You don t want standing water.
Plastic sheeting weed barrier.
This is best used for low water xeriscaping soil solarization or a plant less installation covered with rocks gravel or permenant mulch.
Fabric allows the water to escape and not settle.
Black sheeting commonly used in landscaping and commercial vegetable production deprives weeds of light as well as moisture.
It has done well for about 4 years now with a minimal weed issue so i really can t complain a lot.
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There are two primary methods for plastic weed barriers in the garden.
The plastic mulched area often has mold slime growing in and among the rocks or mulch because there is no drainage.
Occultation for agriculture is a term used to describe a technique popular in europe by organic farmers for greenhouse weed controlling and stale seedbed preparation.
The other is to use standard black plastic sheeting which creates a solid barrier that completely blocks weeds as well as water.
One is to use woven landscaping plastic sheeting which allows water to permeate through but prevents weeds from growing.
Plastic sheeting for weed control offers the advantage of being impermeable.
Solid plastic weed coverings are the most effective and long lasting weed barriers.
All ends up poking through the mulch material in tattered ends and the weeds are perfectly happy to germinate on top of these materials.
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Skip the dangerous pesticides by using farm plastic supply virgin resin weed control plastic sheeting for killing weeds without harmful chemicals.
But landscape fabric is not cheap.
Heavy duty woven contractor ground cover weed barrier landscape fabric heavy duty commercial grade model 32118hv 69 98 69 98.
Matrix grid landscape fabric model nmvpp610085 72 98 72 98.
I would not recommend using the black plastic or any plastic really for weed barrier for gardens.
Spread over weeds the plastic barrier blocks sunlight water and oxygen and suffocates even mature weeds.