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Laying down plastic
I haven't layed plastic down before, but need to do so now as my weed
problem is too great, I spray and spray and spray, but they keep coming back. Can anyone please help me with how the best way is to go about laying it. Thank you in advance. |
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Laying down plastic
use weedmat - not plastic.
Jock "Unlucky" wrote in message ... I haven't layed plastic down before, but need to do so now as my weed problem is too great, I spray and spray and spray, but they keep coming back. Can anyone please help me with how the best way is to go about laying it. Thank you in advance. |
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Laying down plastic
"Unlucky" wrote in message ... I haven't layed plastic down before, but need to do so now as my weed problem is too great, I spray and spray and spray, but they keep coming back. Can anyone please help me with how the best way is to go about laying it. Thank you in advance. Plastic will kill the microbes in your soil and keep out water. This means nothing much will grow and you may have a water runoff problem too. As others have said weedmat is a better option. Thick organic mulch over weedmat or newspaper (6-10 sheets thick) is better still. David |
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Laying down plastic
David Hare-Scott wrote:
"Unlucky" wrote in message ... I haven't layed plastic down before, but need to do so now as my weed problem is too great, I spray and spray and spray, but they keep coming back. Can anyone please help me with how the best way is to go about laying it. Thank you in advance. Plastic will kill the microbes in your soil and keep out water. This means nothing much will grow and you may have a water runoff problem too. As others have said weedmat is a better option. Thick organic mulch over weedmat or newspaper (6-10 sheets thick) is better still. David Thank everyone for the replies, I will have to re look at the situation with your suggestions in mind. |
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g'day unlucky,
all i ever do is use newspaper mostly sometimes cardboard as well and heaps of mulch too easy. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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Laying down plastic
Best thing to use is thick loads of very wet old newspaper. Soak the
newspaper overnight in the water - then place it onto the garden beds and cover it with mulch or top soil. If you expose it or put too little paper, it won't do the job. Don't use plastic- they cause the clay in my soil to harden and also killed all the worms in the garden. That was the state of it when I first got hold of the place. The previous owner had laid down thick black plastic onto the garden- then placed top soil onto it. Somehow it caused the death of all the worms in the garden. I couldn't find any (earthworms or compost worm types) despite digging around for six months. After I removed the plastic and placed in earthworms + compost worms I found elsewhere, the garden is doing ok. |
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