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hi i have looked everywhere for some black plastic to kill off the grass but to no avail but i have come across quite a bit of see through thick clear plastic does anyone think this will do the trick????
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That won't do sunflower96, you need to block out the light.
How about some layers of thick cardboard?
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Got any old compost bags laying about?A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
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yes two little ones.lolComment
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That's two little areas of grass sorted...Originally posted by sunflower96 View PostA simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
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As said above, clear plastic will act like a greenhouse, and make the grass grow even more!
Wet newspapers and cardboard is what I use, weighted down with a bit of soil. It works, and it enriches the soilAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I got weed suppressant membrane from Wilkinsons fairly cheapWPC F Hobbit, Shire police
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Places like LBSgarden Warehouse and Harrod Horticultural do online deals of various types of weed suppressing membrane, but my local garden centre is almost as cheap and I can just pick it up. Saves delivery mileage from a long way away.History teaches us that history teaches us nothing. - HegelComment
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Carpet can do the job but lots of allotment sites don't allow it. Very old hesian backed ones are better than modern ones which are treated with nasty chemicals. When they do fall apart it can be horribly difficult to get rid of all the bits left behind.History teaches us that history teaches us nothing. - HegelComment
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Lay newspaper below your clear plastic.My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon LandingsComment
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ive come across another problem now when it rains the two places where ive dug and planted gets full of water and someone told me i should ask if can move plots do you think this is really neccesary as theres no other plots there so id have to wait again and i dont want to have to give it up or waste what im planting i really dont know what to do for the best,Last edited by sunflower96; 07-08-2009, 07:16 PM.Comment
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put in wet loving plants into that area - use the natural topography to your advantage!!!!Comment
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I'm going down the cardboard route
If you look here again two sheds
do you put newspaper under the cardboard or one or the other on it's own?
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One or the other is enough Chrissie ... they are each thick enough to smother most weedsAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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