vertical weed barrier

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    Anonymous

    Hello Charles and fellow gardeners

    I have an allotment and the grass paths around it have a lot of couch grass. I would like to put a vertical root/weed barrier in the ground between those paths and my vegetable plot in order to avoid having these weeds constantly coming back into my plot. I read another post advising to dig a trench but that is not an option for me. Would a simple polythene sheet put vertically in the ground do the trick? What other solutions are there in your opinion.. at the lowest price?

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    charles
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    You could either dig in a four by one inch strip of wood – but that is quite expensive and demanding to do – or mulch the edges with cardboard/polythene as a surface barrier, a kind of no man’s land between the couch edge and your plot.
    If possible, regular and close mowing of weedy edges is good to reduce their vigour, so they invade less.

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