just a little observence that ive noticed,
i like to have all my rows covered no matter what im growing be it bacca... or my veggie garden,
im speaking from my experience only.. i have used the '' bio-degradable '' mats and they are worthless... didnt even last a hot 30 days before i noticed the mat was starting to deteriate,
using a weed barrier mat is good, for keeping weeds out of what your growing,, i mean no sense in a weed getting the nutrients that you want your plant to get,,,
plus they are good for holding your drip-line in place if your using a drip-line,,,
and this fall i noticed that when i was tilling my area. for the fall garden. that the soil that was under one of my '' plastic'' weed barrier mats was a lot looser than the soil '' in between the rows '' was. which tells me that the rain has packed the soil. so i.m.o. soil under the mat stays loose which in turn equals more root development, and the bigger the root.. the bigger the plant,
so im sold on covering all my rows,,,, just thought i'd share what ive noticed.
AND HOPE IT HELPS OTHERS,,
i like to have all my rows covered no matter what im growing be it bacca... or my veggie garden,
im speaking from my experience only.. i have used the '' bio-degradable '' mats and they are worthless... didnt even last a hot 30 days before i noticed the mat was starting to deteriate,
using a weed barrier mat is good, for keeping weeds out of what your growing,, i mean no sense in a weed getting the nutrients that you want your plant to get,,,
plus they are good for holding your drip-line in place if your using a drip-line,,,
and this fall i noticed that when i was tilling my area. for the fall garden. that the soil that was under one of my '' plastic'' weed barrier mats was a lot looser than the soil '' in between the rows '' was. which tells me that the rain has packed the soil. so i.m.o. soil under the mat stays loose which in turn equals more root development, and the bigger the root.. the bigger the plant,
so im sold on covering all my rows,,,, just thought i'd share what ive noticed.
AND HOPE IT HELPS OTHERS,,