Re: CULT: drying out beds
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- Subject: Re: CULT: drying out beds
- From: l* M*
- Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 17:28:35 -0400
Betty in Kentucky said:
> Linda, clear plastic might work if you are talking about empty beds. (You
> have to watch that clay doesn't become brick!) If anyone is trying to dry out
> beds that already contain irises to minimize the chance of rot, the results
> would be boiled irises. I doubt we want that.
Someone had posted a question about drying out soil enough to till new
beds, I think. The thread wandered to other things and I don't remember
there being a reply.
I don't remember whether I used black, clear, or blue reinforced poly
(probably not the latter - I don't think that was around at the time).
> There's a big difference in February and August.
Well, yes, unless you are comparing February in USA to August in
Oz...<g>
As for tillage & baked clay - the intent is not to dry the soil, only to
make it dry enough to till.
Another tip - if the bed has living weeds in it (especially great if it
has sod), uncover it when it's sunny & let the plants pump water out of
the ground, then re-cover it when expecting more rain. Roundup of
course, but let them work till they die <g>
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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