The Benefits of Using Black Plastic Mulch in Your Vegetable Garden

[@mulchindia1681]

It is a very useful and very important information about Mulch.

[@jasonclayton936]

I live in south Louisiana if I put black bisqueen down and put my pots on top of the bisqueen will it burn my plants in mid summer.

[@spaceagegeocon4880]

How do you irrigate then

[@General_reader]

first time viewer. great video! keep it up

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thank you…rusty Shackleferd … for stopping by and commenting, I hope you enjoy the videos and I hope you have a wonderful day!

[@beefriendly9190]

I live in South Texas where it is always humid and gets to 104 degrees in the summer , would the black plastic harm my tomato and pepper plants with too much heat?

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Hi Bee, i’m not really sure how much tomatoes and pepper plants would endure there in your zone, but you could do a experiment in your garden and plant some using the black plastic and plants not using the black plastic and see if there’s a benefit to it. I hope you have a bountiful garden season!

[@bellyacres3jillyandkerry281]

I worked among the migrant workers in South Florida picking tomatoes, green peppers and squash in 1977. All our fields were mounds about 6 inches tall 4 foot wide, covered in black plastic and ran the course of the fields. Maybe one weed coming up in the holes that were punched with poles for the seedlings, in the entire row. It was sweltering hot, but The crops were always bountiful.

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thanks Jill for sharing your garden information!

[@paulbourdon1236]

Hi, Thanks for your video. Is this just 6 mil plastic from HD/Lowes? Any toxicity you know of?

[@chriss2295]

Those rolls are mostly made of PE (polyethylene). Do NOT use these in the garden since they break down and leach into your soil and plants. PE plastic is a short term/temporary plastic and will not last long either, since it breaks down in the sun. Again, once broken down, it will get into your soil and plants. Not good.

[@tahraqapie4783]

thank you greatly appreciate your time and the information, subscribed

[@Cydneysworld]

my employer's dept of agriculture has a community garden where we can purchase a 25 x 25 plot. I purchased one in 2015 and it was epic fail, no harvest. I am trying again this year using black plastic mulch. I hope to get harvest. great video!

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thank you Erica... Thanks for stopping by and commenting and I hope you have a great harvest in your garden this year!

[@slimsassi2513]

Hello , can i put straw below my black plastic

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

I really don’t see any need to put the straw under the black plastic!

[@bhatkat]

Know of anyone using old ag bags for mulching? Multi layered, black on bottom, white on top. Farmers having problems getting rid of it.

[@bellyacres3jillyandkerry281]

You can fill with soil, set them upright and grow all kinds of stuff in them. Or close after filling with soil, lay down and Poke holes and stick in plants.