I am a first time home buyer with very little experience in gardening or lawn care. I have a third of an acre with a beautiful area for flowers, however I began raking away the wet leaves from last fall this week and realized there is about two inches of wood mulch then a plastic lining. This plastic lining can come up right?? I want to get to cleaned out, but I am afraid to remove the plastic. Please let me know if I should remove it or leave it alone...thanks!!
This Site Might Help You. RE: Plastic lining in garden? I am a first time home buyer with very little experience in gardening or lawn care. I have a third of an acre with a beautiful area for flowers, however I began raking away the wet leaves from last fall this week and realized there is about two inches of wood mulch then a plastic lining. This...
You can remove it, it was put there to act as a weed barrier. To be perfectly honest the weeds just grow on top of the mulch.
Leave it just poke a hole where you want to plant your flowers,the plastic stops weeds and the like coming through.
The plastic lining is to keep weeds from growing in your flower beds. The mulch is to keep moisture in and to hide the ugly black plastic. Leave it, try not to poke holes in it. The more holes, the more weeds will find their way through. You just cut holes in the plastic where you want to plant your flowers. If the plastic has been there a while, you should probably replace it. It lasts a limited amount of time. Good luck have fun.
The plastic was put ther ON PURPOSE. Someone did a very good job! Advantages 1. reduces evaporation and preserve water in the soil 2. reduces the apparition of weeds - and your effort in removing them. 3. covered with mulch, is quite attractive. 4. snails move with difficulty, having a reduced chance to reach your plants So, leave it in place, add some extra mulch (if needed) - about 2-3 inches. If you want to plant something new, cut the plastic with cissors in an X shape, dig the hole, put the plant in the hole.
