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Young trees and new plants lose to grass and weeds long before anyone notices, and it quietly stunts them. Lay a jute mat around the base and it smothers the competition, so the plant gets on with growing. It's 5mm thick felted jute cut from recycled coffee sacks, with no plastic membrane and no weedkiller. Slide it around the stem, lay it flat and weigh the corners, and it sits tight to the soil around the trunk. The felt holds moisture in the soil, so you water less, and it steadies the temperature around the roots through a hot spell or a frost. Good around trees, shrubs, fruit bushes and in raised beds. Fully plastic-free and compostable, it breaks down into the soil over about two years. Choose the wool mats instead if you'd rather they feed the soil as they go and last about a year. Made from recycled hessian, a peat-free, plastic-free choice for an organic or no-dig garden. 10% of profit goes to Buy Land Plant Trees CIC.