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weeds
danny blackwell
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30ft of my garden has been covered in weeds I've used diff types of killer.at moment just couple dozen weeds still coming through. Should I cover with black sheeting for few weeks then rotivate a few times. Then put a fertilizer then grass seeds.?
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Generally if you rotivate you'll just cut the weeds up and they'll double the amount, as Edd says take time to read up and plan well ahead, usually the best time for new lawns are early Autumn or early Spring.
What sort of weeds are they that have resisted your weedkillers?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have you tried a glyphosate weed killer? You need something that kills them down into the roots. Make sure you read ALL the instructions on the container before any usage.
Don't rotivate - for the reasons teamleader states. It creates more problems than it solves. Make sure you follow instructions carefully for weedkiller. You have to keep doing it until everything's gone - one application won't be enough if there's a lot. Annual weeds can be hoed off and will give up quite quickly. Dove is right - what weeds are resisting the weedkiller?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...