Dandelion secrets

[Alpine Naturescapes]

OK for those of you who want my secrets - sorry. I am looking for advice. This year the dandelions have been terrible. I went with triplet in April, and Speedzone in May. Both apps just burnt the tops off. I used Turflon Ester in June mostly for bindweed, clover, and mallow, but lots of the dandelion came back from this too. Ok, so I probably should have used the Speedzone in April. In Sept I have been spot spraying with Confront out of desperation, to get rid of them, and everthing else gets an amine 2-4-D. October I now may go with Speedzone or Trimec.

What I want is a good dandelion program - I am open to all suggestions. Advice from the Pros please. The only time temperatures are consistently below 75 degrees here is in April and October. I don't have a good dandelion product for 85+ temps except Confront, and I don't want to use up my residential labelled stash. Maybe Horsepower plus Spotlite? Escalade? Other? And I need a good reasonably cheap program in the spring that won't just burn the tops off. Please help - all ye ladened with knowledge.

[lorenzo piedra]

Plain old $17 a gallon PBI 24d ester works fine.

For best results you should be adding about 4 ounces per gallon of solution of 20-20-20 GP soluble with the herbicide.

[mariner]

That trimec should do it if you are buying the concentrate. Don't buy the premixed crap. If your properties have not been taken care of in the past then there will be a lot of dandelion seeds in the soil and it will take time to weed those out... so to speak. Dandelions are one of the easiest weeds to knock out in my opinion. Reccommend those customers with heavily weeded properties to go with a monthly treatment program for their first year and then fall into your regular program thereafter. More money for you and the weed population stays down.

Its just like anything elso you own. A lawn requires maintenance to stay in top shape. That means some type of annual lawn treatment program along with cultivation and over seeding during the season. You let it go and it takes more work and time to get back in line. Its easier to maintain than fix down the road.