While there are a lot of options for natural and synthetic mulches for your tomato plants, there are several unique benefits ...

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

Although the plastic mulch provided the crop a little sooner, the vetch mulch offered other benefits, including reduced erosion, decreased signs of fungal disease on leaves, and delays in plant aging.

Even worse: a layer of decorative rock on top of plastic mulch around trees and shrubs. The rocks hold and reflect heat, which can kill the trees as well as the creatures in the soil.