How to Solarize Summer Garden Beds and Remove Old Plants
Archived Footage: Filmed August 4th, 2017
In this video I'll touch on a lot of different topics related to summer bed prepping and cropping out plants in general. Will talk soil building and pest prevention as well.
You'll also see me solarizing an area of beds. Solarizing is when you put out a large silage poly ethylene tarp. Under the tarp, the summer sun heats up the top inch of soil so hot that all the plants and weed seeds in the top layer are killed. It's a very effective and easy way to naturally control a large area with weeds.
Here's an example of a high quality tarp for solarizing.
https://farmersfriendllc.com/products/weed-management/silage-tarp
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