[NAFEX] Weed preventative idea
Karen Tillou
arboretum at homeorchardsociety.org
Tue Feb 17 11:07:20 EST 2009
the best cardboard sources are usually retailers who receive large
things:
auto body repair shops, fabric stores, piano shops (the biggest sheets
of cardboard ever!!!), appliance stores
cruise your town, talk to shop owners - you'll find some good places
if you keep your eyes open, especially if your municipality has
cardboard specific recycling dumpsters.
proper name for this kind of mulching: sheet mulching.
karen
oregon city, OR - zone 8a and wet
On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
> I sometimes wish NAFEX had a light-bulb symbol for bright, new
> ideas. I
> think Diane Porter just gave us one. She mentioned putting
> cardboard atop
> the soil, under the mulch. A 6" layer of mulch will prevent annual
> weeds
> from growing but will do nothing to prevent perennial weeds from
> coming up;
> her cardboard should accomplish that task. Is it possible that the
> perennial weeds come up, can't penetrate the cardboard and eventually
> (within a season?) die and rot?
> I have always fallowed my soil for a season, spraying with Round
> Up, let
> it grow, till, spray again, repeat, etc. Next time I need to open new
> ground, I'll use Diane's method..................now where can I get
> enough
> cardboard?
>
> Diane said, "We thought we'd get a truckload of composted cow manure
> to
> spread thickly on the ground, then cover with cardboard, mulch
> heavily with
> straw, and plant the raspberries in holes cut though the cardboard."
>
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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>
>
>
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