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- From: "Mark and Alisha Fehringer" <markandalishafehringer@peetzplace.com>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] cardboard/weed barriers
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:03:46 -0700
Another source of large cardboard sheets may be
lumber yards and cabinet shops. Hardwood veneered plywoods often
come wrapped with a 4'x8' sheet of cardboard top and bottom to protect the
veneer.
"I think you probably would have a problem keeping an already too wet
soil wetter even longer if you cover it with cardboard or any other mulch (except in a dry year, of course, as you mentioned)." Would mulching, and the resulting increase in
organic matter, improved soil structure and earthworm activity help to allow a
wetter soil to drain?
I have never used newspaper and the like for mulch
as it is so windy here it would be impossible to maintain sanity while
trying to lay sheets of paper on the ground and expect them to stay where
wanted.
Plastic weed barrier fabric is the product of
choice for establishing tree windbreaks in the arid Great Plains. Its
ability to funnel water towards the young plants allows a tiny rain to give each
plant several gallons of water, whereas on a natural mulch or clean cultivation,
the light rains will not penetrate deep enough to be of use to the
plant.
Mark Fehringer
Northeast Colorado
4500" elevation 12" rain last
year
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[NAFEX] cardboard/weed barriers,
Mark and Alisha Fehringer, 02/18/2009
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