weed suppresant membrane

 


am working on a garden that has weed suppressant membrane covering all
the flower beds. Is this neccesary as it makes it difficult to dig and
cultivate and plant new plants. My thinking is it would be better to
remove it so beds can be improved and made ready for further planting




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ttg

 


ttg;880693]am working on a garden that has weed suppressant membrane
covering
all the flower beds. Is this neccesary as it makes it difficult
to dig and
cultivate and plant new plants. My thinking is it would be
better to remove it
so beds can be improved and made ready for further
planting

depending on how large an area u are talking about and how long
the barrier has been down it might not be a huge chore to remove but if
u dont want it there then get rid of it.
some ppl like using landscape fabric or other barriers to help keep
weeds under control, but others dont care for it at all.
if u do decide to keep it u can cut out the area that u wish to add
new plants into and then after doing so apply a new layer of mulch.
i guess everyone has their way of doing things ;).
good luck :). cyaaaaaaaaaaa, sockiescat:).




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sockiescat

 



And as organic material finds its way onto the barrier, you will get new
weeds growing on top of it anyway. Weed, newspaper, and mulch (in this
case, they are verbs).
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so, is the newspaper supposed to be superior to the landscape cloth ??

James

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And as organic material finds its way onto the barrier, you will get new
weeds growing on top of it anyway. Weed, newspaper, and mulch (in this
case, they are verbs).
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In cost, yes.
In suppressing weeds in the short term, no.
In suppressing weeds in the long term, yes, because you won't have to
excavate it to clean it off. If you have new weeds, lay down more paper
or cardboard.
It suppresses weeds (in conjunction with mulch), for the year. One of my
beds is being encroached on by Purple Dead-nettle, and I'll paper it
over, and mulch it in about a month. There will be potatoes in that bed
this year and the Purple Dead-nettle is a companion plant for potatoes,
so I'm not too worried about it. The other beds are weed free except for
the occasional wild onion (which get pulled), and cleavers (Galium
aparine - L.) in the corner of another bed. I'll pull those cleavers but
I have a small area of my garden devoted to cleavers.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Galium+aparine
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merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.


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