{"id":1915,"date":"2017-04-18T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-111\/"},"modified":"2017-04-18T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T07:00:49","slug":"garden-tip-111","status":"publish","type":"tool","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-111\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Tip #111"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best time to pull up weeds with long tap-roots, like dandelion and yellow dock, is just after a good soaking rain.  Even without a special tool, the tap-root can be wiggled a bit and then tugged right out of the ground.  If even a bit of root is left behind it will regrow, but the plant will be weaker and will eventually die if the tops are cut off repeatedly.  A good <a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/ncap\/pages\/44\/attachments\/original\/1429733273\/dandelions.pdf?1429733273\">article<\/a> on controlling dandelions organically is available from Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best time to pull up weeds with long tap-roots, like dandelion and yellow dock, is just after a good soaking rain. Even without a special tool, the tap-root can be wiggled a bit and then tugged right out of the ground. If even a bit of root is left behind it will regrow, but the plant will be weaker and will eventually die if the tops are cut off repeatedly. A good article on controlling dandelions organically is available&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-111\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Garden Tip #111<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[141,142,143],"class_list":["post-1915","tool","type-tool","status-publish","hentry","keyword-rumex-crispus","keyword-taraxacum-officinale","keyword-weed-control"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool\/1915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tool"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}