Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Description:
This plant has green or green and red leaves and will get a yellow
flower. Whenpolinated the flower turns into a "puffball" seedhead and
the seeds are scattered by the wind. Be sure to remove these before
they go to seed, otherwise this plant will be hard to control. The
seeds will carry far in the wind, so you are likely to aquire new
plants from seeds blown in from surrounding areas.
Control:
These plants have strong and deep roots and weak stems which break
easily, meaing that for an established plant it is unlikely you will
be able to pull it by hand without it growing back from the root that
remains. For those that look established I have been spraying the
leaves with Roundup. For those that look less established, I have
been pulling by hand.
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