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 ...

A Cornell AgriTech study is exploring alternatives to plastic mulch like cover crops and reusable landscape fabric. Watch and learn.

I love to garden, but I don’t like to do work needlessly. If I can find a gardening technique that saves me time, effort and money — well, I’m there. And you can’t find a better example of this than ...

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.

As you know, I love to garden, but I don't like to do work needlessly. If I can find a gardening technique that saves me time, effort and money -- well, I'm there. And you can't find a better example ...

MIAMI, FL—Plastic mulches have been used in vegetable production in the United States since the 1950s. Black plastic (polyethylene) mulch, which alters the plant's growing environment by generating ...

Root vegetables absorb nutrients and water directly from the soil, making them prone to microplastic uptake through their root systems. Researchers in Italy found that carrots and lettuce were among ...

Drew and Joan Norman have been producing organic vegetables on 60 acres just north of Baltimore since 1983. On a recent spring day, signs of another new season at One Straw Farm were everywhere: ...

- A mulch is described as layer of material that is applied onto the soil`s surface. Mulch can be organic or inorganic, temporary or permanent, and can be applied not just to the soil but also around ...