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Rotovate after spraying with glyphogan?
Victoria42
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Hello all.
I have a large area of garden that was smothered with weeds. Bramble, nettles,dandelion and other such delights which I'm afraid I don't even know what they are. Last summer I sprayed with roundup and left it. This year the weeds are back in abundance. 10 days ago I sprayed with glyphogan. I have also been digging up weeds but am not fit enough to tackle the entirety as I have a temperamental back!
Do I have to dig all the weeds up once the spray has done it's thing, or could I rotovate it?. Eventually the area will be grass seeded, with meadow along one length of the plot. I don't mind if it's not a perfect lawn or if dandelion poke up their heads as once it's mowed it's all green anyway ????
All advice gratefully received.
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Don't rotavate until youre sure the really tough weeds are dead.
This may take a few applications of weedkiller.
As Darren says, once the weeds are dead, you can rotovate to save your back.
I'm in the process of doing exactly the same thing in an overgrown bit of my garden.
I don't know about glyphogan, but with glyphosphate I find it best to leave it about 4 weeks from application to ensure its really all dead
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Thank you both very much. I think I shall give it another spray to be on the safe side and then leave it a month or so, then rotovate ?
Victoria, I'd use SBK on the brambles and nettles it's far more effective than ordinary glyphosate. It takes about a month and applications every two weeks for it to work at its best.