Should I lay down fabric, before I plant these blue fescue plants, for weed contol??
I just split 4 or 5 big plants into these smaller pieces.
I want to space them 12" apart so they will grow together & form a lumpy ground cover.
Im wondering if the fabric is even necessary since the roots are so thick. Also, will the fabric prevent the plants from spreading wider than the holes I cut for them in the fabric.
Im in Long Beach, CA. Thanks!!
by dantheguy01
5 Comments
Don’t do fabric it won’t stop anything and the weeds will grow through, and into the fabric. It will also make it hard for your plants to root and will compact the ground under the fabric more making it into more of a dead zone.
Never plant with fabric it does much more harm than good
I hate fabric down. It’s worthless. I just bought a house last year and have spent more time than I should have ripping this shit up. I plant mostly perennials so their roots or ryzomes will Spread over time. If the fabric is there they can’t go deep enough to stay warm over winter.
Absolutely not! Remember to mulch and water in well
I know people are saying don’t use ‘fabric’ aka weed barrier but we did in our front ‘yard’. – we live in a mobile home park where the front yard was mostly tree roots. – Anyways we used the fabric and put down bark. It has been many years now. More than 5 maybe 10?.. the few weeds that grow are super easy to pull. However I don’t know specific down sides to using it around plants.
If I was going to potentially plant in that area later, it would be too hard to dig new holes. So my vote I suppose is also don’t use fabric.