5/14/24 Pumpkin Update - 2 Weeks In!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- 2 weeks in and the plants are ready to RUN! But what the heck do I do with this darn weed fabric??? Ughhhh.
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I would put clear plastic over the fabric you already put down. Like someone already said, solarization. It’ll speed up germination of the weed stock at the top of your soil, heat them up, and hopefully kill them in a few weeks. The clear plastic creates another “mini greenhouse” on the soil and should raise temps up enough to get the weeds going and kill then off. However, you’re already in such a controlled environment you may not be able to achieve the heat you would need to kill the weeds. I’ve done solarization the past two years to prep the garden and pumpkin patch. It helped tremendously, but I also don’t till, and I have a much warmer spring than you. One downside is that it restricts oxygen to the soil so in your case I would roll it back several feet in front of the plant as I go, or pull it up all together after I let it sit for a few weeks. If you still want to roundup everything before laying out the plastic then go for it. But I’d opt for clear plastic over black. I think you’d reap some benefits there
Maybe get rid of the existing weed fabric kill the weeds and put down biodegradable plastic mulch. Works great for rows on my pumpkin farm and you till it into the soil when you’re done.
Pull sheet off torch em, no chemicals. Some 6 mill black plastic…
For weeds you could try solarization. I recently heard of it and need to try it. But it takes 4-6 weeks which you may not have at this point. Basic idea is to tightly cover wet soil with clear plastic for a few weeks super heating the soil to kill weeds and seeds and pests.
My first attempt at giants recently sprouted. It will be fun to see what happens
Could you cover the weed fabric with compost?
Go with new and better weed barrier..or none at all. That white light dimmer will not do you any good
Can you just cover the white fabric with black plastic to block the light and kill the existing weeds?
theres stuff called panda film thats black on one side and white on the other which would probably work well for weed control and light reflection, maybe expensive so id check for the alibaba equivalent
thats exactly what I need!
@@ColoradoGiants you could make make your white fabric you have work if you double up with some black fabric. i guess it depends how much air permeability you desire.
What biologicals are you planning to dose daily?
Chad, what is your soil pH?
6.8
Hi my plant is 4 weeks now and 200cm long, my question are how much long with nitrogen ?
best regards
Ole from Denmark
Go heavy on the N until about 2 weeks before you want to the pumpkin then shift to a bloom type of Fert.