Q: In your Aug. 16 column concerning tomatoes, you mentioned red plastic mulch. Is the mulch shredded or in sheets? If it's in sheets, how do you water the plants properly? A: Red plastic mulch for ...

Whether you're a home gardener or an industrial farmer, you might be familiar with mulching films—plastic sheets laid over the soil to protect seedlings and promote crop growth. But like many other ...

To mulch is to cover the soil with two objectives in mind: increasing the moisture retention of your soil and keeping the weeds at a minimum. As far as those two objectives go, no mulch works better ...

As the California Drought transitions into its fifth year the situation has gotten dire. Indoor, hydroponic gardens that are fairly water-efficient grow the majority of the top-tier cannabis on the ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University are trying to help farms grow pumpkins and squash more sustainably. Researchers at the university’s extension in Mount Vernon studied ...

It may seem trivial, but home gardeners who choose to use plastic mulch may want to note the advantages that research has shown for colored mulches over the more traditional black plastic mulch.

Plastic wrap isn't just for leftovers — your garden loves it, too. Discover the ways this pantry item can protect your plants ...

Almost all vegetables in your garden benefit from most any type of mulch. Each type has its own unique advantages and disadvantages. Mulch is classified broadly into two categories — organic and ...

MT. VERNON, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University are trying to help farms grow pumpkins and squash more sustainably. Researchers at the university’s extension in Mt. Vernon studied ...

China has led the world in using plastic-film mulch to increase the productivity of its crops, and now it needs to lead the world in removing the plastic residue damaging its croplands, according to a ...

Gardeners are often concerned about environmental issues and one of the big ones these days is single-use plastic bags. Recently I mulched an area and had over 30 plastic mulch bags that seemed a ...