Best way to get rid of dandelions

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We have a lawn which last year had some dandelions in and this week seems to have sprung them up all over it.

Please let me know the best method you have of getting rid of them. It would be a big task to dig them as our lawn is on the large side. But if I do dig them over the summer how deep do I need to dig?

Will weed killer destroy the whole lawn?

We have a lovely wild (neglected) area in our garden which will serve the wildlife well.

I would just like the lawn to look and feel nice to walk and play on.

They can be dug up but you have to get all the root out, and dandelions have very long roots.

Weedkiller would work and a garden centre will advise you on which is best and how to use it.

There are companies, Greenthumb etc who specialise in treating lawns so they grow weedfree and very lush. The treatments are not particularly expensive although they do use chemicals.

i wouldn't want to put anything nasty on it tbh. espo if you have children playing on it.

you can dig them out, but they have a very, very long taproot you;ll need to remove. I think you can get a special tool to help get them out,,.
like these

this article might help too?

Put a "Weed and Feed" treatment down - we do this every spring.

Thank you for your very prompt and helpful responses.

I will try the eco methods first. The people who lived here before us used Greenthumb and the lawn is nice and soft. I would be worried about my dcs and the cat to put chemicals on the lawn.

Why is it that if I try to cultivate a thing it perishes, but when I don't want the blighter it spreads?

Caurnie, my friend said weed and feed left her with brown patches of lawn. Is it the timing?

We use Verdone every 3 to 4 years, and in between pull the heads off them religiously before they set seed (get the DCs to do it!), this helps stop them spreading. I find the roots break off incredibly easily, even with the special tools.