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  • From: Richard Sherrington <rgsherr AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] How do you use plastic and watering systems together?
  • Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:08:35 -0300

I have a question about using plastic on beds of melons or tomatoes or
whatever and watering systems. All the advice says to make sure the
plastic is tight to the soil or it won't really help much to warm the
soil. And all the pictures I've seen show the plastic tight to the
soil. But how do you handle the watering system if you do that? I'm
using a drip system with emitters every foot. It's under the plastic
but it prevents the plastic from lying on the soil in many places. If
I put it on top a lot of water would just pool on the plastic.
Wondering how other people handle watering when growing through
plastic.

Thanks,
Richard




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