Before placing the mulch i. Create beds to lay plastic ii. Slope the bed so water will run off the sheet towards the base of the plants 2. Will not warm the soil as much as clear plastic ii. Weeds may grow out of holes in the plastic or along edges of the plastic iii. The plastic must be anchored security or winds will damage the mulch 3.
Infrared radiation warms the soil -Improves the early growth of vegetables iii.
These mulch can reduce aphid feeding on vegetables 4. They warm soil by 10 to 20 F i. Light passes through plastic ii. Pressed heavy fibrous paper a. To use i. Roll out on cultivated and level soil ii. Anchor the paper by burying the paper in a shallow trench iii.