Mulching makes use of farm wastes for ground ... Use all the available mulch, however, before planting the next crop, ... Use 10 cm of fine shredded straw mulch for weed control after the plants ...

As wheat and barley harvest progresses, farmers often ask what should they do with wheat straw? Should I keep the straw on the field to build soil organic matter (SOM) ...

Soil tilling, mulching key to China's potato crop In China's Loess Plateau, soil moisture makes a difference Date: November 29, 2018 Source: American Society of Agronomy ...

Lettuce sprouts amid rows of plastic covering the ground at One Straw Farm, an organic operation north of Baltimore. Although conventional farmers also use plastic mulch, organic produce farms ...

Farmers in China's Loess Plateau have for decades used both plastic and straw as a soil cover, or mulch, between crops. Much of the region's agriculture, of which corn is a large part, is dryland ...

Mulching your garden can work as a natural insulator and weed suppressant, benefiting your vegetables and harvest in the long ...

More information: Xin Sui et al, Contrasting seasonal effects of legume and grass cover crops as living mulch on the soil ...

Farmers in China's Loess Plateau have for decades used both plastic and straw as a soil cover, or mulch, between crops. Much of the region's agriculture, of which corn is a large part, is dryland ...