Which comes first, the agro-textile or the plants?

How to prepare the soil for the agro-textile?

Prepar­ing the soil for the agro­forestry is a key step to ensure healthy plant growth. First of all, the area should be thor­ough­ly cleaned, remov­ing all weeds, stones and plant debris. It is also a good idea to dig the soil about 20–30 cm deep to improve the soil struc­ture and make it eas­i­er for plant roots to pen­e­trate the sub­strate. The soil should then be lev­elled and, if nec­es­sary, enriched with com­post or suit­able fer­tilis­ers to give the plants the best con­di­tions for growth.

Once the soil is ade­quate­ly pre­pared, the lay­ing of the agro-tex­tile can begin. Many gar­den­ers won­der what to do first. agro-fibre or plants? The answer is: agro-tex­tile first. This is what will ensure uni­form grow­ing con­di­tions and lim­it the growth of weeds. Remem­ber that prepar­ing the soil is not only about aes­thet­ics, but also an invest­ment in the health of your gar­den.

Choosing the right agro-textile fabric for your garden

Choos­ing the right agro-tex­tile is a step that has a key impact on the health and appear­ance of your gar­den. There are dif­fer­ent types of agro-tex­tile avail­able on the mar­ket, which dif­fer in gram­mage, colours and prop­er­ties. The most com­mon are white and black agro-tex­tiles. White non­wo­ven agro tex­tiles are pri­mar­i­ly used to cov­er plants, which pro­tects them from frost and exces­sive sun­light. Black agro-tex­tiles are main­ly used for mulching the soil, as they are excel­lent at sup­press­ing weed growth while pre­vent­ing the soil from heat­ing up.

When choos­ing a non­wo­ven agro-tex­tile, it is worth pay­ing atten­tion to its weight — the high­er the weight, the stronger the mate­r­i­al. The high­er the weight, the stronger the fab­ric. 50–100 g/m² is rec­om­mend­ed for mulching, while a lighter weight of 17–30 g/m² is suit­able for cov­er­ing plants. Remem­ber that the right choice of agro-tex­tile depends on the spe­cif­ic needs of your gar­den. Check out the range of non­wo­ven fab­rics on the non­wo­vens page to find the per­fect prod­uct for your require­ments. Thanks to a well-cho­sen agro-tex­tile, your plants will have opti­mal con­di­tions for growth and your gar­den will be free of unwant­ed weeds.

How do I lay down the agro-textile correctly?

To prop­er­ly lay the agro-tex­tile on the pre­pared soil, start by care­ful­ly mea­sur­ing and cut­ting the mate­r­i­al into suit­able pieces. After clean­ing and lev­el­ling the ground, lay the non­wo­ven agro-tex­tile over the entire sur­face area, remem­ber­ing to over­lap it by about 10–20 cm for bet­ter pro­tec­tion against weeds. When installing the non­wo­ven agro-tex­tile, it is impor­tant to fix it firm­ly to the ground to pre­vent the mate­r­i­al from mov­ing.

Use spe­cial gar­den pins or anchors for fix­ing, which you should dri­ve into the ground every 50–100 cm. Remem­ber to fas­ten the fleece par­tic­u­lar­ly care­ful­ly at the edges and joints. After spread­ing the non­wo­ven fab­ric, cut holes in the mate­r­i­al where you plan to plant the plants — these holes should be matched to the size of the seedlings so as not to dam­age the roots. This will give you a per­fect­ly pre­pared sur­face where your plants will have opti­mal grow­ing con­di­tions. Choose the right type of agro-woven fab­ric to enjoy a healthy and aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing gar­den.

Planting plants on agro-textiles

Plant­i­ng plants on agro-tex­tile requires prop­er tech­niques and care to ensure the best grow­ing con­di­tions for the plants. Once the soil has been pre­pared and the agro-tex­tile has been laid, it is time to start cre­at­ing holes for the young plants. Depend­ing on the type and size of the seedlings, the inci­sions in the agro-tex­tile should be care­ful­ly made so as not to dam­age the mate­r­i­al or the roots of the plants. It is best to choose the cross method, which allows you to flex­i­bly adapt the hole to the size of the plant.

Prac­ti­cal tips for plant­i­ng crops on agro-tex­tiles:

• Make a cross or ‘X’ shaped inci­sion where you plan to place the plants.
• Gen­tly lift the cor­ners of the result­ing inci­sions and form a small hole in the soil.
• Place the seedling in the hole, tak­ing care not to dam­age the roots.
• Care­ful­ly lay the pre­vi­ous­ly raised cor­ners of the agro-tex­tile around the plant, pro­tect­ing it from chill­ing and mois­ture loss.
• Make sure the plants are well placed and have enough space to grow.

These tech­niques make plant­i­ng plants on agro­forestry sim­pler, and work­ing well togeth­er will result in an aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing and healthy gar­den.

Advantages of using an agro-textile

There are many ben­e­fits to using agro-tex­tiles in the gar­den, which have a sig­nif­i­cant impact on the health and appear­ance of the plants and the gar­den as a whole. One of the main advan­tages of agro-tex­tile is pro­tec­tion against weeds. Thanks to the use of the agro-tex­tile, the plants are pro­vid­ed with opti­mal con­di­tions for growth and unwant­ed veg­e­ta­tion has no chance to spread. Anoth­er ben­e­fit is water con­ser­va­tion — the agro-tex­tile helps to main­tain the right lev­el of mois­ture in the soil, which is par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant in peri­ods of drought. It also pro­vides bet­ter ther­mal con­di­tions for the roots, pro­tect­ing them from sud­den cool­ing and exces­sive heat. As a result, the use of agro-tex­tile sup­ports healthy plant devel­op­ment, which trans­lates into an aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing gar­den.

In addi­tion, the ben­e­fits of using agro-tex­tile also include min­imis­ing the need to use her­bi­cides, allow­ing the gar­den to be man­aged in a more eco­log­i­cal way. Improved soil struc­ture and bet­ter grow­ing con­di­tions for plants make agro-tex­tile a solu­tion that is not only prac­ti­cal, but also ben­e­fi­cial to the envi­ron­ment. The use of agro-tex­tile is a long-term invest­ment in the health and beau­ty of the gar­den, mak­ing it eas­i­er to care for the plants, allow­ing gar­den­ers to enjoy lush and healthy green­ery through­out the sea­son. Choos­ing the right type of agro-tex­tile, tai­lored to the spe­cif­ic needs of your gar­den, guar­an­tees the best results and sat­is­fac­tion with your gar­den man­age­ment.