1 THE first and arguably the most important task when reseeding is to burn off the old vegetation. This kills the weed grass species and any other weeds that are in the sward. There is no point reseeding if the old vegetation comes back.

2 Give it time before cultivating. This is especially important if using min-till techniques as the old sward needs to be well died back for enough tilth and soil to come up and make contact with the seeds. By right, the burned off sward would want to be well grazed or mowed for silage and then left for two weeks before cultivating to allow for the spray to transgress the roots of docks.