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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:38 am 
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I was told by someone that covering flower beds with newspapers is better than covering it up with the black landscape fabric. Is that true? What are the advantages/disadvantages?


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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2004 4:05 pm 
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In my experience, the newspaper is much better than the fabric. The newspaper kills the stuff underneath it (usually). The fabric allows stuff to grow through & allows stuff above it to get roots through it which makes it very hard to weed. With the fabric, when you try to pull the weeds, you end up pulling up the fabric & messing up everything. :evil: Keep in mind that this is for beds you are preparing that have a grass/weed problem, not existing beds. In an existing bed, use cedar mulch & hand-pick the weeds. They will pull easily if you use mulch.

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