For you Down East growers. Just recieved info packet from UPenn, on mulches Per Michael Kasperbauer, a plant researcher at ARS Coastal Plains Research Labatory, Florence SC Red plastic mulch made by Sonoco, helps kill most root-knot nematodes in tomatoes.Claims that tomatoes injected with about 200,000 nematode eggs. then compared mulchs, The tomatoes grown on black mulch produced 8 lbs of tomatoes vs 17 lbs with red mulch. 99% of whats good for tomatoes is also good for peppers. If you have a nematode problem, this is at least worth a try For health reasons, better than applying methyl bromide. Before the squabble, you can use Daconil on tomatoes BUT NOT on peppers. Byron