Yes. Depending on if you mean woody plants like trees or shrubs or herbaceous plants like perennials and annuals the fabric should not touch the bark or stem of a plant. Giving open space around the plant's roots allow better air exchange. I would suggest you remove the fabric at least as wide as the drip line of the plant for  shrubs and trees and a few inches in all directions for smaller plants like flowers and vegetables. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti