What to put underneath a rock lawn to keep grass/weeds from growing through?

Question

I am putting a rock lawn in by myself when it cools down. I need to know what is the best fabric, brand name and where to get it, to put underneath these rocks so that I won't have grass and weeds coming through. Most of my neighbors who have rock lawns have grass that grew through. Black plastic is not an option, as I live in Vegas and it will melt. Any ideas for other substances that I can put down to keep the grass/weeds from growing through? The last thing I want is to have to take all the rocks out and redo it because the fabric didn't work.

Answer 1

Why waste money on fabric or plastic? The fabric eventually rots away. Spray a general purpose herbicide to kill all vegetation. Salt will also do the trick, if you'd rather not use harsh chemicals.

If you "accidentally" spill a can of gas, I can guarantee you that grass won't grow there for a long time.

Answer 2

I thought rock was dead in the Eighties, I hated Hair Bands and Punk and Disco. The 90s proved me wrong when I heard Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots and Sound Garden. It seems like rock might be dying again now that those bands are gone but it just depends on what you like. It you don't like the new stuff at the time then it will seem like rock is dying. Of course music has to change or we would all be sick of the same old thing. It is harder these days to be a supergroup because nobody can match record sales of the past. People these days just download the music they want. Alot of the time it is just one song and not the whole album. In the 70s I would buy an album not for one song but for all of them. Also for the cover art of the album and what it had to say. Younger people today don't have the feeling of owning an actual physical collection. They just put music into a computer and thats it. Rock will never die because there will always be that young musician out there that is good enough to come up with something new but use the influences of the past to do something like Kurt Cobain did.

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What to put underneath a rock lawn to keep grass/weeds from growing through?
I am putting a rock lawn in by myself when it cools down. I need to know what is the best fabric, brand name and where to get it, to put underneath these rocks so that I won't have grass and weeds coming through. Most of my neighbors who have rock lawns have grass that grew through. Black...

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Answer 5

Any of the fabrics will work. Be sure to put at least 3" of rock on top, 6" would be better.

However, dust blowing in the air will settle on and under the rocks and on top of the fabric. Then seeds blowing in the air will find the dust, germinate and grow. So you will need to occasionally weed the rocks, the weeds will pull out easily as they will be shallow. Or you will need to use a weed killer. But you won't need to remove the fabric.

Answer 6

If you are absolutely sure that you don't want anything to grow there, here are some hints:
Spray area with high concentrations of vinegar or a broad spectrum plant killer that will damage the soil.
place layers of newspaper over this,
add a layer of pvc pond liner that is rated for extemely high temperatures.
Finally add a layer of sand to help with leveling the rocks.

Hope this helps.
You can skip the newspaper layer if you like since it breaks down over time anyways.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Weed fabric - any brand by a reputable company with a name you know from other garden products. Be sure to anchor it with stakes, and cover with a nice thick layer of either ulch or pea gravel sized river rock. Anything that makes it thru that can be a real miracle, and can killed with either weed killer or boiling water.

Answer 9

Black plastic does not work anyway. I bought some stuff from a garden center that had fiberglass in it and it works great! I was told from my sister that layers of newspaper works very well and things will not grow through it either. I have not tried this myself though.
the stuff with the fiberglass was like a black plastic but had fibers going through it too. I think this would work quite well in Vegas. Nothing grows through it in Kansas.

Answer 10

Kmart and Walmart have a fabric to put down. Don't know what the brand name is, but it works.