Hello there,
I'm studying gardening on a college course,( RHS Certificate in Gardening)
and for some homework we have to find out about the principles of floating
mulches. Help required for this please! I have already searched a few sites
but not really satisfactory. I just want to know what it is and why it's
used - in simple terms.
Thanks,
Liz.

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Hello there,
I'm studying gardening on a college course,( RHS Certificate in Gardening)
and for some homework we have to find out about the principles of floating
mulches. Help required for this please! I have already searched a few sites
but not really satisfactory. I just want to know what it is and why it's
used - in simple terms.
Thanks,
Liz.


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http://ecaaser5.ecaa.ntu.edu.tw/weif.../cuc-chap2.pdf


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Hello there,
I'm studying gardening on a college course,( RHS Certificate in Gardening)
and for some homework we have to find out about the principles of floating
mulches. Help required for this please! I have already searched a few sites
but not really satisfactory. I just want to know what it is and why it's
used - in simple terms.
Thanks,
Liz.

Hi Liz,

What college are you studying at?

Anyway, the answer to your question, simply put, is that it is a light plastic
or fibre fleece that lets light through, and usually water too. It's main
purpose is to act as a cloche and retain heat and is raised bt the plants as
they grow (hence the reference to 'floating').

I hope this helps.

Dave.

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Anyway, the answer to your question, simply put, is that it is a light plastic
or fibre fleece that lets light through, and usually water too. It's main
purpose is to act as a cloche and retain heat and is raised bt the plants as
they grow (hence the reference to 'floating').

I hope this helps.

Dave.


I think from my RHS course that that isn't quite right Dave, a web
floating on a plant wouldn't be a mulch surely. Does it not mean
something like growing potatoes where the plant grows through the
film/plastic and hence the mulch is the plastic. A mulch by definition
would be something covering the ground, a covering web would be a sort
of propagator or protector.
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Thanks all.
Dave, I had more or less come to this explanation from gleaning information
on various web links although your description was just what I
wanted,confirming what I thought.
Janet,this was one of the reasons for me getting in a muddle as when
trawling through horticultural sites, they kept on about, ' floating covers
' and ' floating rows ' just to make the issue confusing. However, all this
seemed to be included under the heading of ' Mulches'
Perhaps someone else could clarify this for me.
Dave, I'm at college in worthing in Sussex with 2 excellent tutors who have
fantastic knowledge about allaspects of gardening. I'm in the second year of
the course and we take the exam if we choose to in March. The course is
certainly very thorough in a great range of horticultural subjects and I
have learnt so much in a year. Are you on a course or have you been?
Regards,
Liz

Thanks all.
Dave, I had more or less come to this explanation from gleaning information
on various web links although your description was just what I
wanted,confirming what I thought.
Janet,this was one of the reasons for me getting in a muddle as when
trawling through horticultural sites, they kept on about, ' floating covers
' and ' floating rows ' just to make the issue confusing. However, all this
seemed to be included under the heading of ' Mulches'
Perhaps someone else could clarify this for me.
Dave, I'm at college in worthing in Sussex with 2 excellent tutors who have
fantastic knowledge about allaspects of gardening. I'm in the second year of
the course and we take the exam if we choose to in March. The course is
certainly very thorough in a great range of horticultural subjects and I
have learnt so much in a year. Are you on a course or have you been?
Regards,
Liz


Liz, the answer I gave you was correct according to the RHS Encyclopedia of
Gardening, so I think that it can be considered accurate. If you need any more
info I'd be happy to copy it to you in an e-mail in more detail.

I live and work in N. London for a landscape and garden maintenance company and
trained at Capel Manor College. I learned a lot in the time I was at the
college. Very good tutors and excellent gardens! Gardening Which? also have
their trial gardens there and some show gardens as well. I think that it's
impossible to do any more than scratch the surface as far as learning about
plants and gardening is concerned as far as going to college is concerned. It
was well worth the time I put in though, and gave me a great base from which to
start. I think the most important thing I learned was how to learn and find
answers for myself, and where from.

I hope what I've said makes sense. If you ever want to contact me direct with
any questions about plants/college, please feel free. If I can't find the
answer directly for you I still have contacts with the college, and can usually
find answers to most questions.

Dave.