Carpet For Mulch In Garden

Carpet was well worth using though so long as you mulch heavily with newspapers underneath it to suppress most of the weeds from growing through it.

Carpet for mulch in garden.

Mulch is the ultimate gardening time saver no matter if you re tending to flower beds or vegetable gardens and while mulching itself may be a pain it reaps many rewards. Used carpet keeps weeks down while letting water through making it an outstanding garden mulch. Not replacing the carpet yet in your home. It should last several years.

No weeds or grass all summer. Photo courtesy of carol s. Hi carole i have seen carpet used as weed mat around native plantings in gullys etc and it works really well but not so much in a home garden. When done properly.

Use discarded carpet to control weeds and provide weed free walking paths. Grasslife soft artificial grass rug outdoor puppy mat garden rubber mat realistic rug soft fake turfs for pets patios 20 in x 24 in 3 34 square ft 3 tone 4 6 out of 5 stars 32 revtime easy diy interlocked outdoor rubber tiles 20 x20 x1 500x500x25mm thick for playground outdoor gym floor sport floor backyard play area safety. And your plants will thrive. I cut holes in it big enough for the squash and pumpkin plants and just let them grow out over the carpet.

Photo by john krill. Do not use clippings from lawns treated with herbicides or toxic pest controls. Turned upside down with the jute back on top it looks like mulch. Except for pulling an occasional weed from the squares a carpet based garden mulch requires little care.

I have used old jute backed carpet in a large winter squash and pumpkin garden with great success. I think the most important thing would be perhaps to use a wool carpet rather than nylon as you might find it could have chemicals leaching into the soil. Keep mulch at least an inch away from plant stems to avoid rot and fungus problems. Clippings used as garden mulch should be sun dried for a day or so.

Hi alison very long time no see years ago you sent me some brugmansia cuttings but you would not believe the brug seedlings i have growing now two double pinks among them.