Gardening with Plastic Mulch

[Taylortractornut]

In Farmshow a few years ago an issue came with a company that made a mulch with drip tape made into it. I called them and they were really fair priced. I lost their number and the Farmshow and i cant find the listing on the website. What was good about it it came made to the mulch so it wouldnt kink and could be ordered in different offsets ot tape lines in them. I may use mulch next year on a few of my crops. Ive got some of a mulcher made. Im using organic methods as much as I can. I mulch with compost and sawdust and leaves and pine needles as much as I can.

 

[Arcane]

We have a 20x40 vegetable garden, and mulch with seaweed collected at a nearby beach. Corrugated paper and newspaper sometimes if we run out of seaweed. I wouldn't use hay as it can spread seed.

 

[charlz]

I wouldn't use hay as it can spread seed.

I have used straw before, got a nice crop of barley! Timing worked out though, it wasn't mature by the time my garden was done and it made a nice green manure crop to turn under.

Biggest downside to straw is it gives a place for mice to hangout. I had lots of pumpkins with the insides eaten out