ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal has developed an innovative tractor-operated plastic mulch layer-cum-planter to simplify farm operations.

Question: Dear Carol, I know we are supposed to mulch perennials, shrubs, etc. during the winter to protect our plants from cold and cover the soil from rain. But, besides leaves, what can I use ...

Walter Battle shows how to lay sheet mulch, and Cathy Faust shows how to make strawberry jam. Aired 05/24/2025 Laying Down Plastic Mulch & Making Strawberry Jam ...

That technique puts the same thick layer of mulch up onto the flares and trunks of trees. That’s bad because moist mulch prevents bark from breathing properly, just as moist soil does.

Performance of Paper Mulches Using a Mechanical Plastic Layer and Water Wheel Transplanter for the Production of Summer Squash. HortTechnology , 20: 319-324 (2010) [ abstract ] Cite This Page : ...

In order to keep water from evaporating from the soil, farmers often cover the ground around their crop plants with sheets of polyethylene plastic. There could soon be a more eco-friendly ...

Spring planting in mulch helps control weeds, including reducing the need to weed as much. Few weeds will come up through a 4-inch layer of hay.

You can use old boxes — ideally, use ones that aren’t coated with plastic film — held in place by rocks to mulch an area. Cover with a thin layer of another type of mulch to pretty it up if ...

Plastic-greenhouse soil profile that motivates carbon and nutrient cycling, and heat production, and saves nutrient and water for that can counteract the environmental constraints of high ...