Mow the lawn without bag or with if violets?

I don't know what they are yet, but they are blue and look like violets, someone said they may be jumping jack? Anyway, before I take it to my local nursery to know for sure, does mowing the lawn without the bag just spread them more? Will using the bag help keep them from spreading?

Mow the lawn without bag or with if violets?
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Is this what you have?

You might be referring to Johnny Jump Ups. That name is used interchangeably for the wild violets pictured and, their cousin, the cultivated Viola. Viola are usually multicolored.



I don't know that using or not using the bag will affect the spread of Violets. If you mow off the blossom the plant can't go to seed so you're stopping the cycle in its' tracks with or without a bag on the mower.
Reply:I have used a wet-dry vacuum with devastating effect on dandilions... use the vac in high concentration areas before you mow. Get the seeds BEFORE they fall on the ground.



Neighbors thought I was crazy but I was seed free in 2 weeks.



Some seed don't last well -- crab grass %26amp; goosegrass are 98% dead their 2nd season.... if they didn't sprout the year before
Reply:Ooo - take them to the nursery! They could be a weed, or they could be something nice that has been naturalized. Violets are big spreaders, though. They have a small rhyzome at the base, so you will find a small horizontal bulb-like thing at the base, dark, heart-shaped leaves, and a five-lobed (as I recall) flower with smaller top petals and larger lower petals on long thin stems. If they are violets - cut the yard short and often - bag the cuttings. Try to con - oops, persuade - a young person to take a screwdriver and start popping those puppies out, if you do not like them. They can bloom and seed pretty close to the ground, so that is the long-term solution unless you want a yard of them.
Reply:When a flower starts making seeds, and then dies, the seeds fall to the ground. This is how they spread. Mow or cut them as soon as you see them or when they start to bloom.
Reply:Wild Violets! I have them ALL over my yard this Spring. I transplanted most into a little garden area, before mowing. I think they are adorable little flowers! ...Just not all over my yard. lol =)



Here is a photo of a wild Violet: http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flow...



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http://www.uky.edu/Ag/ukturf/weed%20id/w...



http://www.msuturfweeds.net/images/galle...



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