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  • From: "marcy" <marcy AT aculink.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Landscape fabric
  • Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:32:20 -0700

In my last garden before I moved to the farm, I had permanent raised beds
and I put down used carpeting cut to path size. I used it upside down
because I liked the neutral backing color better. I had it in place about 7
years before I moved here and it worked great. Not sure how it would work on
berries.
What I used was pretty easy to tear once you got about an 8" cut along the
grain of the backing. If you talked to a carpet person you could probably
get all you want for free or next to nothing.
Marcy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Hill Plantation" <1corey AT bellsouth.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Landscape fabric


> If you get it down tight enough, you will avoid this problem. The plants
> will try to grow underneath, but cannot sustain themselves and will die
> back, again, the key is getting the fabric down tight. Also, weeds will
> find the tiniest little hole and grow up through it. I have pigweed in
one
> of my gardens, and it found every hole in my fabric. The other issue
about
> getting it down tight is wind. I had just covered half of my plot when a
> storm blew in. Unfortunately because I had been in a hurry trying to beat
> the storm, I had skimped on staples, and the wind found the weak spots,
> ripped every bit of it up, and twisted it into a ball down in my pasture.
I
> still haven't untangled all of it. Good luck!
>
> Pam
> Rose Hill Plantation
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allan Balliett" <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
> To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Landscape fabric
>
>
> > IT's my understanding, Pam, that landscape cloth will not keep
> > suckers and runners from emerging because they do not rely on direct
> > light for their energy source, so...you wind up with emerging plants
> > lifting your fabric and a hell of a mess. Not saying this from
> > experience, only from what I was told when I put in my berry patches.
> >
> >>I'm considering buying landscape fabric for "permanent" aisle mulching
in
> >>raspberries and blueberries. I've never used the stuff before, so I'd
> >>welcome
> >>hearing others' experience. Sounds like the woven sort would be more
> >>durable than the non-woven, yes? Which brands have worked well, or
poorly
> >>for folks? Where can I get good prices? Any tips about installing
> >>it. I plan to
> >>put drip tape underneath, and sawdust or wood chips on top, to keep
> >>sunlight off, and maximise its life. Any comments, anyone?
> >> Pam, Twin Oaks, Louisa, VA. Zone 7
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