Re: Weed barrier cloth
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- Subject: Re: Weed barrier cloth
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:34:41 -0500
Marilyn,
I absolutely agree about the gravel! EVERYTHING sprouts in our
gravel drive - won't sprout for beans in the borders the mother
plants live in...but get a seed near that gravel and it's in heaven!
IMO we should just be filling pots with grit or gravel and throwing
the seed on top:-)
As for weed barriers....personally, think they are not worth it as
I've had numerous plants grow right through them - makes
transplanting fun; have several residents of my garden with permanent
root skirts of weed barrier cloth that I had to cut to dig them up
and couldn't remove because the roots were so intertwined in it.
Plus any seeds that float around or drop off plants nearby will
germinate in whatever is on top of them.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Marilyn Dube <maridube@teleport.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 07, 2001 3:13 PM
>
> Janet,
> I think the Sweet Woodruff would do OK on top of the weed barrier
cloth in
> say 4" of soil - no need to poke holes. It is not deep rooted, but
has a
> mat of roots spread out like a pancake. The pancake just keeps
getting
> bigger and bigger. In winter when it is dormant, I can use a
garden rake to
> hook the mat and pull large sheets of it out. (this is the way I
finally got
> it all out of my rose border) You can take any size piece of the
pancake and
> plant it and it will take off.
> It just occurred to me that you might be talking about a weed
barrier cloth
> that is impregnated with some sort of weed killer. I don't even
know if
> something like that exists.
> My experience with just ordinary weed barrier underneath a gravel
pathway
> is that the weed seeds still float in there and sprout and do just
fine!
> BUT, they are a lot easier to pull out because they are so shallow
rooted
> :). In fact I find baby plants of every kind imaginable sprouting
in the
> gravel paths around the raised nursery beds. I think I have been
using the
> wrong seed starting medium. To heck with that fine peat / fine
perlite and
> sand mix! Just throw the seeds around on all the gravel paths and
let er
> rip! (of course plant ID could be a bit of a problem) :)
>
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
> Portland, OR Zone 8b
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