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[tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>]

I'll bite.

Since anything used for mulching new trees (or other plantings) has to be 
renewed/
replaced eventually, I say go for it.  All mulches have good points & bad 
points,
just learn first what these are, & whether it fits your plans.  I've ripped 
out some
woven plastics which had been mulched over and had then gradually been 
rewoven with
roots.  (Co-workers wishing they'd brought camera to document why NOT to use 
this
stuff...)  But I wonder how fast it would disintegrate if it was left exposed 
to
sunlight?

  

--- Richard MURPHY <> wrote:

> Hi Guys;
> 
>     I am launching this out in front of the "Bad Idea Detector" (you all).
> 
> A.M. Leonard sell this stuff called "Heavy Weight Woven Ground Cover".
> 
> I plan to cut it up into 3 foot squares, and staple it down around 200 
> small trees
> instead of Pine Bark mulch.
> For the purpose of blocking weeds.
> It's the same stuff nurseries use in container fields.
> Maybe toss a Rodent Bait chunk under each one.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> Thanks
> 
> Richard Murphy   zone 4


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