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I just learned from another book that dandelion leaves exude an ethylene gas that discourages competition from other plants. That is alarming news! The same source indicates that even a small fragment of the plant’s long tap root can grow into a new plant. No wonder I can’t get rid of them in the yard.
Each dandelion ‘flower’ is actually made up of around 200 individual flowers, each producing a seed with its own tiny parachute. These seeds can stay aloft almost indefinitely as long as humidity is less than 70 percent. With
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