Garden slating

[Android 07]

Hi.

In my garden, the grass grows tall in a very short span of time. After months of lawn-mowing and hedge trimming unwanted flower plants, I decided to put heavy duty weed control fabrice on top and then hammered it down with some steel ground pegs.
In one section , I put slate chippings on top and there has been no weed or flower growth.
In another section, I put slab ( without sand underneath )and grass has been growing from the edges of the slabs or from in between.

Should I put slate and then put slabson top, seeing how slate seems to have some anti-weed magical properties?

 

[conny]

Did you not put any weed control under the slabs? This is what hinders things growing through.
My daughter put slate chippings down without weed control and it was a waste of time.
Plants/weeds grow through the soil, searching for light, and they will find the smallest chink through slate, shingle, pebbles and even sand.
Remember, seeds are often blown on the wind and can start to grow if the land on the smallest bit of soil/dirt between flagstones/blockwork.

 

[Android 07]

Did you not put any weed control under the slabs? This is what hinders things growing through.
My daughter put slate chippings down without weed control and it was a waste of time.
Plants/weeds grow through the soil, searching for light, and they will find the smallest chink through slate, shingle, pebbles and even sand.
Remember, seeds are often blown on the wind and can start to grow if the land on the smallest bit of soil/dirt between flagstones/blockwork.

I did put weed control fabric and then slabs on top but grass seems to find a way to grow through the cracks in between. Maybe I need a base of sand.