Re: Soil Cookin'
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Soil Cookin'
- From: A* R* <a*@magic.mpd.tandem.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:58:28 -0500 (CDT)
> CIS member from Kingston Ontario, Canada) said to make sure
> the soil was soaking wet and to leave the clear plastic on for 4-6
> weeks. If your soil is not in sun all day the longer the better.
> She also said that only the weed seeds near the surface would have
> been killed and the ones further down would still germinate. I
> think this also applies to microorganisms.
Yes... but unless you turn the soil the weed seeds further down
*won't* germinate which is why you should do any intensive soil
working *before* you solarize, or prepare to re-solarize after the
first solarization if you need to do one in order to work the soil...
(get rid of all the awful weeds etc.)...
--
Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@mpd.tandem.com, Austin, TX, zone 8b
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