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  • From: "marcy" <marcy AT aculink.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] No more red mulch
  • Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:32:37 -0600

I've been thinking about using red plastic on tomatoes this year but OVER a
thick layer of straw which should smother the weeds. Anyone have any
thoughts??

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Weeks" <rjweeks70 AT comcast.net>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] No more red mulch


> Well folks, I tried red plastic mulch this year, and it has been an
> unqualified failure.
>
> I tried it with strawberries, bare root planted in January, and with
> tomatoes I set out the first of May.
>
> The plants are healthy enough, that's not the problem. Here is the
> problem: red plastic mulch does NOTHING to prevent weed growth
> underneath the plastic. I have huge healthy weeds growing under there,
> whereas in the field where I can cultivate, I have little or no weeds at
> all.
>





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