Mulching Mats / Weed Control Fabrics

Acorn supply mulching fabrics for weed control in various materials (photodegradable, biodegradable and non-degradable). Mulch weed control fabrics can be supplied on rolls or as mulch mats (squares). Our Mulch mat / fabric range of materials includes woven polypropylene, non-woven polypropylene, spun-bonded polypropylene, polythene, jute and hybrid jute.

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Mulch Mat / Weed Guard Materials

Mulch Mats are available in three photodegradable materials: woven polypropylene, spunbonded polypropylene and polythene, in biodegradable materials: jute / hessian and in one hybrid material: jute with a polythene backing. The photodegradable mulching materials offer a long lasting, cost effective mulching solution, whereas the biodegrable materials provide a more environmentally friendly solution, do not need to be collected up and release nitrogen and other beneficial elements into the soil as they rot.

Mulch Mat Squares

As their name suggests these are a simple square of material with a slit cut in the middle, enabling them to be placed over the top of small single stemmed plants . The slit can also be cut to one edge for use with larger plants, on request.

Mulch Mat Treespats

Treespats are a patented design, with an sewn overlapped section running from the middle to one edge of the muclhing mat. This makes the muclh mats easier to fit, and provides better weed control.

Anchoring Mulch Mats / Mulching Fabric Rolls

All Treespats must be firmly anchored in place. The polypropylenes and jutes can be conveniently anchored down using either our plastic or steel pegs. The lower cost plastic peg, which has 4 pairs of barbs, is generally preferred, but the steel peg may be better on stony ground.

The number of anchoring pegs needed per mat depends on the size of the mulch mat and the exposure of the site. If anchoring pegs are the only means of anchoring, we recommend four for the standard square, five for the standard Treespat, eight for the large square and nine for the large Treespat. We would recommend using a plpeg every 1/2 metre on mulching sheets.

N.B. None of these sheet materials will necessarily provide totally weed-free conditions. Some grasses, for example, may penetrate even woven polypropylene mats.