The Accidental Smallholder Forum

Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: arobwk on April 16, 2018, 08:49:58 pm

Title: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: arobwk on April 16, 2018, 08:49:58 pm: Just wondering whether anyone can suggest a good (competitive prices) supplier of woven weed membrane.
If you can, what amount were/are you buying at any one time?
I need to ring around, but hoping to narrow down the list of suppliers I might choose to ring.
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: cans on April 17, 2018, 09:36:48 am: Out of curiosity how much of an area are you looking to cover?
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: arobwk on April 17, 2018, 06:17:35 pm: Quote from: cans on April 17, 2018, 09:36:48 am
Out of curiosity how much of an area are you looking to cover?

cans, I can't give a simple answer to your question. There will be small planting areas (amounting to hundreds of square metres overall) where I will use weed-sheet regardless of the price I can find. Then I am thinking about various perennial plantings that might benefit from a weed-sheet to reduce maintenance time/effort - these might (in time) extend to 5 acres, but I've not decided yet.
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: cans on April 19, 2018, 07:43:03 pm: That’s a lot of weed control fabric.

Craigmarloch nurseries ltd on the outskirts of Glasgow might be worth looking at

What about the likes of wickes or jewsons?
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: DavidandCollette on April 20, 2018, 10:18:51 am: Lots of sites on tinternet many can supply whatever length and width you esnt
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: arobwk on April 21, 2018, 01:39:57 am: To cans: yeah, that would be a "lot of weed control fabric" and I'm not about to remortgage the house for weed-free acres!! However, if I could only find a decent price (substantially less than £0.40/m sq) I might be tempted to "push the boat out" a bit beyond the few hundred m sq that I presently have in mind. (I'll take a look at Craigmarloch, ta.)

To DavidandCollette: you are right, but I've yet to find anyone advertising for less than £0.40/m sq. Thanks though and I'm sure there will be bulk deals @ a better price if I ring around, but was hoping I could narrow down the list of telephone numbers to call.
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: Scotsdumpy on April 21, 2018, 08:30:21 am: https://www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk/lbs-economy-weed-control-fabric-100m-roll (https://www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk/lbs-economy-weed-control-fabric-100m-roll)

its far to ear?y for me to do the maths on this but might work out if you buy more than 1 or 2
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: macgro7 on April 21, 2018, 03:54:38 pm: Our local allotment society sells it for 60p per meter (if I remember correctly) but it's 4 metres wide! We couldn't find it anywhere cheaper than that!
Title: Re: Woven weed membrane - best source/price
Post by: arobwk on April 24, 2018, 02:44:43 pm: Thanks Scotsdumpy and macgro7 for your replies.
I think I've already book-marked LBS and I'll go back for another look.
Must have a chat with couple of neighbours with allotments!!