Has anyone used the plastic grass mesh to improve a gateway?

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Our soil is sandy & there's quite a large area around the gate that never really gets any grass growing. It's getting to the 'outdoor jobs' time of year - I've seen the plastic 'grass-crete' type of matting that you're supposed to be able to lay & then you can seed grass & it grows through it.

Has anyone tried it? Does it work? I've got hardcore in the actual gateway but the surrounding area where I feed hay is dust in summer & bare in winter.

All ideas & experiences appreciated.
 
Rubber ones, yes. Brilliant.
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Sorry, no. We laid it during the winter and initially grass grew through, but not enough over winter to be green now, but we fully expect the grass to grow through soon. It has certainly made life easier and much less muddy though. I get them from carpetpac on ebay.
 
Oh great - thank you. O/h is having a fit of enthusiasm atm, so it's best to go for things before he reattaches himself to the sofa...
 
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Sorry, no. We laid it during the winter and initially grass grew through, but not enough over winter to be green now, but we fully expect the grass to grow through soon. It has certainly made life easier and much less muddy though. I get them from carpetpac on ebay.

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Ah glad I saw this, have been to see the carpetpac people as local and was sceptical about the mats. I've got to lay them in a gateway where there is some hardcore but the grass has grown through it and I will be turning a lorry round on it 2-3 times a week.
 
Sorry to take so long. We laid our mats over mud early in the winter. They have done the job we needed and, as you can see, the grass is starting to grow through. We have not used any grass seed which would obviously help.
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While I'm waiting for the London Assembly results (I'm sad), here's a few more pics. These are the heavyweight ones from Fieldguard (there are some heavy boys in the field).

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The ones in the above photo were put down in mid Feb this year (on a good surface of hard flat bare earth), and the photo was taken a couple of weeks ago. There is much more grass growth now. Again without reseeding.
 
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