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  • Cheap polypropylene fabric?

    Hi all,

    does anyone know of anywhere that sells cheap polypropylene fabric by the metre?

    Thanks,

    Crazy Red

  • #2
    Dunno.
    What's it for? Maybe I know it by another name.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Hi T_S,

      The stuff those builders bulk bags and blue tarps are made of.

      I was thinking, ito use instead of weed suppressant fabric as it's lightproof but not waterproof - and usually a heck of a lot cheaper than the 'official' stuff, so a friend says..

      Red

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      • #4
        You can get large cheap tarps from Poundshops etc.
        I've used two ... the cheapest one (sounds like what you mention) shredded within a year, into a million pieces of blue tape; it wasn't UV stable.

        the thicker stronger one by Blackspur (10 ft square) (£6 from QD) is still going strong ... it's pegged to the ground weed-suppressing and warming up a patch at the moment.
        Amazon and eBay sell them too: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackspur-18.../dp/B000R9QHTW
        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 06-01-2009, 09:09 AM.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          PS. I had a large piece of that builder's bag type fabric, which I covered a rudimentary compost heap with ... it shredded all over the place too. I still haven't picked all the bits out of my soil. You definitely don't want the woven strip kind of fabric, it's sh1t.
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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