Re: [gardeners] weeds
Kay Lancaster (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:19:31 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Terry King wrote:
> It works well when the temperatures are hot enough. Here in the frozen
> north my experience with clear plastic left over the winter on the soil is
> that in the spring it only gives the weeds and grasses a good head start! :-D
> They are more frost tender though so once they are growing well taking
> the plastic off very often allows frost to kill the early growth.
I tried it down here... couldn't get the soil temps over 90 even in
midsummer, given our cool soils and cool nights. Works fine in
warmer climes.
Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR USDA zone 8 (polarfleece)