Dramm - Aquafol Filter Cloth

Brand: Dramm

Aquafol Filter Cloth

Aquafol is a white non-woven cloth laid over capillary matting. It keeps roots, algae and debris out of the mat underneath, reflects light back into the crop, and is thrown away and replaced after several uses so the mat keeps working. It is a bench and floor covering, not an inline water filter.

This is the 79 in wide cloth on a 200 ft roll, which is the long-run option for a house being covered bay by bay. Choose width against your bench or floor bay so the seams land in aisles rather than under pots; Dramm also publishes the same 79 in width on a shorter roll and a 48 in width for narrower benches. Mats last 6 to 10 years when kept clean, so the cloth is the consumable that protects the expensive layer - budget it as a repeat item, not a one-off.

Specifications

Key Features

• Keeps roots out of the mat, which is what usually ends a mat's life early
• Reflects light back up into the crop from the bench surface
• Disposable, so a fouled surface is a cloth change rather than a mat change
• 79 in width covers a full bench or floor bay in one pass
• Protects matting Dramm rates at 6 to 10 years when kept clean

Ideal Applications

• Covering capillary mats on propagation and production benches
• Floor bay sub-irrigation where mats are walked on
• Retail benches where evenness of watering and appearance both matter
• Reflecting light back into the crop from the bench surface

Goes over Dramm FloraPlus and VivaPlus capillary matting, which can be fed by PCAS drippers to make the bench a self-contained sub-irrigation system.