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Dear Gardner's
For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. Thank you for your advice Iain + |
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"bill" wrote in message ... Dear Gardner's For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. Thank you for your advice Iain If you use the ground cover woven fabrics or coir mats this will not be a problem -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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"bill" wrote in message
... Dear Gardner's For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. I use really big flat rocks as mulch and to stop weeds under some of my trees. The rocks also seem to stop the frosts from impacting on the tree as much as the unrocked ones so I assume that they also work as soil warmers. (I can't use plastic in my climate as it's far too dry and I'd just end up with dead trees) |
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:12:05 -0000
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: "bill" wrote in message ... Dear Gardner's For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. Thank you for your advice Iain If you use the ground cover woven fabrics or coir mats this will not be a problem I've used the coir disks around maples and wondered recently whether the very high moisture retention properties are a bad thing visavis disease, in particular verticillium. In practice virtually any japanese maple from the trade will come down with verticillium if overly stressed, but it seems to me that having almost permanent moisture at the root flair can't help. I guess that the woven fabric offers better air flow and as such is a superior solution for me, and this fall I stopped using the mats in favor of the cloth. Also the cloth allows you to cover a larger area for bigger specimens. -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to ecom by removing the well known companies Questions about wine? Visit http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com |
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On 30 Jan, 18:10, "bill" wrote:
For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. I've used a Tildnet black porous sheet which comes with its own little nails to mulch around our red currant. I then covered it with bark mulch. I wouldn't have used a plastic sheet as, as you said, it doesn't let the water in. Around the rasberries I use cardboard and newspapers and then bark mulch which I change annually. I find the cardboard totally disapear. I didn't want to use cardboard around the red currant because I have lots of forget me not and other flowers growing around them as well as being very close to the strawberries area. The wind (foxes, badgers, cats, birds etc) dislodge the cardboards HTH |
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On 31 Jan, 11:23, "La Puce" wrote:
On 30 Jan, 18:10, "bill" wrote: For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. ps (forgot your question): If I was you I would remove the plastic around your fruit tree and use either cardboards/newspapers as a weed surpressant or some porous black sheet suitable for that purpose. |
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Taken your advice on board
Thank you to everyone Iain "bill" wrote in message ... Dear Gardner's For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope) However I am concerned that the tree will miss out on rain water, as it will run over the sheet and not pass into the soil. Do I need to make some holes in the plastic sheet or water the tree? Last year I did not have to water without the mulch. Thank you for your advice Iain + |
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