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A gardener finds some broad leaved dicotweeds growing in his lawns what can be done to get rigd of the weeds efficiently?

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The broad leaved dicot weeds can be killed and elininated by the spray of weedicide 2-4 D, (a kind of plant phytohormone auxin) . This will make the lawn free of weeds and will hepl the gardener to make the lawn ween free.
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