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Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

Posted by mgilcrest No. Calif. (9) (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 23, 03 at 20:06

Sunset Magazine ran an article last month on the effect of red plastic mulch on tomatoes, yield was increased, maturation timeslessened, etc. Have check garden supply stores in my area and can't find it. Anyone know of a store or mail order source?


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

Peaceful Valley Farms in CA...they have a website I'm pretty sure. They will definitely have what you are looking for.


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

I purchased mine from Peaceful Vally several years ago but I didn't find it helpful in our area.


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

Orangeburg Wal-Mart carried this mulch in a package of 8 each 3 feet by three feet pieces for approximately $7.75, marked down at the end of the season to $6.


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

Yeah, I was JUST going to say I saw it at Walmart.


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

Dollar store has red plastic table cloths- I used them!


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

I just got both the mulch and the red water walls from Pinetree Garden Seeds. They sell the mulch by the foot--which was nice for me as it is an experiment this year and I didn't want to spend a lot of money--.19 per foot, with a low minimum footage (10 feet if I remember correctly).

One warning though---I looked in their catalog for a few certain seeds and the mulch, and ended up spending over $100 by the time I was done browsing! The up side is that everything was shipped immediately and I am very happy with what I received.

Here is a link to the specific page on their website for the mulch:

Here is a link that might be useful: Pinetree garden seeds weather supplies


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RE: Source of Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

http://lubbock.tamu.edu/horticulture/documents/EffectsofPlasticMulchTypeonTomatoGrowthandYield_2004_.pdf

In other words, spend your $8 elsewhere...


 
 

 

 


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