controlling-dandelions-without-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/controlling-dandelions-without-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"controlling dandelions without pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I have a smaller lawn, in a slightly shady area and have been having problems with dandelion and white clover. I don&#8217;t mind a few weeds, but it is getting to be too many. Children and pets play on this lawn so I don&#8217;t want to put anything that would be toxic to them on the lawn. What would you suggest I do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given that you are concerned for your children and pets, it makes sense to hand-weed your lawn. A little pocket knife is a great tool for doing this quickly and tidily. If you just spend a little bit of time at it a few days a week, it will go faster than you might imagine. Try to live with the clover; it is extremely difficult to eradicate, and it is great for honeybees.<\/p>\n<p>Small dandelions are easier to pull out. The City of Seattle has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/util\/EnvironmentConservation\/MyLawnGarden\/LawnCare\/index.htm\">excellent information<\/a> about caring for lawns without pesticides, including hints about controlling dandelions. Look in the right-hand menu for additional links to lawn care information.<\/p>\n<p>This article on <a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/ncap\/pages\/44\/attachments\/original\/1429733273\/dandelions.pdf?1429733273\">Dealing with Dandelions<\/a> from the <em>Journal of Pesticide Reform<\/em> (Fall 2001) describes several types of dandelion weeding tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a smaller lawn, in a slightly shady area and have been having problems with dandelion and white clover. I don&#8217;t mind a few weeds, but it is getting to be too many. Children and pets play on this lawn so I don&#8217;t want to put anything that would be toxic to them on the lawn. What would you suggest I do? Given that you are concerned for your children and pets, it makes sense to hand-weed your lawn&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/controlling-dandelions-without-pesticides\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">controlling dandelions without pesticides<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[156,143],"class_list":["post-2644","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-integrated-pest-management","keyword-weed-control"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}