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Hey Mark, are you planting into your back to Eden soil?
I’m definitely only planting squash after the vine borer moth is finished. I lost all my squash and pumpkins this season. And I’ll do what you said to make sure of a 60 or less harvest window. Thanks Mark!
I would give the woven fabric weed-block a stamp of approval in an organic garden.
I have temps in the triple-digits still and nearly a hundred days before major concerns regarding a freeze. Hybrid squash of my own accidental cross-breed is under intense aphid attack and a bit of powdery mildew but the harvest is still bountiful and I'll be trying to address the issues tonight or tomorrow.
Had a slew of giant sunflower heads with big seeds drying – and 90% of the seeds are hollow / sans a kernal.
Couple of cannabis plants (sativa heavy in phenotype) are doing great considering the soil and lack of serious amendments, and pumpkins from God knows where since I haven't planted a pumpkin seed for a decade at least in the garden – It's been a crazy year on all levels.
You sound short of breath perhaps? Plenty of herbal remedies out there if it becomes an issue. Becoming less and less of a fan of allopathic medicine and preventative measures if you catch my drift.
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I think it’s organic enough. Otherwise you can’t use plastic spray bottles, rubber tires, rubber or synthetic glove material, or any product that comes in a plastic bag, etc.
Thank you so much for sharing this…I’m in Long Island and didn’t realize I could grow everything on your list yet. So appreciate! I work a few jobs and have a fairly good size garden…I have used the ground cover two seasons now and is a real game changer. I keep everything A toZ organic and wasn’t sure about it either so I laid a THICK layer of newspaper under it and on the other side cardboard under it. Laid the weed cover down first, cut my holes, lifted it then did the newspaper/cardboard laid it back down so was easier to get the plant holes done. Appreciate your sharing. Blessings!
I'm not sure how much the fabric would degrade over the season, but burning the holes would seem to create dioxins that may remain in the soil of your planting holes. I looked into dioxins a while ago when my neighbor was burning trash. We also have some other neighbors that do burnouts in their cars until their tires light on fire and pop, then a crowd cheers.. we get the smoke from a mile or so away… apparently alot of those dioxins may end up in the soil as well… I try to avoid adding more pollutants myself, and I hope that when I purchase a certified organic product the people I'm supporting are making the effort as well, to the best of our abilities..
Just wondering why you are not a "big fan" of using the stakes in the ground? Would you mind explaining?
Thank for the great information
LSU recently had a video on organic-fabrics & all the products were disappointing in function & price so there may not be an organic option worth spending money on. I'm not a fabric person but do wonder how large of a fabric would be required to solarize the soil. A&M claims/suggests trying a 10x10ft black or blue tarp to get the first six inches of soil above 131f for three days during the month of July.
I dought that the ground fabric I used is organic. I am using it on my sweet potatoes.So far they are doing good. The fabric is working. Will let you know how they turn out. It has been a very hot and dry summer for us here in Ky. Just starting to get some rain and cooling down a bit. Sweet potatoes have a ways to go before harvesting.
Thanks for making my day. I had a bit of a disaster in my veggie garden. This is an encouraging video, the summer is not lost.
I also have foxes, but mine are better behaved. They don't dig up my garden.
I consider the woven landscape fabric organic. We use it in strips like yours and hold it down with wood mulch on the edges and paths. In late fall we pull it all up, add compost, rake the wood mulch out to break down and throw silage tarp over it to get a jump on the spring.
Excellent video impeccable timing
I have been using the ground cover for about 3 years. I pull it up in the fall and plant winter wheat. Then in the spring I mow the wheat and put the ground cover back down. I have rows with different spaced holes so it is easy for me to rotate my crops.
Mark, your neighbors are probably digging for mice or voles. I can't use ground fabric…..to many roots and voles. Great video.
Great video Mark, we never run ground cover here except to hold moisture for carrot germination. But it does work year round. Thanks for sharing.
It does not break down !
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Good ideas. Thanks, Mark. Always enjoy your videos. Beautiful Zinnias.
Hi Mark–I'm curious as to why use fabric if you have an abundance of organic mulch available.
Mark, I think for the woven fabric question it just matters if the manufacturer made it out of synthetic fibers or animal fibers. Synthetic, not organic I suppose. I know Charles Dowding in the UK was trialing some sort of sheep or other animal 'rug' kind of fabric to start some of his no-till beds (rather than how he usually uses cardboard). Not sure if he found any success with that and he buries it with compost and leaves it, so the application/use case is different somewhat. Sounds cost prohibitive, however.
Mark you are a great teacher and I thank you Sir
I use and love the fabric but I have assumed it is organic and haven't researched.
Mark, why don’t you use metal “staples” to hold down your weed cover?
Hi Mark. Personally I stick with cardboard or thick paper, (like the rolls they use in construction under hardwood floors) even if you have to repeat the process. Plastics have been shown to leave microfibers that end up in out bodies. If I were heading an organic certification board I would not allow plastics. When was the last time we saw plastic mulch in the forest ? Right, never. So if we want to farm like nature does then plastic is out. This is the new market gardener madness to save time that really has to be revisited. One link among many: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068600/
I love all your videos! Thanks for posting! I'm excited for next year. We're trying to finally buy land and build the beds over the winter
What about low 90's?
Great!