Newsprint paper for weed barrier

Bruinwar · June 4, 2020

The parent corporation of the company I work for has a "community garden" we started 2 seasons ago. The produce gets donated to a local shelter.

This year nothings been started do to Covid. I went ahead & volunteered to put it in, alone. This is fine, one day to prep, one day to put it the plants. Hybrid tomatoes, zucchini, & winter squash is all I am going to put in. Good for sturdiness & shelf life, great for donating.

This needs a weed barrier & straw. We've used newspapers for this in the past. That's with an dozen volunteers & someone had some newspapers. I use cheap costco fabric with straw in my gardens. I do not have any newspapers.

Why not get a big roll of newsprint from the local office supply? I just thought of this today & wonder, is there is anything wrong with that idea? It's around 30 bucks, easy to handle & should work better than newspaper. Is this stuff differnt somehow to newspaper newsprint?

Thoughts?

Regards,
Joe S.

June 4, 2020	#1
Bruinwar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Ann Arbor Michigan Posts: 93	Newsprint paper for weed barrier The parent corporation of the company I work for has a "community garden" we started 2 seasons ago. The produce gets donated to a local shelter. This year nothings been started do to Covid. I went ahead & volunteered to put it in, alone. This is fine, one day to prep, one day to put it the plants. Hybrid tomatoes, zucchini, & winter squash is all I am going to put in. Good for sturdiness & shelf life, great for donating. This needs a weed barrier & straw. We've used newspapers for this in the past. That's with an dozen volunteers & someone had some newspapers. I use cheap costco fabric with straw in my gardens. I do not have any newspapers. Why not get a big roll of newsprint from the local office supply? I just thought of this today & wonder, is there is anything wrong with that idea? It's around 30 bucks, easy to handle & should work better than newspaper. Is this stuff differnt somehow to newspaper newsprint? Thoughts? Regards, Joe S.