Biodegradable blankets can be used to prevent erosion along the areas where the soil is disrupted. A blanket system can be used along shorelines, on steep or shallow inclines, or along flat expanses of land that lack adequate vegetation coverage and protection from wind.
How A System Works
Biodegradable blankets are constructed of straw, coconut fibers, and other natural materials that aren't harmful to the environment. Sustainable materials that do not require the use of energy can aid with protecting fragile surfaces or supporting the germination of new plants. A system will consist of a single or double layer of fibrous material. This material may contain strands that have been interwoven along the top and bottom of a blanket.
Netting or a thermal layer may be secured along the backside of an erosion control product. Either material will act as a buffer, preventing rocks or dirt from shifting under a blanket. Some erosion systems contain stakes or staples. These items are used to anchor blankets along unstable areas.
An erosion control system like this can be cut to size. For instance, if you would like to add a blanket around a tree, but would like the material to contain a rounded edge, you will have the opportunity to use scissors or a utility knife to trim the blanket to the desired shape and size that you have selected.
How To Pick Products And Care For Plants
The amount of disruption on your land and environmental features that you take note of will indicate if you need to use a single ply erosion system or a double-ply system. The amount of straw or coconut fibers that are secured to a blanket will be indicative of whether an erosion system is for minimal or moderate erosion control issues Choose products that will be adequate for use on uneven surfaces.
A steep incline will require the use of a heavy blanket system. Some products come with instructions concerning how you can germinate new plants. This type of product may outline the manner in which you should spread seeds and add water to a blanket.
Due to the fibrous properties of a blanket, new seedlings will be able to grow upward, outward, and downward. As root systems grow through the bottom of a blanket, root appendages will take hold in the dirt that was originally disrupted. After a biodegradable blanket is composted into the earth, the plants will remain.