[andyhardy5]

After a little bit of advice for the weekend.  I've taken on a second allotment.  The first one I cleared the organic way but this one I am going to spray with roundup.  I have a petrol strimmer and wondered whether I should strim it down before I spray it or will it be more effective to just spray??

Any advice would be helpful

[Kenilworth]

I think someone on here said to strim it down then attack the new growth with the roundup

[Growster...]

I think strim then Roundup Andy, having done just that.

If you're treating a large area, which presumably you are, you tend to use a heck of a lot of the spray if it's going onto long growth, and it's a bit tougher to clear away afterwards, being dead and the like...

[andyhardy5]

Thanks for the advice Kenilworth & Growster.  I'm on my way up there now so will try and get it all strimmed before we get any rain.  That way I may get the weedkiller on tomorrow.

[Springlands]

Hi Andy - I would slightly disagree with the previous posters. You need to have active growth on the weeds for the roundup to work - so spray, then leave the plot for at least two/three weeks so that the roundup gets right down to the roots. Then you can either dig or rotivate depending on your choice. That worked for me this year on a new veggie patch.

[Kenilworth]

Hi Andy - I would slightly disagree with the previous posters. You need to have active growth on the weeds for the roundup to work - so spray, then leave the plot for at least two/three weeks so that the roundup gets right down to the roots. Then you can either dig or rotivate depending on your choice. That worked for me this year on a new veggie patch.

Yes your right about needing active growth. I think the advice was to strim and then wait a while to let the new growth reappear, then spray before the weeds hit maturity. Supposedly this means that there will less weed seeds flying around..........Its nots something i have been able to do (still on waiting list for my allotment, though i do have a large veg patch in the garden) but someone did advise this approach on here a few weeks ago.

[Dominic]

I would strim to a height and then spray.

A brushcutter loppinh off anything above 10cm should clear a lot, and the plant will have lots of active growth for the round up to attack.

[sunshineband]

Whenever you do spray (if you do), trampling growth to break down some of the cell walls a bit helps get the poison into the system a bit quicker.

[Kenilworth]

Whenever you do spray (if you do), trampling growth to break down some of the cell walls a bit helps get the poison into the system a bit quicker.

Sounds good............. will keep that in mind for when i need to do a clearing

[Growster...]

Strimmer!

Luxury! All we had to use was a swap and a pair of rusty shears......

Mrs Growster only reminded me of this yesterday...