What is landscape fabric?
Anne Albright
Hi folks,
Does anybody know what "landscape fabric" is (or something
like that)? It was used in the context of killing weeds by covering
them. I'm not sure if it's the same thing as black plastic. Plus,
where can you get it?
If anybody has any knowledge of or experience in using this,
I'd appreciate it. I need to get some beds ready and prefer to try
the non-herbicide route.
Thanks!
Anne
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Steve Holzworth
sas...@fang.unx.sas.com (Anne Albright) writes:
>Hi folks,
> Does anybody know what "landscape fabric" is (or something
>like that)? It was used in the context of killing weeds by covering
>them. I'm not sure if it's the same thing as black plastic. Plus,
>where can you get it?
Well, it's intended to keep weeds from growing, not really to kill
existing weeds. I'd shoot existing weeds with Roundup first, or just
pull them, then place the landscape fabric.
Most of the home center have it (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.). It is a
water-permeable fabric. The idea is that the water can still
reach the dirt for drainage, but weeds can't sprout through the fabric.
It usually comes in rolls 3 feet wide and is typically designed to
be buried under mulch.
You should be able to cover your beds with it, then cut slits in it
to plant the items you want. This will minimize the openings that weeds
might grow through. You may find weeds growing in the mulch on top of
the cover, but they will be easy to pull since they don't have an
earth-rooted root system.
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L. R. Fortney
In article <DtIqt...@unx.sas.com>, sas...@fang.unx.sas.com (Anne
Albright) wrote:
>
> If anybody has any knowledge of or experience in using this,
> I'd appreciate it. I need to get some beds ready and prefer to try
> the non-herbicide route.
>
water can go down into the soil, but rather because it can evaporate back
up and away leaving a dry surface. If you leave black plastic down for
several years, you'll find that shrub and tree roots are drawn right up to
the surface by the dampness underneith the plastic. Supposedly fabric
doesn't have this same problem, but I havn't looked under any yet to tell
for sure.
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Lloyd Fortney ---Opinions are mine---
Some of my flower and garden JPEG images are at
http://www.phy.duke.edu/Faculty/Fortney/LRF_Personal_Home_Page.html
ZENZANE
landscape fabric has a mesh like felt. It is commanly used to keep weeds
from sprouting up through the fabric, used under the cover of mulch or
little pebbles (disguises the fabric) it works well. If you want to kill
weeds it is better to use plastic - it heats up much quicker , this method
is called solarization. Landscape fabric is also called filter fabric and
is good used under dry stream beds and great as planting bags for water
plants.
reply is from a new user- Michelle Derviss, Novato Ca.