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  • From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
  • To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Weed preventative idea
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:50:57 -0600

I sometimes wish NAFEX had a light-bulb symbol for bright, new ideas. I think Diane Porter just gave us one. She mentioned putting cardboard atop the soil, under the mulch. A 6" layer of mulch will prevent annual weeds from growing but will do nothing to prevent perennial weeds from coming up; her cardboard should accomplish that task. Is it possible that the perennial weeds come up, can't penetrate the cardboard and eventually (within a season?) die and rot?
I have always fallowed my soil for a season, spraying with Round Up, let it grow, till, spray again, repeat, etc. Next time I need to open new ground, I'll use Diane's method..................now where can I get enough cardboard?

Diane said, "We thought we'd get a truckload of composted cow manure to spread thickly on the ground, then cover with cardboard, mulch heavily with straw, and plant the raspberries in holes cut though the cardboard."


Jim Fruth
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