I feel that is really depends on what you are spraying. For example Young grasses, I spray, seed, and dont bother mowing. Grasses and shrubs mixed, i like to mow, wait a week is best, then spray. But for tough shrubs, small trees I like to bushhog then immediately spray. Those cut stems soak up gly fast just like tordon on a stump and gets a better kill for me then waiting on leaves to absorb and kill whole plant. Depending on how much stubble is left I will then seed and mow over to get my thatch layer.