RESULTS Are In! ~~ Black Plastic vs Clear Plastic?

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @larrymoore6640
    @larrymoore6640 4 года назад +62

    Danny when you do a test like this never consider the negative result (in this case clear plastic) a failure or a waste. You have verified to yourself and your viewers that the way to go is Black Plastic. Thank you for running this test and have a Blessed day on your homestead.

  • @ILikeTurtlesJah
    @ILikeTurtlesJah 4 года назад +19

    Jean martin uses clear plastic to germinate weed seeds in fall, then covers with black plastic from winter to spring to kill germinated seeds and pulls in the spring for planting

  • @fivetopsfarm8061
    @fivetopsfarm8061 6 лет назад +8

    I've also used a tarp. One that has brown or black on one side, and silver on the other side. Place it with the silver side down. Works great!

  • @DeepSouthBama56
    @DeepSouthBama56 6 лет назад +60

    Morning Danny and Thank You for taking the time to do this experiment and prove Black plastic is the way to go. I was worried a little when you started this experiment, I have always used the black plastic and have told others to use it over the years as well as here on You Tube. I never thought to do a comparison like you have done. It was nearly 40 years ago when ole Garner told me to use Black plastic when I was first starting my veggie operations in Southern Tennessee. I had weeds knee high, diseases and pests that were just destroying everything over the course of the growing season. Ole Garner watched me struggle for a few months and then one day he came over and looked things over and said boy you are working to hard and not to smart. At first I was getting a little offended, but I held back my anger and let him finish what he was going to tell me anyways like he always did. Garner continued and told me if I did not want to fight the weeds, bugs and diseases to till up all my land in the fall and cover it with the Black plastic.Then come spring lay out where you want your rows and cut the plastic back and plant, but leave the plastic in between the rows. Well at that point I was ready to do anything, so that fall I did as he said. Well he was right, my weed pressure was way less, I had less disease and pests too. So from that year forward I continued it. I took that old man's advice without question, but if I had paid any attention when I moved to the area. I would of noticed he used the black plastic all over his place and I will say his place looked like something that could of been on the cover of Southern Homes and Gardens. But I was 22 years old then and thought I knew everything about modern gardening and farming. Well over the years I would learn time and again I did not know everything and that old man knew a lot that was not in books and taught at the AG Universities. So again I thank you for spending the money and time to prove this out. You and Wanda take care, I will be recommending people stop by your Channel to watch this just like I do for the others things y'all do here. So stay safe and God Bless You and Wanda.
    Mr. Tom

    • @DeepSouthHomestead
      @DeepSouthHomestead  6 лет назад +4

      Thanks Mr Tom

    •  4 года назад

      Set the goats to eating that grass, and you'll be ready......

    • @nobull772
      @nobull772 2 года назад +4

      Good story, good lesson Mr.Tom.

  • @GetToTheFarm
    @GetToTheFarm 6 лет назад +6

    actually it works best to use both... black on the ground below, then pop cans or other spacer then clear plastic- really heats up!

  • @oakesd22
    @oakesd22 6 лет назад +12

    Danny, I live in Alabama (UCLA, the Ugly Corner Of Lower Alabama) in the southeast corner of the state near Dothan. Several years ago I had a terrible problem with nematodes and nut grass in my garden. I took clear plastic (because that is what I had) and put it over the garden, but I raised the plastic with reeds so that it was about 6 inches off of the dirt. I left it for 6 weeks between middle March and the beginning of May. It killed all of the nut grass and it seemed to take care of the nematode problem also. I think that by raising the plastic, it got much hotter than by just laying it on the ground. I don't know how hot the ground got during that time, but I could watch the nut grass being burned under the clear plastic. As soon as I pulled the plastic off, I planted okra and every hill came up. Also, to control nematodes, I never plant the same crops in the same place, especially tomatoes , corn and other plants that are susceptible to nematodes.

  • @thevallins4324
    @thevallins4324 4 года назад +11

    Thank you for this because websites on this process said to use clear. I’m glad I watched your video!!

    • @corinneyeager
      @corinneyeager 4 года назад

      And I will watch too ‼️(As soon as I learn how to use this phone)
      Thank you for the information. I'm going to try gardening agian,❤️🙏

  • @QLH.U2bbers
    @QLH.U2bbers 6 лет назад +4

    Thanks for the series adn bringing us along. :) IF someone needs a greenhouse effect, clear plastic can help, but for everything else, seeing the black plastic top it all is an energy and time saver.

  • @grahambird1570
    @grahambird1570 4 года назад +9

    I use Dish washing detergent with water on my plants as they grow and give them a weekly dose to the end of their growing cycle to deal with the nematodes !

  • @taylorsteed3680
    @taylorsteed3680 2 года назад

    I have been searching for an answer to this question and no one, NO ONE, has done it the way you did. Thank you so so so much.

  • @Latebloomershow
    @Latebloomershow 3 года назад

    Thanks, Danny, just going to try my first tarp on my new Tennessee property, starting from a lawn.

  • @ronrosenkaimer1096
    @ronrosenkaimer1096 Год назад

    I appreciate the test. It never fails, I catch this after the planting is done. I did put straw over it. I guess I should go back and cover the clear plastic with cardboard. Thanks.

  • @SillyMe2718
    @SillyMe2718 6 лет назад +4

    Thanks Bro Danny for taking us along on the test journey! Your a great teachers you both are. if I ‘m ever blessed with a area to garden your tips will be included in the growing process.

  • @Jonathan-tr9tx
    @Jonathan-tr9tx 6 лет назад +2

    the black plastic also makes the earthworms more active neat the surface of the soil. I did this and had a ton of worm castings all over the surface of the soil.

  • @MoHomesteading
    @MoHomesteading 6 лет назад +3

    Thank you so much for doing this! And explaining the process you use to prep your soil...it is appreciated more than you know or realize. HAVE A FABULOUS DAY!

  • @3MISSISSIPPI
    @3MISSISSIPPI 2 года назад

    I appreciate the test! Looking for some black silage tarps now to start prepping my garden area.

  • @tammyhanson7843
    @tammyhanson7843 6 лет назад +5

    This has been very surprising and helpful DSH. You dedicated a lot of time to this experiment for all your followers. Thank you. 🦋💜

  • @casid9929
    @casid9929 6 лет назад +3

    I put double (folded) layer of least expensive clear tarp over my raised beds for about 5 weeks in spring to sterilize my soil. It did work well.

  • @countreegirl
    @countreegirl 6 лет назад +4

    Great experiment Danny. Thanks for sharing your results!

  • @pattiford2932
    @pattiford2932 6 лет назад

    HELLO DANNY AND WANDA, I THINK ITS INTERESTING THAT YOU PROVED THAT THE BLACK PLASTIC WAS BETTER TO USE. I LOVE YOU BOTH, GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.

  • @pecolachase6750
    @pecolachase6750 4 года назад +2

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERIMENT, AND THE TIME TO LEARN AS WELL TO SHARE WITH US!! :)

  • @DarkAgeGrowing
    @DarkAgeGrowing 6 лет назад +3

    Thanks for doing this experiment. Up here in the Pacific Northwest I haven't seen mole crickets before.

    • @lisabooker6405
      @lisabooker6405 6 лет назад

      Dark Age Growing I’ve never seen them things here in Ohio either. Creepy little bugger. LOL

    • @Mike.Jones2
      @Mike.Jones2 6 лет назад +1

      They love to come to lights at night

  • @jerrykeller511
    @jerrykeller511 3 года назад +1

    Thanks! I was wondering this and almost put down some clear plastic I already had. I'll go with the black after seeing this. You saved me time and effort.

  • @paulburke6469
    @paulburke6469 4 года назад

    Thanks. Thought that because no sunlight.

  • @saddleridge4364
    @saddleridge4364 6 лет назад +2

    thanks for the experiment Danny and Wanda. I will till after I clean out the garden at the end of the season and put black plastic or a dark tarp over it for the winter. I usually rake all the fallen leaves on top of it also and let them break down under the cover for the winter to add something to the soil. Hopefully next spring's garden ( which if same as this year in PA will not be warm enough til May) will have less weed problems.

  • @nedbundalo2456
    @nedbundalo2456 Год назад

    Thank you for that excellent test! I was going to use the clear plastic this year, till I watched your video! Thank you and God Bless!

  • @covercalls88
    @covercalls88 3 года назад

    Thanks for the upload. I also used black plastic as it cuts off the sunlight.

  • @johnfajer7691
    @johnfajer7691 3 года назад

    Awesome! Just the video I was looking for! Thank you for creating and uploading!

  • @mulchindia1681
    @mulchindia1681 Год назад

    It is a very useful and very important information about Black Plastic Mulch.

  • @renajones4617
    @renajones4617 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you both so, so much for doing this experiment. These results make a huge impact on what I will use.

  • @SC-rb2jr
    @SC-rb2jr 2 месяца назад

    The main weed killing effect seems to be from blocking sunlight. The heating effect depends on how much sun you get, the black heats up due to a low reflection, the clear from the greenhouse effect, but this is less important than blocking the sunlight.

  • @briancannady2690
    @briancannady2690 Год назад

    Exactly what I needed to know, thank you for posting!

  • @jamiebaldwin1043
    @jamiebaldwin1043 3 года назад

    I am so glad i found this channel, i am learning so much.

  • @mls9455
    @mls9455 6 лет назад +6

    Yes! It is pure science! Glad you discovered it the way I did. Love when you make these videos .

  • @ralphmelvin6814
    @ralphmelvin6814 6 лет назад

    Nothing is as satisfying as seeing dirt turned over.

  • @khaowgirl
    @khaowgirl 2 года назад

    Are you doing a soil sample to see if there is live seed in there? The seeds will need to be tested. Clear plastic and fertilization and watering encouraged sprouting, which is then easier to kill.
    Solarizarion takes more than 4 weeks of sun. You need to leave it for 8 weeks in the hottest season.
    What time of years did you do this? Maybe you need to rotate your crops?

  • @farmer998
    @farmer998 4 года назад

    read about elbon rye and mustard for winter

  • @hanzketchup859
    @hanzketchup859 6 месяцев назад

    Hope you get it done and get rid of those root eaters.

  • @patriotpop2436
    @patriotpop2436 Год назад

    Another good lesson.

  • @Crankinstien
    @Crankinstien 4 года назад +2

    Just found you’re channel. It’s amazing the info. Thank you

  • @CodyGall
    @CodyGall 3 года назад

    Homestead Science!!! I love it.

  • @briebrager6725
    @briebrager6725 2 года назад

    Thank you for doing this experiment!!

  • @gonzalezpandura
    @gonzalezpandura 6 лет назад

    The dirt look so soft. I bet it smell good too.

  • @tammybarbre7879
    @tammybarbre7879 6 лет назад +2

    Black plastic is all we use here in East Tennessee.....it's every farmer/homesteaders must have!

  • @davidgoldsen8504
    @davidgoldsen8504 4 года назад +1

    The clear plastic has to be raised at least six inches above the soil , seal off the edges with soil , wood etc. It will take several weeks . You most likely will see lots of weeds germinate in the first few weeks. The sun and lack of oxygen will take care of the rest.

  • @sleeplessinthecarolinas8118
    @sleeplessinthecarolinas8118 Год назад

    Thanks Danny and Wanda. You confirmed my experience with solarization using clear plastic. It did not work. 😊

  • @natalienicklin5683
    @natalienicklin5683 3 года назад

    Great experiment watching this down the road for a second time Glad I stuck with black plastic for permanent setup to plant through. We use our old clear plastic from ripped greenhouses to warm up the soil but will stick away from planting through

  • @gonzalezpandura
    @gonzalezpandura 6 лет назад

    I wonder about that. Glade to see this experiment. Thanks Dannie and Wanda. Wanda sorry if my auto correct misspell your name.

  • @patbootie9552
    @patbootie9552 6 лет назад

    let us know how the tilling it up all fall worked for getting them under control.

  • @annettecastellanosguillen9491
    @annettecastellanosguillen9491 6 лет назад

    You drive that tractor well enjoyed video... to me it is just common sense....hopefully people learned test it yourself on you own property to see what works best for you. Thank you and God bless

  • @SevenSproutsFarmstead
    @SevenSproutsFarmstead 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for sharing guys, as always. ❤️
    Jenn, Seven Sprouts Farmstead

  • @BR1967FE
    @BR1967FE 6 лет назад

    Great video , thx for showing, never heard of those crickets, good to know

  • @Distinctions
    @Distinctions 2 года назад +1

    I wonder if you took into account the amount of direct sunlight thisnplot got. Clear plastic killed my grass in about 4 hours!

  • @donaldmcpherson3226
    @donaldmcpherson3226 3 года назад

    What a useful video. Thank you, Danny!

  • @gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340
    @gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340 4 года назад +1

    Good video. I'm using black plastic from here on out

  • @MichaelHarrisIreland
    @MichaelHarrisIreland 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks from Ireland

  • @ZE308AC
    @ZE308AC Год назад

    You guys ever solorize the soil to kill weeds seed or crab grass?

  • @Gunns57
    @Gunns57 4 года назад

    I got the same results. Black tarps is the way to go. Great video.

  • @autumn1231
    @autumn1231 3 года назад

    I'm guessing the black plastic would be good clean way for killing off a lawn/weeds before re-seeding.

  • @essemsween818
    @essemsween818 6 лет назад +2

    That grass is zmazingly healthy! What a shocker. Is there time to Black cover it before the frost? Aand would the hear kill the mole crickets? You have some snarly bugs in the Deep South (shudders)

  • @aliciavicent8414
    @aliciavicent8414 6 лет назад

    you can use the clear plastic to fores the seed of weeds to grow then remve them beforthey set seed

  • @jamesbarton3165
    @jamesbarton3165 4 года назад

    I suggest tilling in basamid n wetting before covering with black plastic. It will sterilization of soil in 14 days or so.

  • @gogogardener
    @gogogardener 6 лет назад +4

    I'd suggest you check the pH. In my experience, when nematodes get bad in Summer, my soil jumps up 1 or 2 pts to 8, or extreme alkaline. My soil is naturally a bit alkaline, but the nematodes not only destroy the roots, they make the soil unfit for my crops. I've invested in an inexpensive pH probe, since those lab kits can be time consuming. Helps me keep ahead of crop issues in a lot of ways.
    Thanks also for the info. I didn't know tilling would destroy the nematodes. Perhaps that tiller of mine will get some use again.

  • @DafitInstructor
    @DafitInstructor Год назад

    Hello I have a vacant lot covered In weeds as I’m not sure where I’m planting my garden do you think if i Solarized the entire yard since im not 100% sure where the building may be out at exactly would it effect building a home on top of or any foundational issues

  • @SpiritoftheOutdoors
    @SpiritoftheOutdoors 2 года назад

    How was this more to do with heat than it was the light?

    • @DeepSouthHomestead
      @DeepSouthHomestead  2 года назад

      All the heat test we did up till the last one was way hotter than the clear.

  • @midsouthhomestead9180
    @midsouthhomestead9180 6 лет назад +2

    Thanks for your experiment.

  • @AngiesPantry58
    @AngiesPantry58 6 лет назад

    This is why I love your channel Danny & Wanda.. Very educational... Thanks so much for doing this experiment. Ya taught this ole dog a new trick..Big Hugs Miss you both.. :")

  • @drugtrader3933
    @drugtrader3933 6 лет назад +1

    That was very interesting. Thank you. God bless

  • @alfilkemper9240
    @alfilkemper9240 4 года назад +1

    Would chicken eat those nimitoad(?).Thanks for sharing, I put clear plastic under my pallets to hold firewood, next year I'll buy the black plastic.

  • @agustasister5624
    @agustasister5624 6 лет назад

    I just did the clear plastic...i kinda wish i would of done the other...i am doing annuals in two beds and will do the black later.
    I can see thru the plastic that it has actually made my grass grow even tho the temps have been 101 to 90...
    Wish i had seen this earlier.

  • @patskelton9015
    @patskelton9015 6 лет назад

    Thanks DSH. I'll be using black from now on.

  • @meldavis7016
    @meldavis7016 6 лет назад

    Thank you for doing this. It really helps me to understand more what I should do with my garden plot.👍👍

  • @Mike.Jones2
    @Mike.Jones2 6 лет назад

    That grass must be like cotton loves the sun and heat

  • @nancygould6789
    @nancygould6789 3 года назад

    Thank you for creating this important content. God bless you.

  • @artpierce3595
    @artpierce3595 4 года назад

    Some years back the University of Wisconsin Extension program did a various hues of colored plastic experiment on tomatoes. If I recall correctly, darkest colors were best but one person surmised that they got a better yield with red. To this day, I don't know if he was kidding or not. I use old carpet, but it's free...

  • @conniegonzalez6068
    @conniegonzalez6068 4 года назад

    Thank you for all your information, I live in Longview Texas for 6 years and I have hard time growing anything now I live in Utah and I went to a gardening class for a couple of years and now I have a great garden, I wish that I had all this helpful information when I was in Texas, love your videos 👍🏼

  • @GrammaRosesHomestead
    @GrammaRosesHomestead 6 лет назад +1

    Great experiment, Danny! Thanks for doing this so we don't have to.

  • @michaelripperger5674
    @michaelripperger5674 4 года назад

    What if you put down black tarp ... and then put a clear tarp on top of the black? Making a greenhouse on top of the black. Super warming it ?
    What do you think 🤔?

  • @ariesmarsexpress
    @ariesmarsexpress 6 месяцев назад

    That was extremely useful for me because I am doing this right now. What I am taking from this is that covering open ground like this with covers of any sort, the heat is not building up enough to kill anything. It's really only the fact that when you block light, things that need light die. This is because the ground can absorb the extra heat almost infinitely. It would be interesting to redo this experiment with raised beds to see if you could get the heat a lot higher. The soil temperature for solarization needs to stay between 122 and 140 degrees for very long periods of time for it to work for both pests and weeds. If you really want everything cooked its needs to get above 140 and stay there and it needs to be at least 6 inches deep. One of the things that I noticed about this experiment was that the edges of the plastic were not covered in soil or sealed to the ground. This would have allowed most of the heat to escape around all the edges. If I were doing this field in either black or clear plastic, I would want to seal those edges next time which would keep the temperature much higher. The other thing is that even if you get that top 6 inches of soil to stay above 140 degrees for 6 weeks, if you then disc that ground below 6 inches, you are going to bring everything that didn't die off below that 6 inches back up to the surface where it can get air and light.
    My thought is this, disc first, raise the beds, seal plastic on top of those raised beds, cook it off, plant into those raised beds with the plastic in place. There is an attachment that will do all of this for you and put it in rows. I don't know if most coops will have them though.

  • @ciimoon5661
    @ciimoon5661 10 дней назад

    What's the best source for the black plastic you've found?

  • @bossdog1480
    @bossdog1480 3 года назад

    Very interesting.

  • @sbarr10
    @sbarr10 3 года назад +1

    How thick were the two types of plastic? This is great info! I am planning on doing a lot of solarization April - May to get rid of leaf miners.

  • @royhoco5748
    @royhoco5748 4 года назад +1

    here in SC we have used black plastic to kill kudzu, it works well for that.

  • @samfinn8397
    @samfinn8397 6 лет назад

    Mole crickets look like good fish bait

  • @articmars1
    @articmars1 2 года назад

    So on the ground you use black to heat it up and on a high tunnel you use white? I seen in another video by yall that the white cover makes the high tunnel hotter. Did i understand that right?

  • @lisabooker6405
    @lisabooker6405 6 лет назад +1

    I have waited and waited for this reveal. I wasn’t too surprised! Actually it was like a WIN lol. I bet myself the black would be better just because it made more sense to me. No light, black, hot, boom! LOL You guys are just AWESOME!!! TFS! God Bless ~Lisa

  • @sujimartens6757
    @sujimartens6757 3 месяца назад

    Thank u for this video! Do u have issues w torpedo grass? Our cedar raised beds in Florida are killing us, they come up u see the raised beds and when we used black plastic, the blades grew through the plastic!! Any advice?

  • @chrisyoung732
    @chrisyoung732 6 лет назад +1

    Maybe if you put up an electric fence and put some chickens in the area they would eat the crickets and clean up the area a bit

  • @danacarbone9405
    @danacarbone9405 4 года назад

    Excellent video thank you so much I want to plant corn but I need to kill the grass first didn't want to rototill at all now I have my answer black plastic thank you!!! Then in a few months ago tilling will be much easier

  • @manjichromagnon5480
    @manjichromagnon5480 2 года назад

    The different areas are shared differently, so as a test it may not work, though black is better clearly since it denies weeds the vital sunlight.

  • @jesstotten5571
    @jesstotten5571 3 года назад

    Well dang. I just spent nearly 80 bucks on 6 mil clear plastic sheeting. I'm hoping that with my hotter climate the clear will still be successful. Still, thanks for sharing this information!

  • @winonagumshoe388
    @winonagumshoe388 2 года назад

    I'd like to know what the temperature is there for this. I know black is better to keep the plants warm. I'm trying to keep moisture on my plants without adding to the heat in Texas; plants are turning brown and dying halfway through the summer and you have to water at night so the water on the leaves doesn't cook them. I'm wondering if a clear plastic cover would help the evaporation from losing all the water so fast

  • @royhoco5748
    @royhoco5748 4 года назад

    one other pro for black plastic is it's life span, it can be used and reused for a long time. my take on this is clear plastic is for covering greenhouses black plastic is for covering the ground.

  • @ChonkTek
    @ChonkTek 8 месяцев назад

    This vid is about killing root nematodes with black plasitc. But I am curious about using it as a mulch. Is the plastic being super hot ever an issue? The plastic here yesterday in TX was hot enough to burn you if you kneeled on it. It made me think of plants making contact with the hot plastic.

  • @mrdobalina3451
    @mrdobalina3451 2 года назад

    Does solarisation kill all the good living organisms in the garden too?

  • @gabriellakadar
    @gabriellakadar 6 лет назад

    Supposedly tillage radish eliminates 90% of root knot nematodes. Farmers in Mississippi are using it for winter cover crop. I thought maybe it's only good further north where winter kills it and the roots rot in the ground creating channels for water. So I don't know if it gets cold enough in Mississippi to kill off tillage radish.

  • @RSJ-Texas
    @RSJ-Texas 6 лет назад

    Wonderful info Danny. Thanks so much for sharing !!!

  • @mitchdickson254
    @mitchdickson254 5 лет назад

    When the cold comes in huh? With the GSM that is probably scheduled for next week :)

  • @mattingly1217
    @mattingly1217 5 лет назад +1

    What mil is the black plastic?

  • @windyloom2267
    @windyloom2267 4 года назад

    If you had drip irrigation under could you plant right through the black plastic?