disappearing dandelions - who dun it?

Is it only the Dandelions that are disapearing? If so when you find out what is causing it will you send it round to my house?

You could then send whatever it is along to me Ian... Sorry Jo no idea as a rabbit would not confine itself to just eating dandelions!

Is it someone coming in and taking them? sounds rediculous but people do eat them in salads and all sorts (think its just the leaves though?

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It could be one of those chipmunks that are eating them. I've never tasted dandelions, Iwas told they make you wet the bed.

ive never tried them either but apparently its the leaves you eat in salads, boiled, made into pestos all sorts of things

dont some birds eat dandelions? or is it just the seeds inside?

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I was thinking that once we had worked out what it was we could bottle it and sell it to many a gardner!!! It totally demolishes the green and just leaves a brown patch of earth where it was . . . most bizarre . . .

it really sounds like someone has been out with some weed killer or boiling water, you havent got any family members to play tricks on you?

you could make a fortune if its something that can be bottled

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Just as a point of interest - dandelions are diuretic - if ever you're given "water tablets" by the doctor for swollen legs, or bloating or something, dandelion leaves do a much better job - the most effective of all. Which is probably why they're called wet the beds - but the leaves are quite tasty in a mixed salad.
Sounds to me like someone's having a bit of a joke on you Jo - love to know if its just the leaves gone or the whole root too -bet the root's still there. Maybe its a swollen, water retaining creature trying to cure itself....
And note to Ian - lol-))

i would have been me taking your dandelions if i lived nearby my tortoises love them i just can't get enough lol

definately not a trick - my cousin lives alone in a very rural village. The nieghbours are all elderly and not likely to hobble around to pluck dandelions. I wondered if field mice or voles or even stoats might do something like this? The garden is surrounded by farmers fields - but wierd how it only seems to affect one garden!

Your cousin hasn't acquired a tortoise he doesn't know about, has he?

this is a true mystery I love it
what on earth could it be?

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Its a phantom dandilion eater, HA HAHAHA HA :~))

I have been told that hedghogs eat these
have you seen any about?

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I will ask stephen to look out for hedgehogs tortoises and phantoms and I'll let you know . . . Jo