PLANTEX® COCOMAT
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DuPont Plantex Cocomat TM Erosion and weed control in a single fabric DuPont™ Plantex® Cocomat has been designed to provide erosion and weed control in new embankment slopes applications during the first phases of plant growth until planting can take over the function of erosion control. www.plantexpro.dupont.com

APPLICATION Designed for erosion control in slopes applications where mulch or wood chips struggle to remain in place and therefore have problems to protect the plant growth against erosion. S uitable for embankment slopes with up to 60° providing the adequate fixation at regular intervals. PRODUCT An aesthetic, natural-looking fabric offering weed and erosion control in a single fabric. Consists of DuPont™ Plantex® weed control fabric covered with a layer of untreated coconut fibres. The coconut fibres are stitched together between two polypropylene meshes, and then hot-melt-glued to the...

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS Property Value Plantex® with a layer of 100% coconut fibres in PP monofilament knit Tensile strength Tear strength Installation The installation of DuPont Plantex® Cocomat is quick and easy, we recommend the following instructions. The material can be cut into the required dimensions by scissors or cutters. When the installation is complete, the plants can be planted by simple cross cutting into DuPont Plantex® Cocomat. TM If used for erosion control in slopes applications, the plant growth is critical to the erosion protection performance of the fabric. It is...

DuPont Plantex® Cocomat - Tested weed control performance TM At the company’s experimental farm station in Nambsheim, France, DuPont has undertaken rigorous testing of DuPont™ Plantex® Cocomat in controlled glasshouse conditions using Alopecurus myosuroides (Engl. Blackgrass or Slender Foxtail) to evaluate the fabric’s performance in application. Test parameters: ~1,700 seeds/testbox, ~14,000 seeds/m2 Growth results after 5 weeks. No fabric/no mulch DuPont Plantex® Cocomat TM Germinated blackgrass seedlings through fabric after 5 weeks, Test result applied to a surface of 1m2 1400 DuPont™...