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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] biodegradable mulch
  • Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:17:15 -0600

We used some last Summer. We applied it about July 10 and planted fall crops of several vegetables. I thought it handled well in the plastic layer and stood up well during planting. But it did seem to develop small holes in it throughout the season. By the end of the season it was pretty tattered. Still, it seemed to do the job pretty well. I was going to take some of it out and leave a little to evaluate breakdown into the following season. Then we got wet and cold and the material was frozen into the ground. We'll see how it looks in a few weeks. It's actually been under water the last 5 days.

Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html



Using it this season. We'll know more about laying it - hopefully - by
the weekend and will be able to report on the rest at the end of the
season. Pricey stuff!! But, the labor saved from lifting mulch will
make up for it - in our operation - if it works otherwise.

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
Ploughshare
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:53 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] biodegradable mulch

Has anyone used the starch based biodegradable black mulch? Did it go
down
without tearing? Did it hold up in the weather? What's the verdict over

all?
--Gary

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