Why are dandelions seen as bad ?

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cjsdowg
04/28/2024
10:44 PM
#1
Like I was pulling some dandelions today and it just hit me. Why do people hate these things so much. They are like little flowers that I don't have to water.
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Miquella
04/28/2024
10:46 PM
#2
I associate them with bees.
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Hyena_Of_Ice
04/28/2024
10:47 PM
#3
They are an invasive weed that is difficult to eradicate because the seeds are wind-propagated, and failing to remove every bit of root results in a new plant.
If you chop the root into little bits, each piece will become a new plant.
MICHALECOLE
04/28/2024
10:48 PM
#4
Theyre weeds
Kai_Laguna
04/28/2024
10:49 PM
#5
Because they are a "weed". Never mind that it's delicious in salads, it's roots can make a nice tea, and it can even be used to make cheap booze at home.
DrizztLink
04/28/2024
10:50 PM
#6
Hyena_Of_Ice posted...
They are an invasive weed that is difficult to eradicate
That's half the why.

Not the half that would answer the question, but half of it.
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Compsognathus
04/28/2024
10:51 PM
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For lawn fetishist, they do stick out from the classic uniform green lawn look.

But even for those those that don't care as much. They grow taller than most lawn plants, the grow quickly and they spread. And their stalks do look pretty ugly once they are naked. Like I don't care about having a perfect green turf lawn but even I get annoyed when with just patches of dandelions pop up compared to the other plants in my yard.

The other aspect is social. Right or wrong, dandelions, especially ones that have gone white, are considered weeds that are supposed to be removed. By extension a person who has a lot of dandelions isn't taking care of their property and thus are lazy and have bad maintenance. And that is not an assumption people like having made about them. So people who might otherwise not care about dandelions, get rid of them anyway. And that just perpetuates the cycle.
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1337toothbrush
04/28/2024
11:07 PM
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Because it means you didn't waste your time manicuring your lawn, which is a status symbol.
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AirFresh
04/28/2024
11:13 PM
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It's more or less how quickly they produce seeds in such a large quantity. Visually I like em but if left alone it can become a problem quick
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/28/2024
11:22 PM
#14
The funny thing about weeds is that there's no real definition of weed or why it's bad.

I straight-up think the term just means "somebody smarter than me doesn't like it."
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Back_Stabbath
04/28/2024
11:23 PM
#15
Pain in the ass in summer, have to mow like twice a week instead of once a month if I want it to look good
the flowers hide away at the slightest sign of cold or shadow and look like long ugly stalks
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HOON
04/28/2024
11:26 PM
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Arcanine2009
04/28/2024
11:36 PM
#17
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TheGoldenEel
04/28/2024
11:56 PM
#18
Hyena_Of_Ice posted...
They are an invasive weed that is difficult to eradicate because the seeds are wind-propagated, and failing to remove every bit of root results in a new plant.
If you chop the root into little bits, each piece will become a new plant.
Dandelions arent considered invasive, and they are far better for a native ecosystem than a green lawn

theres been a push in my community to let dandelions grow because they are good for pollinators, and now most people leave them be around here
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04/28/2024
11:59 PM
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LonelyStoner
04/28/2024
11:59 PM
#20
They dont pose a threat to any plants or animals, so I wouldnt call them invasive in the technical sense. Theyre edible and have a great flavor when added to water. They provide more benefits to a yard than negatives. Pollinators love them.
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LonelyStoner
04/29/2024
12:03 AM
#21
coyot posted...
last month I visited the grave of a famous writer and left dandelions. There were many bottles (even small unopened whiskies) and a book of his poems.
Would that happen to be Faulkner?
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VeggetaX
04/29/2024
12:10 AM
#22
They make your lawn look trashy, IMO.
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Turbam
04/29/2024
12:13 AM
#23
Miquella posted...
I associate them with bees.
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LonelyStoner
04/29/2024
12:14 AM
#24
VeggetaX posted...
They make your lawn look trashy, IMO.
My wildlife professor lets his lawn grow wild every year to support pollinators and other beneficial species. Nothing trashy about it.
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Baphometa
04/29/2024
12:28 AM
#25
"It's a weed" is circular reasoning. The definition of a weed is any plant that you don't like. Saying that you don't like it because it's a weed is not giving a reason as to why you dislike it.

IMO, dandelions grow easily on their own so their presence shows a lack of personal lawn care.
I moved up to New Jersey from Florida recently and seeing more natural lawns with occasional dandelions is beautiful in comparison to the completely artificial garbage lawns of Florida.
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SiO4
04/29/2024
12:34 AM
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They aren't bad at all.
They are edible.
And good pollinators.

People don't like them because the US has the strangest obsessed with haveing a 'perfect lawn'
~Which aren't perfect at all.

Yet at the same time, blowing the seeds of a Dandelion bloom is considered one of the most romantic images ever. People are totally disconnected with the land.
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VeggetaX
04/29/2024
12:45 AM
#28
I'm sorry I'm no druid and have bought into society's view on what a nice lawn is supposed to look like. Also I don't want no garden snakes on my lawn. The cleaner they are the less likely they'll appear.
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LoveLikeJazz
04/29/2024
01:00 AM
#29
LonelyStoner posted...
My wildlife professor lets his lawn grow wild every year to support pollinators and other beneficial species. Nothing trashy about it.
Ahhh yes good excuse for laziness lol

I just mowed my lawn today, fucking hate yard work. I had lots of dandies, and a ton of bees in my backyard too. I felt kinda guilty tbh.

Pretty much everybody around here was putting off the first mow of the year until today it seems. I must have heard about 4 or 5 other mowers going throughout the day in my immediate area.
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Hyena_Of_Ice
04/29/2024
01:32 AM
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coyot posted...
Thats why I have no problem with rabbits. Groundhogs however <_<
the last time I caught a groundhog scavenging our garden, I threw a tortilla or something, he scrambled and smashed into the fence, then climbed away.

Groundhogs and wild hares both carry a lot of really nasty and potentially fatal diseases like tularemia, hantavirus, and leptospirosis. Mowing a moist lawn full of hare turds can send the tularemia airborne and give you pneumonia (tularemia is most commonly contracted through direct contact with hares and hare feces)

LonelyStoner posted...
My wildlife professor lets his lawn grow wild every year to support pollinators and other beneficial species. Nothing trashy about it.

He needs to not be lazy and plant a native garden instead (which requires pulling of nonnative weeds); that is exponentially better for pollinators. Make sure to get come Curcurbits in there for the squash bees.
VeggetaX
04/29/2024
08:51 AM
#31
Also where I'm from we get fined if we don't maintain our property to some minimum standard.
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tripleh213
04/29/2024
08:53 AM
#32
MICHALECOLE posted...
Theyre weeds

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Talk2DaHand
04/29/2024
09:09 AM
#33
MICHALECOLE posted...
Theyre weeds

Nice
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/29/2024
09:43 AM
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Hell no, there's gotta be something we can agree on.
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LoveLikeJazz
04/29/2024
09:47 AM
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VeggetaX posted...
Also where I'm from we get fined if we don't maintain our property to some minimum standard.
Same, but I think it has to be pretty extreme.
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VeggetaX
04/29/2024
09:47 AM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Hell no, there's gotta be something we can agree on.
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Serious_Cat
04/29/2024
09:49 AM
#39
I always just thought of them as flowers but Wikipedia says they're non-native so I suppose technically a weed.
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whitelytning
04/29/2024
09:50 AM
#40
LonelyStoner posted...
My wildlife professor lets his lawn grow wild every year to support pollinators and other beneficial species. Nothing trashy about it.

Sure it is. Everything that your professor does is great for ecosystems and pollinators and all that but it looks like crap compared to a well manicured, golf course like, lawn.

I have contemplated taking my lawn seriously but its so much work and money. The idea of leveling it and getting a reel mower so that I can walk around barefoot is nice. But when it comes down to it I cant commit. I have done the easy stuff (soil tests, pre emergent, bug killers, fertilizers, regular cuts) but dont want to take on too much. Dandelions and other weeds stick out now that I care a little. They are hard to get rid of.
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theAteam
04/29/2024
10:20 AM
#42
Dandelions fly (literally) in the face of conventional lawn maintenance fundamentals. People like to have a uniform grass lawn and have their flowers outside of the lawn in areas they control. Dandelions are good at surviving and really good at reproducing and spreading over an entire yard very quickly.
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MrAntisocial
04/29/2024
10:27 AM
#43
If I remember right, dandelions are not native to North America and were brought by Europeans because of their medicinal qualities. They are also a legume that can fix the nitrogen in the soil (there's a fungus that can grow on the roots of legumes that can make nitrogen in the air bioavailable to plants). But companies that make herbicides had a hard time creating a herbicide that kills weeds but not dandelions, so we see them as weeds
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TheGoldenEel
04/29/2024
12:22 PM
#44
Serious_Cat posted...
I always just thought of them as flowers but Wikipedia says they're non-native so I suppose technically a weed.
Grass is non-native too, is the thing

flowers like dandelions growing in your yard are way better for the environment than a big green lawn
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Cuticrusader09
04/29/2024
12:24 PM
#45
MICHALECOLE posted...
Theyre weeds
They are food. You pick them before they form flowers so the leaves arent that bitter. Amazing source of Vitamin K.

Or use them to make dandalion wine.
Weezy_Tha_Don
04/29/2024
12:39 PM
#46
Kai_Laguna posted...
Because they are a "weed". Never mind that it's delicious in salads, it's roots can make a nice tea, and it can even be used to make cheap booze at home.

what are you, those rhinos or whatever from Ice Age?
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vycebrand2
04/29/2024
12:44 PM
#47
SiO4 posted...
They aren't bad at all.
They are edible.
And good pollinators.

People don't like them because the US has the strangest obsessed with haveing a 'perfect lawn'
~Which aren't perfect at all.

Yet at the same time, blowing the seeds of a Dandelion bloom is considered one of the most romantic images ever. People are totally disconnected with the land.
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