To Rotavate or not

2 trains of thought, rotovating chops up all your perennial weeds making even more weeds after a few weeks - true, rotovating a plot full of weeds then re-rotovating again and again over a few months will kill all the weeds - also true    

but I'd rather spray first with glyphosate leave for a couple of weeks,  then rotovate in  :roll:

So there's no easy answer, but if your neighbours are under the idea that that is it & all the weeds are gone, then they will probably be in for a surprise  

Keep at what suits you best is probably the way to go.

There's a reason for the old saying: Looks are deceiving. Give your neighbouring plots 2 months and they'll be going bananas trying to get rid of the surplus weeds they've propogated.
I agree with the others; if you want the results, you've got to put in the time. Although I have a 5 hp rotovator, before using it I'll spend a day or more if needed, digging out the big perennial roots and as much bindweed roots as I can first. I want to propogate crops, not weeds, thanks.  

I had part of the "Lot" covered with a heavy sheet for approx 6-8 weeks and after some test holes the roots systems are pratically non existent.

Good news, but the rest is covered with grass, perenials weeds etc.
Having dug up the weeds and raked the dead grass on to the compost,

 I have sprayed with Roundup and will wait for two weeks and sort a Rotavator.

Thanks for all replys

If you spray with roundup is it okay to cover the weeded area after spraying with plastic ? until ready to dig

Jazzbyrd

Another reason to leave it a day or two, is that the plant needs to be growing in order to take the weedkiller down to its roots.  I'd imagine that covering it with black plastic may halt this action and make the weedkiller less effective.  :roll:

Hey, Rich, we made sense!!  How did that happen - must be a fluke