Best weed barrier fabric according to redditors
We found 18 Reddit comments discussing the best weed barrier fabric. We ranked the 13 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 18 Reddit comments discussing the best weed barrier fabric. We ranked the 13 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Use a rhizome barrier, it's not as good as concrete but will get the job done. See link below. I suffering the same nightmare right now. Good luck!
https://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Barrier-30-x60-Mil/dp/B00CZ4AVLC
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W6900S
You can buy plastic barriers to put in the ground, obviously it's a lot of work though and most people don't figure this out until it's too late. Otherwise you have to occasionally chop into the ground along the edge of the bamboo with a spade to stop it from spreading.
You could even cut that in half and make it 50' because the runners really don't go deeper than 5".
OP's wife. It's this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W6900S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Since you asked, the pros use a geotextile, rather than a weed barrier:
https://www.amazon.com/SHANS-Ground-Barrier-Geotextile-Landscape/dp/B077M956QB
Costs more, but weeds will not come up from below.
Unfortunately, it does nothing for seeds that root above it.
https://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Shield-Foot-Barrier-Water/dp/B00U9TT4RC
They carry it at home depot and lowes, I'm sure.
After you've pulled the plants out of the soil (that isn't covered by tiles) you can re-plant there, but you should either dig in it (with a shovel) to mix it up or use one of those claw tools (called a [cultivator] (http://www.amazon.com/True-Temper-Best-Cultivator-1983700/dp/B00004S1ZJ)) to mix up the soil. This will help disturb weeds and weed roots and also aerate the soil so the plants you want will grow better. If you need to raise the level, use potting soil or topsoil and mix it well with the existing dirt.
Round-Up and other weed killers (including "selective" ones) typically keep working on soil for a few weeks to a few months. If you use Round-Up, only use it on the tile cracks and keep it away from the plain-dirt areas or you'll have trouble growing anything.
For planting the plain-dirt area, consider putting down a [weed barrier] (http://www.amazon.com/Dewitt-50-Foot-12-Year-Barrier-12YR450/dp/B0016AJC1Q) and then wood chip mulch on top of that. The barrier cloth will block weeds from growing and help keep the soil moist, as will the mulch - and it looks pretty good. [Example] (http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/171154088-flower-garden-with-wood-chip-mulch-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=bVibIklCHsKI%2BYN0LOTfgqhkWvaOnrQ59hsrGtEEUGM%3D). Wood chip mulch comes in several different colors and is pretty inexpensive.
I do something very similar for my indeterminate tomatoes. I grow them vertically using poly twine and tomato clips. Then as they grow, you do Lower and Lean which keeps things manageable so you're not dealing with stuff 9 feet high. Trim all the stems to one or two main stems and remove the bottom foliage. I just keep the foliage above the fruit and then you have more airflow and less disease pressure. Just keep some shade on the fruit so they don't get scalded. Growing vertically is also easier since you're not bending over, but you do have to make a trellis that will handle quite a bit of weight. I have rollerhooks on the edge of my patio roof. The rollerhooks easily dispense more twine and slide along a cord too. My tomatoes are in 7 gallon grow bags with one 2 gph dripper in each bag that goes off automatically (a cheap battery operated controller on the hose bib) twice a day for 15 minutes. I put in organic (just because it's slow release) fertilizer once a month so it's totally a low-maintenance setup which is perfect since between work and my commute I only have time to play with my garden on the weekends. No digging, very little maintenance.
Tomato clips clips lock onto twine, can undo and move it
Roller Hooks I got mine at Johnny's because I only needed 5 of them
Poly Twine won't rot, holds up to 96 pounds
Indeterminate tomatoes grow as a vine, and won't stop until frost or you kill it, so it works perfectly this way.
edit: For determinate tomatoes try doing Basket Weave/Florida Weave trellising
Google is the answer.
just bought this from amazon, i think it's the right kind?
Would something like this be suitable? I know I want something that will let water permeate through it but this one has mixed answers about that. Do you think this needs to be under the bricks too or just the gravel area?
Xeriscape:
Rock over woven landscaping fabric like this (https://www.amazon.com/Dewitt-6-Feet-250-Feet-5-Ounce-Landscape/dp/B000W690BC).
Green look:
Hostas, lots of hostas.
I used this:
DeepRoot 18-Inch by 100-Feet Water/Bamboo Barrier Roll, 30mil https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DTQYN6Y/
3 years later, it seems to be doing it’s job.
Not sure what your search parameters are but I Googled "Canada root barrier" and got a ton of results, including this one on Amazon that ships to Canada. Hope it helps!
https://www.amazon.ca/Dewitt-Company-250-Feet-5-Ounce-Landscape/dp/B000W690BC
Boom!
We bought a bunch of 8ml weed block fabric on amazon and laid it over the whole yard after pulling the grass out and sitting through the sand to get as many of the “straggler” roots/seeds out as we could. Make sure to overlap it so weeds don’t come out of the seams.
After that I had about 20 cubic yards of compost delivered from a local landscape supply and we’ve been making organic mounds around the yard. We’re filling in the areas between the mounds with white decomposed granite for the Japanese feel (not pictured yet!) and I go around daily and pick up any branches that end up on top from our neighbors tree and pull any baby weeds out before they get too big while I water the plants.
If your mound isn’t deep enough for whatever plant you want to do then I dig out the hole and make a X in the fabric with a utility knife and then take out the dirt I need mix a bit of compost in with the native soil and plant the plant so the roots can go deeper than the fabric (I hope this makes sense!)
This is the fabric: Agfabric 5x300ft Landscape Ground Cover Heavy PP Woven Weed Barrier,Soil Erosion Control and UV stabilized, Plastic Mulch Weed Block https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTUT51G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jGsLDbWMXPFZZ
It works well, however you get what you pay for though. I tried some from the dollar store once it tore as I installed it. I wasted a buck! [link}(https://smile.amazon.com/DeWitt-P5-Weed-Barrier-Fabric/dp/B000UJVC3U/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=weed%2Bbarrier&qid=1565649156&s=gateway&sr=8-6&th=1)