Say you've spent the better part of your Saturday pulling weeds out by the root, mostly Dandylions (not yet gone to seed) and Thistles, and you've left them laying on the lawn before you can be bothered picking them all up to put them in the yard waste bin.
Then while you're not looking, someone fires up the muching lawnmower, and mows the lawn, weeds and all.
Here's the question: The weeds were pulled out, root and all, left in the sun 1/2 day to wilt a little, then obliterated into a fine shred by the mulching mower. Are the weeds gone, or did mowing them just do a better job seeding a crop of new weeds than the wind ever could?
Just curious. Someone's fate hangs in your answer.
P.S. Yes, I'm mow-man.
2006-08-22 01:27:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Dear Mow-man,
Yes...but only theoretically... weeds may be seed-dispersed and/or re-rooted if they were run over by the well-intended person cutting the lawn.
But the viability of said wilted weeds is something else, especially if they've been cooking in the sun for several hours. They -- like all parties involved -- were probably somewhat wilted and tired. The immature seeds were likely already quite dried out by the time they were mowed. Slided and diced roots wouldn't likely amount to much either.
More likely, if you see new weeds, they will either be those missed by the meticulous but weary weeder or will be next generation previously - unnoticed - already - germinated, hardy specimens poking their little selves up from between blades of grass.
My verdict for what it's worth: Mow-man is not guilty!
Good luck with making your case! :-)
2006-08-22 02:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jayne B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just curious, but why didn't you pick up the weeds before mowing? After all, you spent the better portion of your Saturday pulling them and now that is wasted time. How did you mow without looking anyway?!! Very funny! It's too bad, but unfortunately you have spread the seeds all around. That is assuming they had any. If not, maybe you will get lucky and not have too many more. Pulling really is the best way of ridding your lawn of weeds, although you can purchase weed killer for your lawn and most will work pretty well. Tip: Next time, pick up the weeds and dispose of them in a better way!
2016-03-27 01:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like weeds, give the person a high five.... dandelions and other such "grass cover" of varying extents is NICE to look at and it makes for a better environment. I think we live in a society where people use too many hazardous chemicals to get a view of a lawn which in the end does not STAND UP...the childs eye and the new discovery of a broadleaf perception.....
But the answer to your question is dependent on whether the plants you just weeded out still had their "seed heads" on them and if they were mature enough to be "viable seeds" or generally if they were viable in other ways as well. And then the weather and SEASON conditions would have to be right for the seed to get established and so it's kind of up in the air.....
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2006-08-22 04:08:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dear mow man you are on the hook a bit you don't have to much to worry from the seeds i doubt but even though they were partially dried and shredded with the mulcher mower all those little bits of root can start new growth weeds are most resilient that way but take it from a gardener all is not lost if your better half did in fact pull the weeds and not use a tool to dig them she left just as many of those pesky little roots as you threw back and they aren't even wilted because pulling weeds is not a good and proper way to get rid of them you never can get all those roots.
2006-08-22 04:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by prospectorofgold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I heard a similar question asked on a radio call-in gardener. He said that if you have weeds, you should mow with a bag (assuming you want to avoid using chemicals). Mowing with the bag will stop the life cycle of the weed.
I don't know if dead, pulled weeds will come back. It might have a lot to do with how developed the seeds were.
2006-08-22 02:07:38 · answer #5 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This persons fate is sealed...Do you love or hate him/her? Yes, you have doubled the weeds in your lawn, because you really can't get to the end of a weed...They grow forever...And will not be deterred from their existence...
2006-08-22 02:00:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the weeds will spread. I would have taken the pulled weeds and burned them.
2006-08-22 03:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Largely depends on if the weeds were seeding or not.
2006-08-22 01:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by Rai A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋