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Old 23-02-2012, 08:56 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Tackling an overgrown allotment with a bad back

On Feb 23, 6:31*pm, Gary Woods wrote:
Baz wrote:
So the cardboard helps the Glyphosate?


No, the cardboard smothers whatever the glyphosphate didn't kill. *If you
don't want the agent orange approach, run over the whole thing with a good
strong mower, then mulch heavily with cardboard, dead leaves, anything that
makes a barrier and will rot. *If you do this in the fall, a rotovator will
finish the job in the spring. *Also a good way to convert useless sod into
useful veg garden! *(Am I the only one who finds the garden space creeps
into the lawn?)


There's no way that would work here, it would make the brambles worse.
Never rotavate them, and you can forget about cardboard or leaves
alone killing them. They're totally rampant here, and only repeated
glyphosate can make them weak enough to be killed off by other
methods.


NT