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Post by gakaren on Apr 1, 2015 12:18:35 GMT -5
I lay my newspapers first and wet them as I go. I don't wet them first, you are right, they won't stay together. I do the same when I lay cardboard....I lay it and then I soak it, come back in about 1/2 hr. & soak it some more...and may do it 3-4 times with cardboard...the papers only require once and then wet it all good after the mulch is down.
Ecs, I wet the papers to insure a good contact with the soil before putting that mulch on it....as well as holding it down in a wind while I'm laying them.
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Post by tbird on Apr 1, 2015 13:29:56 GMT -5
hey all - my little kale transplants were decimated after one day - a slug was spotted.
Does the cardboard/paper facilitate slugs as well as worms?
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Post by claude on Apr 1, 2015 17:50:16 GMT -5
Well not any more than any other thing would like a piece of wood. Everything is so darn wet still...and they have a field day..it was probably the first good thing to eat that they've had all year. Your reminding me to get and use some iron phosphate myself.
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Post by mrsk on Apr 1, 2015 19:06:56 GMT -5
Of course, we all garden in different places, and the weather and humidity are often quite different. I have used the cardboard for the last several years, and I fill my wheel barrow up with water and soak the cardboard until it is very soft and malleable. The ground is not muddy, but it has been watered the day before. I lay it down, cover it with mulch that has been soaked and maybe throw a board across it, walk on it a bit, and get it tight to the earth. I live in a very dry climate, if I can get this all wet enough, it really keeps things on a much more even keel with the moisture. And I have great results.
Dry cardboard would act like a sail, I could not ever get it flat enough, so that the wind would not work under it, and lift it up.
Mrs K
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