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Lawn advice please!
scrappysally
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My lawn despite 3yrs of trying to turn it round is completely strangled by weeds, vetch, a fern, and many others. What can I use to completely kill all the weeds so I can rotavate and re seed in the spring? happy to kill grass as well as there"s not much left but need to see off all the weeds.
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Roundup is the most common brand and you can buy it concentrated (which will be much cheaper) and use a backpack sort of sprayer rather than in a spray bottle.
I use Rosate36 which is also glyphosphate, but much stronger.
Either will do what you want, BUT in order for glyphosphate to work, it must be used during the growing season - ideally from April to Sept, as it'll only work if the plants are growing. Once sprayed on, everything should be completely dead in about 3 weeks.
This time of year plants are shutting down for winter, so it's unlikely to work.
Be careful using it as if you get the spray on a plant you like, it'll kill it.
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