Dewitt Weed Barrier, the 20 years kind.
It’s a little pricey, so I spent a lot of time and money looking for a less expensive kind. Every other brand I’ve tried, the fabric disintegrated in less than a year. The carpet I tried is crumbling after 2 years. But I have sheets of Dewitt’s that have been in constant use for 6 years now and they’re still as solid as the day I bought them. I’m in the process of gathering enough of it to completely replace the stuff that didn’t last.
The Dewitt 20 year Weed Barrier it’s not sold here and Amazon doesn’t have the 4’ wide in a smaller roll. I’ll keep looking. Will it hold up to TX’s 110+ degree summers and it doesn’t have to be covered with mulch?
I hate weeds so much I’m this close to using some plastic sheeting we have in the garage but it might reflect too much heat back onto the plants unless it gets dirty enough. I know there’s some clear plastic but that would grow weeks but I’m thinking there’s some black, too. I didn’t want to slip on it when wet but maybe it’d get enough dirt blown onto it that it wouldn’t be so slick. It was left over from another project a few years ago so it needs to be used before it rots. What do y’all think?