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Weed cintrol fabric

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  Posted by BensGrandad (U7827628) on Saturday, 3rd September 2011

  Due to circumstances I have not spent the time on my allotment as I would have liked and the result is it is covered with weeds, which is stopping the growth of some veg.
  
  I am going to clear it in the next few weeks, when the runner beans and marrows have finished.
  
  When I do I am going to rotovate it and set it up for the winter to clear for next year. Should I cover it in the black weed control fabric rhen rotovate it and leave it open for the winter for the frost etc or should I rotovate then cover it in November time any advice would be apprecxiated. This year has been a dead loss as regards growing anything a lot of which is my fault.

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  Posted by BensGrandad (U7827628) on Saturday, 3rd September 2011

  Just to add I intend to apply glysophate weedkiller to the entire plot once all the veg is finished. That should be applied while there are weeds growing I believe rather than wait for the winter.

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  Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Sunday, 4th September 2011

  What I would do is to apply the weed killer now to clear the area-then rotovate it or whatever when the weeds have died down-dont see any point in covering weed control fabric during the winter as very few weeds will be growing-let the winter weather do its work then put fabric down next spring when you are ready to start again
  Does this help ?
  
  Geoff

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Sunday, 4th September 2011

  Hi, Bensgrandad, nice to have you back.
  
  I agree with TDC.
  
  Hope you don't mind me saying but I love your user name, I have visions of a guy looking like father xmas sat in a potting shed telling Ben tales of gardening

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  Posted by BensGrandad (U7827628) on Monday, 5th September 2011

  Thanks to all for the advice. I will write this year off as a dead loss and prepare properly for next.

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