August 31, 2007

New Typar® QuikTear™ Helps You
Tear, Place and Mulch For Quick, Easy
and Attractive Landscapes

The Typar® Landscape Products Family introduces a new landscape fabric—Typar® QuikTear™. The strong, durable fabric has patent-pending micro-perforated tear-points every 36 inches that allow you to choose and tear your length easily and quickly without the use of scissors. Blocking weeds is even easier now that you can choose and tear your lengths in no time with QuikTear.

Blocking weeds is important not only because they’re unattractive but because they compete with desired plants for space, nutrients and water. QuikTear blocks weeds because it is a continuous-filament, tough polypropylene fabric that inhibits weed root growth. When the time needed for a one-time installation of the fabric is compared to the number of hours necessary for hand weeding, and when the cost of Typar QuikTear is compared to the cost of repeatedly applying chemicals, it’s easy to see that the savings in time and money quickly add up.

QuikTear allows air, water and nutrients through, so the soil can be healthy and the roots of desired plants can have access to the ingredients necessary for their growth. However, the pores in Typar Landscape Fabric are small enough to inhibit weed root growth. (Occasionally, a weed will begin growing in the mulch on top of the fabric, but it’s usually easy to pull because its roots are only as deep as the mulch. In fact, for your desired plants to grow, you must cut an “x” in the fabric and plant through it.) QuikTear resists tearing, punctures and rotting, and its performance is guaranteed when it’s installed properly.

Typar QuikTear is lightweight so it’s easy to take to the job site. It follows ground contours readily and its patent-pending micro-perforations make it easy to choose and tear the length you want. After removing anything such as rocks or clumps of vegetation that would create a bulge, simply unroll the fabric over the area to be landscaped and tear it at the length you desire. Cut an “x” over existing plants, roll back the folds and gently bring the plants through the fabric so that the fabric settles at the base of their stems. (If the area is being newly landscaped, cut an “x” in the fabric where bushes or flowers are to be located before planting them.) Once plants are brought through, cover the fabric with 3 or 4 inches of organic mulch (such as wood chips) or inorganic mulch (such as stone) to protect it from breaking down under the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

New Typar QuikTear is available in three roll sizes: 3-feet by 50-feet, 3-feet by 100-feet, and 3-feet by 300-feet. Its 36-inch squares are excellent for placing around a tree or shrub.