[Bobby T]

Seen on our allotments and seems like a good idea.
    Onion bed preppared in normal way,then a sheet of woven plastic weed suppresant fabric is placed on top.Onion sizied holes are burnt through the material with a gas paint stripper torch at appropiate planting distance.
   Burning holes rather than cutting looks neater and stops the Terram fraying and which can be reused for years.
    Werks for them :!:    Bob.

[muntjac]

guess it saves weeding them bobby matey

[SkipRat]

The lad on the next plot to me has planted his onions the same way, also his tatties have been planted this way.

[agapanthus]

Seen on our allotments and seems like a good idea.
    Onion bed preppared in normal way,then a sheet of woven plastic weed suppresant fabric is placed on top.Onion sizied holes are burnt through the material with a gas paint stripper torch at appropiate planting distance.
   Burning holes rather than cutting looks neater and stops the Terram fraying and which can be reused for years.
    Werks for them :!:    Bob.

What a fab idea!!! Membrane does fray terribly and the stray lengths of plastic get everywhere......that's me off to B&Q then    

[Lily]

That actually answer a question I had.
What other method for burning holes? I don't have the gas paint stripper torch.

[Salkeela]

I've tried newspaper (2 sheets thick) covered in sand.  Then hole punched through & onion seedling planted.

Working so far!  

[SkipRat]

That actually answer a question I had.
What other method for burning holes? I don't have the gas paint stripper torch.

You could try heating a round metal bar in a fire and poking through the membrane, the heat should seal the edges.