Types and differences of PP ground cover fabric
PP ground cover fabric protects your landscape from weeds for a long time, leaving its beauty undisturbed.
PP ground cover fabric will keep weeds out of your rocky paths and pea gravel borders, keeping your landscape beautiful for a long time. PP ground cover fabric will provide reliable security for your landscape, improving soil, improving moisture, reducing evaporation, and enhancing the survival and health of landscape plants.
PP ground cover fabric has been used for many years as a weed suppression and weed control method. As the technology of PP ground cover fabrics has been updated, so have our common ground cover materials.
In this guide, you will find a very comprehensive guide to PP ground cover fabrics.
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What is PP ground cover fabric?
- PP ground cover fabric is a fabric that is very tightly packed to cover the ground and inhibit the growth of weeds. It is usually made of polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyester. It was first made of woven linen, but now it has been replaced by plastic.
- The main function of ground cover is to block weeds, shade the sun, improve moisture conditions, and improve soil nutrition. It retains moisture, stabilizes temperature, prevents soil erosion, and minimizes the use of herbicides.
- Common woven weed control fabric, needle punched weed control fabric is able to allow moisture and air to enter the soil. Needle-punch weed control fabric and non-woven weed control fabric also allow moisture and soil to enter, but the rate of water infiltration will be slower and the insulation effect is better. They can be used in conditions with a large temperature difference between day and night or in colder conditions.
- There are many names for PP ground cover fabrics according to their applications, including weed block fabric, landscaping fabric, garden fabric, weed barrier fabric, and weed control fabric. and non-woven weed control fabric.
What are the common types of PP ground cover fabric and what are the differences?
There are many different types of PP ground cover fabric, all of which are used to suppress weeds and are therefore often referred to as weed control fabric. But each type has slightly different application scenarios. We usually distinguish them according to its manufacturing process.
Our common ground cover cloths are divided into, woven weed control cloth, needle punched woven weed control cloth, and non-woven weed control cloth.
Woven weed control fabric
Needle-punch woven weed control fabric
Non-woven weed control fabric
Woven weed control fabric
- Woven weed control fabric is usually made of woven polypropylene fibers, with uniform air permeability holes between the fibers. Depending on the density of the weave, the weight varies. Heavy-duty weed control cloths tend to take on a more stressful weed control environment.
- Woven weed control fabric is a very common weed barrier for trees, shrubs, flower beds, gardens, agriculture, and greenhouses.
- Woven weed control fabric often comes with fixed spacing green or yellow lines, which are used to easily determine the proper distribution of plants.
- Woven weed control fabric is not easy to puncture and tear, and has good toughness. However, the strength is slightly lower than needle-punched woven weed control fabric. Because of the smooth surface on both sides, it is also rarely used for gravel and stone paving.
- The heavy woven weed control fabric is very durable and can be used behind retaining walls to keep out roots and weeds.
Needle-punch woven weed control fabric
- Needle-punched woven weed control fabric is based on woven weed control fabric, and the composite fibers are implanted on the surface of the woven weed control fabric by the needle-punching technique.
- The plush fiber surface brings a better weed control effect to the needle punched woven weed control fabric. This allows it to be used in environments where weed pressure is high.
- At the same time, needle-punch weed control fabric can provide greater insulation for colder growing environments, promoting the growth of planted crops or flowers.
- The two sides of needle felted weed control fabric are different, one side is plush fiber and the other side is similar to ordinary weed control fabric. For greenhouse, the plush side is down. When using grit, the plush side goes up to play a better role in fixing.
Non-woven weed control fabric
- Non-woven weed control cloth is different from the process of weaving weed control cloth, non-woven cloth is using fiber thermal spray process. The fiber of non-woven fabric is a whole piece, no obvious seams and holes can be seen. 2.
- Nonwoven fabric allows air and moisture to penetrate, but at a slower rate. It is very good at preventing soil infiltration and is therefore often used as landscape fabric, for building rock paths and rock ground cover. 3.
- Nonwovens are also available in very thin versions and can be used in agriculture to insulate plants. 4.
- Nonwovens are not suitable for conventional flower beds or gardens, where they prevent the plant roots from breathing.
What are the key things to look for when buying PP ground cover fabric?
When buying PP ground cover fabric, you need to make a very clear choice.
- Determine the environment and intent of your use. Woven weed control cloths will do the job in most scenarios, gardens, farms, landscapes. Landscape fabric needs to be chosen according to the usage, heavy duty can choose needle punched weed control fabric and non-woven fabric.
- determine the weight of the weed control cloth, weight is a very important parameter, many thickness, durability are directly related to the weight. We commonly use 3oz, 3.2oz, 4.1oz, 6oz. 6oz is suitable for heavy-duty environment.
- determine the spacing of the bright line, usually the spacing of the bright line is 0.5m (1.6ft), this spacing can be customized according to requirements.
- Determine the shipping time and other details. You need to confirm these details with the weed cloth supplier, whether they are within your requirements.
- Request a sample, a sample is very necessary, through the sample you can understand the quality and specifications of the product is in line with your requirements.
- Pay attention to the quality of the product, we need to have authoritative test reports, including ISO and SGS.
The products of PP ground cover fabric are very versatile and very recognized. At the same time, the products are very different. Through our identification, we can choose the best product.
Conclusion
Only when we are familiar with the ground cover products can we effectively choose the right kind for our project. Ground cover products are diverse and abundant, and we need to pay attention to their differences so that we can choose the right one for our project.
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