In various circumstances cardboard, newspapers, tarpaulins, silage wrap and old carpets can all work well as weed suppressants (I have gleaned stocks of all types), but I'm still thinking about commercial weed membrane offerings for my larger, more permanent plantings.
I'm still holding off on a major purchase of membrane (non-woven or woven types), but have ordered a butane-powered "hot knife" to see if that might make the woven membrane option more viable, i.e. to stop any cuts from fraying by melting/bonding the weave on cut edges.
If it doesn't do what I would like it to do (ref weed membranes), plenty of other uses. However, I'm wondering whether anyone else has used one of these tools for sealing woven weed-membrane cuts and whether it worked for them ? (If so, any tips ?)