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Installing fabric is a lot of work for very little gain, and the gain is temporary while the problems associated with interfering with the natural composting and settling of the soil are long term. Mulch does not remain as mulch, it composts into topsoil. As time passes you will add more mulch...

I'm just trying to get you to look at landscape fabric from some other viewpoint than the advertising blurb on the side of the box. Look at it from the tree's point of view. If you completely forget about the grass, will putting down fabric all over the tree's root zone help or hinder the tree...

So you want to supress the weed roots but encourage the tree roots? How will the fabric distinguish between the weed roots and tree roots so it knows which ones to encourage and which ones to discourage? :?

landscaping fabric is a waste of time, money, and it creates more problems than it 'solves'. If you want it to work for 6 months then go ahead and use the fabric. But the problems encountered 3-5 years down the road will cause much more harm than good (kind of like topping trees, you have...

Or you can spray the grass with Roundup and then mulch over it. Or mulch over the live grass and spray whatever grows through the mulch. And before somebody throws a fit about the Roundup, please remember that Roundup is absorbed through the plant LEAF and has no effect on the soil. If you...