Soil and Composting: Soil Solarization ?

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Pete2
Richmond Hill, GA (Zone 8b)

June 29, 2001 5:16 AM

Hi Marsh! I was wondering.. do you ever solarize your soil? If you do, how long do you leave your plastic on? I've always left my plastic on for 6-8 weeks but I wonder if the 8 weeks is really necessary. Also, I just read an article that said in soil solarization the soil is heated to a 18 inch depth but I wonder if that's true. Is it? Thank you for sharing you knowledge with us. :)

Here's the article on soil solarization that mentions how deep the soil is actually heated.

http://www.gardenguides.com/TipsandTechniques/solarization.h...

Terri

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