The Truth About Using Cardboard in your Landscape

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  • Ever wondered if cardboard can be a helpful tool in your garden? This video explores both the pros and cons of using cardboard for weed suppression, mulching, and more!
    We'll break down:
    Suppressing weeds and prepping garden beds
    Potential drawbacks like oxygen and water flow
    ♻️ Using cardboard responsibly in your landscape
    Learn the best practices for using cardboard in your garden and decide if it's the right choice for you!
    #gardening #cardboardmulch #landscaping #howto #gardeningtips
    Peer Review from Washington State extension: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid...

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  • @karchvs
    @karchvs หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I made a garden bed using cardboard directly on the grass & weeds, the 6 inches of compost manure blend on top. I am in central SC and weeds and grass are issues with the amount of rain we get. I planted right in it and had no issues. Every year or two, it's best to add and inch or so of much, but i was a bit lazy. I pull out the few random weeds that come up but other than that, it worked perfect. The cardboard broke down in about 6 to 9 months. The flower bed is still goinf strong and beautiful and packed with flowers years later!

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for sharing your experience. That's great information. Six inches of compost definitely kept it from drying out. Being in the hot and humid south cardboard decomposes pretty quickly.

    • @joanfrellburg4901
      @joanfrellburg4901 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for sharing, I think I'm going to give it a try, I'm getting a bit tired of stripping the sod away with a hand pick. This would require far less work.

    • @jillmoser5077
      @jillmoser5077 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Can you plant right away through it? Do you just kind of cut a hole through the cardboard?

  • @paulaw3264
    @paulaw3264 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for this viedo. I was wondering about this very thing. Wish i would have known that sooner.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cardboard has its pros and cons just like anything else. In the right applications it's pretty good.

  • @rhondabarlow860
    @rhondabarlow860 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really like the science and practical mix. Great balanced video. It's too late for me and the termites. Oh well, they were well fed😂 I put it in the bottom of my raised beds. I like how you addressed the ink question.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! One thing earning my PhD taught me is to try to take my personal opinion out of situations and look at the data. Also, to be willing to change my mind based on new data. It's easier said than done. Confirmation bias of personal experience and opinions is hard to break. I try to apply a balance of science and practicality when I film.

  • @davidcovington901
    @davidcovington901 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great riff on one "ingredient"!
    Goes well with the "all peroxide" epidode.
    A good niche and hope to see more, if possible.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I have two weeks off between the end of the spring semester and before I have to return to teach summer semester. My goal is to make a video a day and try to stick to single topic videos like this. I probably won't post a video everyday but I will save them for release periodically throughout the summer.

  • @jimblair7724
    @jimblair7724 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been using cardboard for 3 years in my flower and conifers beds and i have and easy weeding job, It works great ! Thanks

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It works great when used correctly.

  • @joanfrellburg4901
    @joanfrellburg4901 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video thanks ! ❤

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching Joan.

    • @joanfrellburg4901
      @joanfrellburg4901 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dr.Warren All your videos are very helpful, and well done.Have an interesting and safe summer :-)

  • @trumpetingangel
    @trumpetingangel วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have been happy using cardboard for many years. I understand one of the more recent concerns is with the glue used in making it. Do you have any research about the glue?

  • @YarrowPressburg
    @YarrowPressburg 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Cardboard is great but take off all the tape and labels to keep from putting microplastics out of your soil.

  • @marythomson3229
    @marythomson3229 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Looks like you’ve had some issue with your leg. Hope all heals quickly. 🙏🏼
    Mary, Decatur, AL

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Two more weeks from today and that thing comes off. Not that I am counting down or anything. Haha!!

  • @SouthCarolinaTransPlant
    @SouthCarolinaTransPlant หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used cardboard before I knew it was "a thing". My elderly neighbor hipped me to it. I place compost on top of the grass/weeds, cardboard, followed by a 4" - 6" layer of mulch. As for termites, I wouldn't sheet mulch if a bed is against my house. Termites got into a bed that was out by the road. They actually helped break down the cardboard faster! I thanked them! 😅😅😅

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great information! Thank you.

  • @meggygurova7273
    @meggygurova7273 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Here comes my funny story 😁 I´m new to gardening and try my best to learn. So I live in pour soil conditions on top of a bare hill. Great view, wind and weeds 😀 I wanted to improve my soil and put some small mulch to desolve faster. Under it I put cardboard to supress the weeds. The wind blew away my mulch and the ugly cardboard appeared under. 😂 Now I´m taking it of and will put some heavy big piece mulch on top. Just a newbie problems...

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It happens to everyone. I've been in the green industry my entire career and I am still learning new things. Enjoy the process of learning and getting better.

    • @meggygurova7273
      @meggygurova7273 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dr.Warren Thank you 😀 My goal is to keep mulching with a lot of groundcovers, plants and flowers in the future.

  • @an-alechianeathery770
    @an-alechianeathery770 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't compost grass if its seedings. I did that once, had grass coming up in my compost and wherever I use my compost. Thing with some cardboard I found out that some won't completely compost down into soil. The cardboard that didn't compost completely became hard and nonbendable. I had to remove its from my compost container. None of the bug,worm, and organisms didn't want to touch it. Like pizza boxes that I compost ones. Composted completely down into soil in no time. Toilets paper rolls take longer to compost down,

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is great information. Thank you for taking time to watch and leaving a comment.

  • @believer2734
    @believer2734 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just used cardboard today. We dug up sod/grass and then laid down cardboard. Added river rock on top of cardboard to hold it in place. We have 3 new bushes planted (2 years old) in the midst of this and left about one foot perimeter around each. It was hard to get around to mow so we are trying this. I hope it keeps the grass/weeds out of this area. Normally I use large black lawn bags but thought this was a cheaper method.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It is definitely better than plastic because it lets water through and will not get near as hot

  • @Anonymously4051
    @Anonymously4051 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve used cardboard in the garden for decades. Works very well, better on sandy soil than on heavy clay but worked well in both southern Ontario and Nova Scotia where it rains every few days. Breaks down in about a year in Nova Scotia because of the amount of rain. Hasn’t seemed to affect plant/shrub/tree health in any garden location. Place stones over cardboard as mulch because the constant strong winds here in Nova Scotia blow mulch away. Effective at reducing weeds which are plentiful here because of the winds and people don’t maintain their properties well at all.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is great information and seems consistent with the peer review data I have looked at. In moist environments with sandy soils it seems to be beneficial. Thank you for taking time to share your experience.

  • @brianmorrissey9071
    @brianmorrissey9071 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I use cardboard in multiple usage places. I have 3 types of compost piles that I turn about once a month. One with cardboard, mulched leaves and pinestraw placed on top of a hard layer of plastic. No watering except for nature. This has become my worm compost and makes great soil replenishment. The other 2 piles are of just leaves and grass clippings with soil that has no composition (came from holes I dug for burn pits 6 feet deep) the third is my "wet" compost from the yardwaste and kitchen scraps along with the coffee grounds. This is my amendment soil at the beginning of each year (I pick out the worms).
    Another use for cardboard is between the rows of my corn bed for weed suppression, this works great as long as I leave an 18 inch diameter of soil clear for the roots. I cover with just raked leaf mulch and water every 2 days. At the end of season I pick up cardboard and leave mulch. Cover with a tarp for the winter. I then take the rather worn down cardboard and place it in "Pile 1". I find many worms underneath and suspect that is where my worms come to "PIle 1". The last place I use cardboard is the walkways between my raised beds which i then also cover with weed cloth barrier and pin it down. About every 2 years I have to replace the cardboard but the weeds in my beds are absolutely only windborne and easy to maintain. Beds are 24 inches high.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brian thanks!!!!!! That took a minute to type out but really valuable information.

  • @stefangreenlee
    @stefangreenlee 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The termite thing scares me. Would it hurt my scrubs and bushes if I sprayed Borax in the cardboard to deter the termites?

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No it would not. I would be hesitant if close to a house or an area with formosan termites

    • @stefangreenlee
      @stefangreenlee 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Dr.Warren thank you sir !

  • @Paul-viking
    @Paul-viking หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I heard that cardboard or plywood is also good for removing grubs from your garden/lawn.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Perhaps? My thoughts are if you are lowering oxygen exchange with the soil maybe to the point it suffocates the grubs? I need to read up on this for sure.

  • @rcp2212
    @rcp2212 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well, dang. This year’s vegetable garden, first time ever with limited use of cardboard. I did create lots of fine perforations with a pitchfork and then covered with grass clippings. We’ll see how it goes but even this month’s issue of Mother Earth News has some warning about forever chemicals in some cardboard. Like I already said….DANG.

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I wouldn't stress too much over it. Nothing is perfect and probably never will be. Keep doing what you think is right and learn from it regardless if the outcome is positive or negative. Just apply new knowledge and keep moving forward.

  • @karchvs
    @karchvs หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh, mam o man, I hope you don't get redbugs!

    • @Dr.Warren
      @Dr.Warren  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I rarely run into them here. It's odd. When I lived in Birmingham I would have never sat in pine straw. They were everywhere.