I amend my soil ahead of time. My preference is to amend soil in the winter, to let it "work", until I plant my main garden (early May here). When planting/replanting an area for cool season (early September here), I add well aged compost before applying plastic mulch.
Is there ever a concern with super hot temps of the plastic around plants? In TX it gets really hot, and the plastic already gets hot from the sun. I had asked some gardners this question and could never get a good response.
@@onlyforreddit6511 I decided to try this a few days ago with some pepper plants, tomato plants, squash plants and basil. All were small, in pots between 4-5" diameter. At first it seemed as if wilt was happening a bit prematurely, but what's going on is that the top 1-1.5 inches of the soil is getting quite warm. That soil was drying out faster than the soil below it, so I found I needed to run the drip irrigation more frequently. I think I could maybe just bury those plants deeper like I did with the tomatoes. They didn't show signs of heat stress like the other plants. I might put a special valve on just the tomato beds to turn those watering nozzles down when I run everything else with more water.
@@onlyforreddit6511 I was under the impression the black plastic was best for preventing weeds. Someone else told me the watering can be stretched longer since the water won't evaporate easily. BUT... maybe white plastic would have been better for the summer. I may end up putting something white on top. Hmm maybe Tyvek
@ChonkTek Bill uses this method for crops that are going to produce in the summer. Purpose is to warm the soil to be able to plant earlier in the spring. Once they grow by the warm season, they should cover the plastic with shade.
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It is a very useful blog and very important information about Mulch.
Awesome! Thank you and so glad it was helpful :D
How do you fertilize around plant with plastic mulch in the way?
I amend my soil ahead of time. My preference is to amend soil in the winter, to let it "work", until I plant my main garden (early May here). When planting/replanting an area for cool season (early September here), I add well aged compost before applying plastic mulch.
Or you can drip fertigate
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Thank you for watching!!
Thank, can i translate this video to arabic and post to my chanal ?
Yes
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Are those plastic mulch reusable?
Depends on the thickness of the plastic.
Is there ever a concern with super hot temps of the plastic around plants? In TX it gets really hot, and the plastic already gets hot from the sun. I had asked some gardners this question and could never get a good response.
Yes. I read it could make the soil too warm.
@@onlyforreddit6511 I decided to try this a few days ago with some pepper plants, tomato plants, squash plants and basil. All were small, in pots between 4-5" diameter. At first it seemed as if wilt was happening a bit prematurely, but what's going on is that the top 1-1.5 inches of the soil is getting quite warm. That soil was drying out faster than the soil below it, so I found I needed to run the drip irrigation more frequently. I think I could maybe just bury those plants deeper like I did with the tomatoes. They didn't show signs of heat stress like the other plants. I might put a special valve on just the tomato beds to turn those watering nozzles down when I run everything else with more water.
@@ChonkTek how about using nets with small holes to cover the soil. At least there are air flow.
@@onlyforreddit6511 I was under the impression the black plastic was best for preventing weeds. Someone else told me the watering can be stretched longer since the water won't evaporate easily. BUT... maybe white plastic would have been better for the summer. I may end up putting something white on top. Hmm maybe Tyvek
@ChonkTek Bill uses this method for crops that are going to produce in the summer. Purpose is to warm the soil to be able to plant earlier in the spring. Once they grow by the warm season, they should cover the plastic with shade.