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- From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:44:13 -0800
Title: Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton The most effective method I've seen uses clear plastic. Soak the area first, then put the clear plastic over it. Heat is actually generated in the soil and is held by the plastic. The moisture allows better conduction of the heat into the soil so it kills the roots more effectively. Even at that, the recommendations I've seen suggest that you should leave the plastic in place for at least six weeks before using the area.
-Lon Rombough
This is where we let the sun sterilize the soil by putting something,
like black plastic, on the ground for a time and letting the heat kill the
weeds, grasses, and hopefully most seeds. My sister-in-law put down a black
plastic over her bermuda lawn, without any tillage, then awhile later, she
cut the slits where she wanted her tomatoes and squash and she had a
beautiful garden. That surprised me back then. Oh yes, add fertilizer
underneath if needed.
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[NAFEX] re: soil solarizaton,
Bob Sorenson, 03/23/2004
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RE: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Mark Lee, 03/23/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Tom Olenio, 03/23/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Richard O'Barr, 03/23/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Lon J. Rombough, 03/23/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton, mIEKAL aND, 03/23/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Lon J. Rombough, 03/23/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Richard O'Barr, 03/23/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Tom Olenio, 03/23/2004
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RE: [NAFEX] soil solarizaton,
Mark Lee, 03/23/2004
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