For one person they are a joy, for another they are an eternal sorrow - daisies on the lawn. If you would like to destroy this wild weed in your garden, there are various methods available to you.
How to destroy daisies?
To eliminate daisies in the lawn, you can deadhead the plants before they bloom or use special lawn fertilizer with weed killer. Alternatively, you can also benefit from daisies by using them in the kitchen or as medicine.
You don't need to use chemicals to grow a few daisies on your lawn. Here it is enough to weed the plants. It's best to do this before flowering so that the daisies don't self-seed. In damp weather, digging out the roots is particularly easy. Use a dandelion cutter, it will make your work easier.
You can remove daisies from lawns with a special lawn fertilizer that has been mixed with weed killers. In addition to daisies, you also destroy other wild herbs and encourage your lawn to grow thickly. Only use these remedies if there are no children or pets playing on the area.
Do you even have to remove daisies?
Even if you have a lot of daisies in your garden, you don't necessarily have to fight them. Instead, you can also use the plants for your he alth or in the kitchen. You might also find friends or neighbors who would appreciate a few daisies. Then dig up some plants, put them in a pot and give them away.
The Benefits of Daisy
Not only rabbits and other grass-eating animals like daisies, many people also refine their salads or soups with this slightly nutty-tasting wild herb. You can also do something good for your he alth. Drink daisy tea in spring, it has a diuretic and blood-purifying effect. Poultices with daisies relieve skin rashes and have a wound-healing effect.
Process the flowers of your daisies into flower butter or decorative ice cubes. In this way you prevent these plants from spreading further in your garden because they can no longer sow themselves.
The most important things in brief:
- effective and harmless: cut out plants
- Weed killer only on unused areas
- double benefit: eating daisies
Tips & Tricks
The most ecologically sensible way to destroy daisies is to use the plants. Use daisies in the kitchen or for medicinal purposes, or feed the plants to your rabbits.
