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  • From: "Sean Albiston" <lab AT physics.umn.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Hot tips for installing Plastic Mulch without alayer?
  • Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 08:59:02 -0500

I use landscape stakes along both edges - folding the edge over a bit to get
a double layer of plastic to stick the stake through. I stick center stakes
every 4 ft and throw weeding debris onto it throughout the summer on spots
that may blow loose. I roll a bit out at a time pulling it taught as I go.
I also put straw between the rows overlapping the plastic. My beds are a
just over 100ft.

sean albiston

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Balliett" <igg AT igg.com>
Subject: [Market-farming] Hot tips for installing Plastic Mulch without
alayer?


> Any ideas? What we do: 'trench' the shoulders of the beds, stretch
> the plastic over the bed and trenches and then 'fit' the plastic on
> hands and knees, backfilling the trenches to hold the plastic down,
> is a little labor and dignity intensive to think that it's the only
> way to do it.
>
> Anyone come up with a good way of installing plastic on a 100ft bed
> without $1000 worth of equipment?
>
> Thanks -Allan





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