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Need weed sheet or not

  • 15-04-2014 04:27PM
    #1
    tricky99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭


    I need to decide today whether I want to put weed sheet under bark in large planting beds. Is it worth the extra bit or does it really prevent weeds or take from the overall look?


Comments

  • #2
    vinnie13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭vinnie13


    It's 50/50 tbh weeds will grow in the bark.it will still need to be sprayed twice a year


  • #3
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,297 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Yes, the weeds will grow in the bark but they are easier to get out, and generally the sheet will keep down most of the weeds. However I have just removed it from one of my beds as I find that the bark tends to skate around on it and you end up with bald patches, also if you need to change a shrub you have quite a job working through/round the membrane. Plants generally are very happy to be under membrane though. So its a toss up between the various arguments. I would definitely put membrane under pebbles or chippings, but under bark, as vinnie says, its 50/50.


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