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  • MintyAnt@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzAilanthus
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    3 days ago

    There’s a smother option but it takes 5ish years of leaving smothered.

    There’s the roundup spray option, which is probably the most effective currently? It’s critical you spray at the right time (after it flowers)

    I saw one option of repeatedly cutting it to eventually starve the plant of energy. I suspect there’s some specifics there about when it’s ok to cut though.















  • I love your line of thinking. Lawns don’t feed the ecosystem, flowers do! But here in the US dandelions and clover are not a critical part of their diet. Native plants are the critical part of their diet - e.g. Native maple trees that bloom first!

    Dandelions are native to Europe

    Clover is native to Eurasia

    They are far from the worst weeds, i wouldn’t go eradicating them like you should invasive plants (I leave both in my lawn anyways). But if we are looking to support our bees and ecosystem, then we should be re wilding our yard and growing native plants

    In New England there’s a lot of neat spring ephemerals too (select from additional attributes)