If you are looking for a weed barrier and have decorative pines and other shrubs and want rock or mulch for a cover, you want a product called Dewitt landscape fabric (Woven),or DuPont fabric, Visqueen. Dewitt woven 20yr is one of the best.
You can, yes. I would use a landscape fabric or a bio- barrier.
One of the best solutions to preventing new growth from the roots is to use water permeable landscape fabric in conjunction with dirt. Make a skirt for the tree out of the landscape fabric, and cover with dirt until no roots are exposed.
Using a thick layer of mulch and landscape fabric to cover your soil surface will help with the prevention of weeds. www.ehow.com has more tips on preventing weeds.
Landscape fabric is meant to prevent weed growth in the area where it is put down. Pine needles are considered ground cover and are essentially meant to do the same thing but not as effectively. So for complete weed prevention use the landscape weed barrier ( providing it can allow water to pass through ) and pine needles on top for a nice appearance.
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You can do this but the best thing is to cut a slit, dig a hole and put in your plant. After doing all the planting cover the visible fabric areas with mulch. I'm not a great fan of the fabric covers as a weed preventor because weeds (also Bermuda grass) will grow INTO the fabric making it difficult to remove. Best weed restrictor is 2 ins. of mulch.
You can use landscape fabric to prevent weeds, but it still requires maintenance, the weeds will eventually grow on top of it, the best thing you can do is limit water use and have a weed prevention chemical used to keep them from sprouting if they ever do try to grow.
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