Commercial Growers & Flower Nurseries - Items tagged as "Biodegradable paper weed control"

 
We are very proud of the farms we supply, helping them grow their produce for their market gardens, restaurants, homesteads, veg boxes, farm shops, pick your own, pumpkin farms and flower nurseries. Many are very loyal and use the mulch seasonally, to save time weeding and managing their large flat beds. We have converted many from using plastic sheeting on the soil. The commercial growers around the UK and in Europe we work with, use either the paper mulches we provide (Natural paper mulch, Geomulch, Ecomulch) or the Lightweight Cornstarch film to grow their crops. Both can be applied by hand or machine laid.

Weeds compete with your crops for moisture, nutrients, light and space. Eliminating them can be costly and labour intensive. What’s more, neither black plastic nor chemical sprays offer environmentally sound solutions to the problem. Paper mulch or cornstarch films offer an effective and environmentally sound alternative. No matter what you grow, or what size area you farm, there’s a Mulch Organic product for you.

You can completely eliminate the removal and disposal costs associated with black plastic. If it's not covered already, you can till the paper mulch into soil at the end of the season. It will add valuable organic matter back into the soil as it decomposes.Likewise, you completely eliminate the need for and costs of chemical herbicides or weeding by hand.

Finally, unlike black plastic, which requires drip irrigation, porous mulch organic lets you take advantage of natural rainwater, for even greater savings. Overhead watering and drip irrigation is also an option. The paper mucl is specifically formulated to maintain its integrity even when wet, slowly degrading over the course of the growing season.

Crops planted with paper mulches or cornstarch film get off to a healthy start without competition from weeds. Early in the season, the material warms the soil, helping plants establish faster. As the season progresses, porous paper and film lets air circulate, promoting healthy roots, instead of “cooking” them like black plastic.

Whether you grow in open fields or high polytunnels, have a 1 acre farm or 100 acres, the mulch we supply has been tried and tested for almost two decades. The rolls come in a choice of widths and lengths.

Blossoming Bough Flowers is a one-woman flower farm and floral design business in northern Vermont who uses Ecomulch for planting Dahlia's and kindly sent us this last photo above.