• Applied to depth of 4 inches, mulch suppresses weeds by blocking sunlight from reaching the soil. Too much mulch, though, ...

Consumers are sometimes shocked to find that organic standards allow for the use of plastic mulch on organic farms. After all plastic polymers are synthetic petrochemical products and not “natural”.

Several studies support the claim that red mulch can boost tomato production. Research by the USDA has shown that tomato plants mulched with red plastic mulch tend to produce more fruit than those ...

Researchers at KAUST have designed an innovative new greenhouse system that passively cools plants and boosts yields.