if you're letting your dandelions flower, you should remove them when they go to seed. if they seed your neighbor's lawns, your neighbors are probably going to use pesticides that are going to be flushed into your local water table
I can't fathom why anyone hates dandelions. The entire plant is edible and they're a cute little flower.
Some people are allergic to joy.
Not joy in general; just other people's joy.
Some people derive joy from seeing others suffer, that's true.
And they are amazing for bees
I heard their pollen doesn’t provide enough nutrients for the hive/queen. Specifically protein.
Here’s a link to neat bee article. Go pollinators!
https://www.gardenmyths.com/dandelions-important-bees/
Protein contains amino acids, and some of these amino acids are essential. That means the organism can not make them; they have to get them in food. Dandelion pollen is low in valine, isoleucine, leucine and arginine, essential amino acids for honey bees.
Dandelion is consider a poor quality source of protein for bees.
Still better than short cut grass.
That’s true, but it’s better than no flowers. I see this comment pop up pretty regularly in reference to dandelions as a source for pollinators as if eliminating the flower would be of little impact. Dandelions are one of the first flowers to show up for the pollinators, even if they don’t provide the best food for insects it’s still something, especially in sterile modern suburban landscapes. .
Dandelions never hurt anybody.
You must not have met HOAs.
HOAs have hurt people.
Dandelions actually do important work for your lawn. They break up the hardened soil to make the ground softer for the grass to grow in. Letting dandelions grow will lead to a more beautiful lawn.
I like dandelions. I'd let them grow even without the additional benefits just because they're pretty. And also fun for kids when the seeds mature and you can pluck them and blow them into the wind.
I completely agree. But for all those that want the lawn to be beautiful and healthy it's good to have that knowledge about them. They're useful and good looking. And you can make shitty wine from them.
How shitty of a wine are we talking about here? Boxed wine that's been exposed directly to the sun for months?
I will never understand lawns.
Lawns became symbols of the elite in England, as wealthy landowners sought to show off their gains via the most ostentatious displays possible outside stately homes.
Colonizing landowners were keen to replicate the look of a manicured English garden. As such, English imperialism is somewhat to blame for lawns being created around the world, where they became a status symbol, and a sign of wealth and well-to-do.
What I don't get is what's the point of a garden with only 2cm-long grass in it?
The point from from old England's perspective is that keeping the grass at 2 cm requires a whole bunch of resources and people, so only the rich could afford it. Even today, any neighborhood with weeds growing instead of a 2cm lawn is instantly classified as lower class. There often is no practical use or sometimes use for games or walking is when forbidden because it's a status symbol only.
It's like asking what's the point of owning a Bugatti Chiron that can go 400 kph when you're stuck in the same traffic jam anyway.
It goes back to the origin stated here. It was desirable because they could afford to effectively waste a lot of acreage on a crop that had no benefit. Simply for show.
I wonder is it something specific to the USA or in other countries people are obseessing over nit having them in the lawn?
I'm in France and every though WE are far from having wild urban meadow or meadow at all, I've never heard of people and HOA complaining about dandelion before learning nolawn mouvement on the internet.
Totally a USA thing. Dandelions and Clover are seen as undesirable to our eugenicized monoculture lawns.
The terrible part is the clover and dandelions and these other early season ~~flowers~~ "weeds" are a very important part of a bees diet.
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)
Definitely a thing in the US. People spend lots of money to have chemicals poured onto their lawns every year, summer and winter, to keep the weeds away. All of those chemicals have to go somewhere. Probably the groundwater and streams and other bodies of water. Not good.
It's a weird culture a lot of emphasis on freedom and protecting your home but then you just "ok then" when the local busy body comes around. It's your land get them told
I too had never heard of the insane hatred on the poor dandelions before stumbling upon it online.
They should just eat more salad if it's such a problem.
People can eat dandelions. So, free food? Where?
You can eat dandelion greens, but be careful where you pick them. Some people use pesticides for spiders and ticks around their homes, or weed-killers. You can also boil the greens and flowers to make tea.
So maybe I get a yummy meal, maybe I just fucking die?
I'll roll those dice.
The whole dandelion is edible. Flower too. I don't know about the parachutes though.
People that are too lazy or can't afford to cut their lawn typically also can't or don't care to afford pesticides.
Edit: I'll eat the spiders too.
Not (frequently) mowing your lawn is one of the best things you can do for your local bee population. Dandelions and other meadow flowers are great sources of nutrition for them. Obviously, don’t use pesticides either.
Dandelion greens are really good for you. Plus as others have noted monoculture lawns are pretty bad for the environment. Better than impermeable surfaces but still not great.
You can make Dandelion wine, coffee, dandelion salve, dandelion syrup, dye your clothes and eat them, to mention a few uses. - maybe he should sell them.
Oh no! Your neighbour will really be upset now...
What they meant us your lawn has less than the regulation number of dandelions. Quick, go gather seeds and start replanting!
Do the dandelion dance! Blast techno! Wear a speedo! Celebrate nature's bounty, yo!!
Worked in animal crossing
It doesn't say what to do with them... If I see something like that with no context, I'm breeding ginormous people-eating dandelions...
That's better than someone dousing the lawn in roundup.
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