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I have a question about weed fabric.

Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:08 pm
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
14159 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:08 pm
I'm trying to be lazy.

Is there a weed prevention fabric out there you can just lay directly over grass and then put down pavers or whatever?

I don't want to do any digging or anything too labor intensive. Maybe just like a 10×10 area in my backyard.

Thanks in advance.
Posted by Pahnew
Member since Apr 2008
5372 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:12 pm to
Landscape fabric. I would spray round up and kill the grass first. Put down fabric then sand or pea gravel to help level everything. Then place pavers.
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
14159 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:19 pm to
Thanks alot.

That'll keep weeds and grass from growing through?
Posted by Pahnew
Member since Apr 2008
5372 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:21 pm to
It will help minimize it, but grass and weed can grow anywhere. I've seen weeds grow in gutters.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15147 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:46 pm to
quote:

It will help minimize it, but grass and weed can grow anywhere. I've seen weeds grow in gutters.


This. No matter what you do, weeds will appear. Wind blown dirt or dirt off your shoes gets between the pavers, birds or the wind blows weed seeds and they will grow.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
33881 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 4:55 pm to
Laying old cardboard boxes down on top will help too. Helps block and kill underneath and will eventually rot away into the dirt.
Posted by bignuttsbarr
Member since May 2019
10 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 5:16 pm to
I use old carpet on top of weed fabric, and it works well
Posted by Lou the Jew from LSU
Member since Oct 2006
4706 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 5:38 pm to
Use woven fabric, not the perforated sheet type. This is what professional nurserymen use under the pots in which they grow trees and shrubs.
Posted by CrawDude
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
5267 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 6:14 pm to
This might provide some useful info
Pros and Cons of Using Landscape Fabric
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
80780 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 6:44 pm to
Layer of weed fabric, layer of cardboard from old boxes. Put down pavers then whatever material you plan on putting in between the pavers (assuming pebbles or something?)

Did this for an above ground bed and never once had a weed pop up.
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
14159 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 9:57 pm to
Thanks much for all the replies.
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4514 posts
Posted on 5/15/19 at 8:27 am to
Every nursery owner I've talked to has told me weed fabric/landscape fabric doesn't work well and isn't worth it.

They advised to do it the right way: till it, spray a strong combo of 2-4-d and round up and mix it, let it set for a few weeks, then pack it down and lay your bidding on top.

Personally I'd imagine that just spraying a strong dose of 2-4-d and round up and letting it set would work sufficiently.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64033 posts
Posted on 5/15/19 at 9:45 am to
At my old house, I used it in a flower bed. I still got weeds growing in the mulch on top of the fabric, and some of the weed roots even found their way to dirt through the seams of the fabric even though they were overlapped.
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