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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mulch on a big scale
  • Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:47:58 -0500

> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this question:
> I was wondering if any of you who market flowers and vegetables on a bigger
> scale mulch the fields to prevent weeds and what material do you use?

Last Fall, I cut and baled about 20 acres; that gave me 600-800 square
bales. This Spring, I used it for mulch; it only mulched about 1 acre.
Lotta work. Lotta cost. Little benefit. I'm a glutton for
punishment, I'll try it again this/next year if I can find time. It
does make nice mulch for figs. I used it also on peppers, which grow
6-8 months here. I think tomatoes have too short a season to make it
attractive. I'm not sure what I will do with it after the peppers get
frosted. Maybe try to keep it clean over winter and put some
transplanted crop in it in the Spring. Maybe try to burn it.

Mulches are not very effective on many of our problem weeds: bermuda
grass, johnson grass, morning glory.

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