A new homeowner was frustrated to find that the previous owners hadn’t just planted grass in the yard — they had installed it using non-biodegradable netting.
The homeowner took to Reddit to ask for on how to deal with the situation, describing how the netting had “become exposed in a couple particularly dry/bare spots.”
They asked, “Am I able to remove this netting without damaging the areas that DO have grass? Is there a best method to this? … Besides just being unsightly, the netting also snares rakes and other tools which is frustrating.”
echoed.
One person, who works in landscaping, , “I hate this … Snakes and small reptiles get caught on it and will die if not rescued. We always recommend the biodegradable stuff, but many times people will just use this instead.”
Plastic netting like this is used to hold seeds and mulching material in place while grass seed germinates. But while the netting is supposed to degrade over time, that generally doesn’t happen, even for products that are — often — labeled as “biodegradable.” One genuinely biodegradable alternative is to use or coconut fiber yarns instead.
New homeowners often encounter issues like this, whether it’s stumbling upon buried sheets of stubborn , combing through piles of toxic , or struggling with other landscaping blunders from previous owners.
For OP, keeping the grass would also mean keeping the netting, seeing as they are intertwined. But one commenter going the instead, suggesting, “The best thing to do is rip it all up.”
They have a point. The traditional American is both more and more to maintain than , which is why are looking to .
And not only are more affordable and easier to maintain, but they’re also , and they don’t need any ugly plastic netting to help them grow.
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