How To Plant Bulbs Under Landscape Fabric

Edge your landscape area by digging 2 to 3 inches around the garden area or creating an inward slope to be sure water reaches your plant underneath the landscape fabric.

How to plant bulbs under landscape fabric. So it works super well under rock or gravel but isnt the best option for vegetable gardens. Be sure to add the necessary plant food and fertilizer to your plant before laying the landscape fabric. I then plant sets through the holes and firm the soil round each.

Plant seeds by measuring the planting distance according to the seed pack like sweet corn planted 10 inches apart in each row. Another positive note for loose soil is so the roots can spread and grow without any difficulty. Tbryant Dover NJ Jun 08 2009.

Both the kids and the garden have grown rapidly but that initial batch of landscape fabric is still in use and has been added to each season. Landscape fabric has its. Fold under the points of the X cutout and then push the seeds in to the proper planting depth.

This video is about How to plant through weed control. Cut holes in the landscape fabric large enough to accommodate the full grown trunk of shrubs and trees. Banish existing weeds either by pulling or spraying with an herbicide and then preparing the soil for planting.

Plus thats a lot of work. Digging into the fabric every year to replenish vegetable seeds will eventually make it ineffective. Smooth the ground after adding fertilizer to keep landscape fabric intact.

Slice an X in the weed barrier material with a sharp knife directly over where you plan to plant the bulb. If you must spread weed blocker across planted bulbs cut a hole in the fabric above each bulb to allow bulb sprouts to access sunlight. If I plant them under the fabric with slits to grow through will they sproutgrow.