Question

Has anybody put anything under their trampoline to hide where its killed the grass to make it look nicer? Pics please

Answer 1

Mine makes the grass grow more x

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@nucleotide mine too. I move the trampoline about to get the grass to grow better

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We move it around but doesnt help  

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@radioisotope81 I do otherwise I cant get mower through it lol

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@einhorn4239 maybe its the soil under x

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We have to move to to cut the grass but weve leave it for a bit but nothing

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@einhorn4239 like I say maybe different soil types x

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Mine grows of trampoline is over it xx

Answer 2

I haven't yet but I am thinking of planting succulents

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@verst9 succulents still need light to survive

Answer 3

Fake grass?  

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@mendymene79 it will look odd to my real grass that is still there around it

Answer 4

I bought a skirt for mine from asda that attaches to it and covers the whole underneath

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@fiorin really! Thanks will have a look

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@einhorn4239 if you attach a long colourful strip of waterproof material, it will double up as a tent!  

Answer 5

Sink it into the ground.  

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@pedalfer cant do that as house is rented

Answer 6

We had bark under ours when the children were young

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@aluin cant do bark as we put bark in other parts of the garden and the cats keep using it  

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Could you put a cat repellent in the bark?  

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@einhorn4239 they always love to poop in other people’s gardens, our neighbours cat used to climb our safety net to get the birds ‍♀️

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@aluin we have a cat ourself and theres loads in the street, nightmare

Answer 7

I was thinking mulch. cept i can't get any atm lol

Answer 8

Have you got space to keep moving it slightly? We move ours about, especially when cutting grass and it's fine xx

Answer 9

I’ve put chicken wire around it and then planted climbers

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@karr9748 we have a cat so wouldn't be any good

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That was one of the reasons I put the chicken wire around as cats were using under there as a toilet

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Ours is a nightmare so prob wouldn't be safe for her she will do anything go get in

Answer 10

I built decking out of pallets to put our trampoline on. Drove me nuts seeing the soil all time x

Answer 11

Camt see it very well and needxre painting looked really nice last year one painted it xx

Answer 12

I have the same problem with ours, I was thinking of putting membrane down then gravel on top

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@devon9952 we have been thinking about that and maybe putting something around to stop them going on the grass  

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@einhorn4239 I’ve bought some of these which might be a good idea

Answer 13

Try to make it something that won’t hurt in case you/your kids happen to be one of the unfortunate ones that rip through the fabric mid bounce!  so don’t put any cactus there for the love of god  

Answer 14

Wee have stones under ours

Answer 15

We are going to do gravel under ours as wanted rubber chipping but thought the cats would use that

Answer 16

You can get a surround that goes round the underneath on eBay was thinking of getting one the stop my dog going under there!  

Answer 17

Mesh all around makes a great rabbit run

Answer 18

Try some small ferns. they like shady areas xxx