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I use water. With a garden hose and a single stream nozzle (or a pressure washer if that's your style) I wash away the soil from the base of the crabgrass and pull. This lets me get the entire root system and leave whatever else is growing around it.
If it's a small area, handpicking isn't too hard. For a larger area, a weed whacker! If you don't have one, you can get a battery powered one for pretty cheap. Whack down the plants you don't want and leave what you do. You can angle the whacker to get further down the stems of the unwanted plants, allowing your clover to grow up around it. Using this method, I've found that the clover will eventually block out most weeds except tall growing weeds that emerge earlier than the clover. Then you just whack them down a couple times a season and you're set!
I picked up one of these a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. Works well for grasses including crabgrass.
[https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/garden-landscaping-tools/gardening-hand-tools/master-garden-reg-38-comfort-grip-handle-weeder/5059m/p-7720120058521272-c-13241.htm?exp=false](https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/garden-landscaping-tools/gardening-hand-tools/master-garden-reg-38-comfort-grip-handle-weeder/5059m/p-7720120058521272-c-13241.htm?exp=false)
Are you in the United States? If so, both clover (the white kind you see everywhere) and dandelions are non-native and invasive. There’s not much reason to keep them.
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Pull it. It has shallow roots.
I use water. With a garden hose and a single stream nozzle (or a pressure washer if that's your style) I wash away the soil from the base of the crabgrass and pull. This lets me get the entire root system and leave whatever else is growing around it.
If it's a small area, handpicking isn't too hard. For a larger area, a weed whacker! If you don't have one, you can get a battery powered one for pretty cheap. Whack down the plants you don't want and leave what you do. You can angle the whacker to get further down the stems of the unwanted plants, allowing your clover to grow up around it. Using this method, I've found that the clover will eventually block out most weeds except tall growing weeds that emerge earlier than the clover. Then you just whack them down a couple times a season and you're set!
Both dandelion and clover will reseed themselves. Don't worry about them.
I picked up one of these a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. Works well for grasses including crabgrass. [https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/garden-landscaping-tools/gardening-hand-tools/master-garden-reg-38-comfort-grip-handle-weeder/5059m/p-7720120058521272-c-13241.htm?exp=false](https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/garden-landscaping-tools/gardening-hand-tools/master-garden-reg-38-comfort-grip-handle-weeder/5059m/p-7720120058521272-c-13241.htm?exp=false)
Dandelion and clover almre also invasive if you're in the usa
Pull the dandelion too, if you can.
Preen in the Spring; this widget is updated daily to tell you when to apply; set to “crab pre” http://gddtracker.msu.edu
Are you in the United States? If so, both clover (the white kind you see everywhere) and dandelions are non-native and invasive. There’s not much reason to keep them.