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Drew Swainston

This Small Tool Gets Rid of Weeds Without Digging up Your Garden – and It’s Perfect for Dandelions

Why you should leave dandelions in your yard.

When weeding dandelions, thistles, and docks, you must remove the entire taproot. It can be tricky, but it is easier with the right tool. That is where a dandelion weeder tool comes in handy, as it efficiently helps to battle some of the worst offenders without disturbing surrounding plants.

Just slicing the top growth won’t do. If you don’t remove the taproots completely, it simply resprouts from the fragment left in the ground. A dandelion weeder is an essential weeding tool with a long two-pronged fork that targets the taproot and levers the weed out of the ground.

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