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  • From: Robert Farr - The Chile Man <rbfarr AT erols.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Plastic Mulch
  • Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 06:58:28 -0400

The Chile Man replies...

Allan Balliett wrote:

> Coming up on the biointensive side, I've never had a chance to
> develop a feel for using plastic mulch, nor have I seen any writeups
> on using it in any of the organic gardening books I commonly use.
>
> What's really keeping me confused is using plastic with organic
> mulches, like hay, or whatever.
>
> What's the deal with this? Do you monitor soil temps and start piling
> on hay mulch to keep them below 100?
>
> How would you, oh Chile Man, typically mulch peppers with plastic?
> (And will you use it THIS year?)
>
> I'm in the Mid-Atlantic region, where it can get very hot for weeks
> at a time. Is it likely that if I used plastic mulch that there will
> be crops that I can plastic-only and not have to re-mulch with hay
> for coolness 'later' (It's august already here)?
>
> Thanks -Allan
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I won't ever use plastic!!!

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