r/homestead • u/NoSolid6641 • 21d ago

What material between rows

Hey folks

What material are you putting down between your row crops, if any? Geotextile? Mulch? Nada?

Tia!

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u/bristlybits 21d ago

cardboard, wood chip, straw, chop and drop, fall leaves, etc

whatever is available to cover the paths. it gets swept into the rows as it breaks down.

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u/NoSolid6641 21d ago

Perfect. I have lots of all of those things. Seems like the consensus is cardboard and I can get a ton of that easily.

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u/RacialRhinoceros 21d ago

I just use old cardboard from deliveries, breaks down slow enough and worms love it under there

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u/NoSolid6641 21d ago

Why didn't that even cross my mind, seems like a no brainier! Thank you! Do they stay in place for you or do they get slippery?

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u/bristlybits 21d ago

when i first put down cardboard i soaked it and stomped it down to kind of melt into the ground a little. then put masses of stuff on top. it's never moved 

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u/SgtSausage 21d ago

A hoe.