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To: DelaWhere

Impressive. Is there a brand name? The weeds always get away from me when I travel on a two week vacation in July. This would go far in dealing with that issue.


9,314 posted on 02/11/2011 7:02:35 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
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To: Neoliberalnot

I’m using Lumite ground cover from http://www.griffins.com

It is on page 138 of their catalog. Got it from them as I was buying other greenhouse supplies from them and they deliver here. (would suggest finding local source as shipping would be very expensive)

I started with a 10 X 100’ roll and then when I liked it so well, I decided to get the 15’ 6” X 300’- I put down two 100’ runs of it and figured I would use the last one to replace the 10’, but it just keeps going on and on, year after year. I originally thought it would last 3, maybe 4 years, but the original is now 6 and looks like there are a couple more years at least left.

You do need to use an abundance of ground staples to hold it down, and put some in the middle too otherwise it will try to balloon with wind and then pull the ground staples. Once I did that, I have had absolutely no problems with it.

To plant, I took a piece of 2” pvc pipe and cut it at about a 30 degree angle, making a sharp point. I use mallet and punch hole and remove plug all at the same time.


9,318 posted on 02/11/2011 8:00:20 AM PST by DelaWhere (Better to be prepared one year early than one day late!)
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