Black Fabric

Black Fabric
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Can I use landscaping fabric that is black for watermelons instead of black plastic mulch?

the landscaping keeps weeds to a minimum and i would think that the black fabric would draw heat... yes?
Oh...and we got a new puppy so the less he has to spread all over the yard, the better! plus i was told by a nursery to get the fabric...

I have used black landscape fabric for mulch for watermelons for the past 5 years in my market garden. It works very well. You will have to cut or burn holes in it where you want the melons to be before you lay it down. You also have to run drip irrigation underneath so things get water as the fabric does exclude about 50% of rain water.

I have never needed to put a layer of straw over top and have never had problems with too much heat (watermelons can take extreme heat, 110F is no problem for them).

I like the fact you can reuse the fabric at least 10 years (that's how old the oldest pieces are and they look like they have several more years left in them).

A puppy would shred/put holes in plastic mulch, fast. Fabric will hold up to all but the most vigorous digging

I wanted to talk to you about steam irons and why they are the best thing you can get. Basically, on the market you have the old traditional iron and you have the new steam iron. There are a lot of things people don't know about ironing. They just assume that it doesn't really matter and they just go on doing their thing. In this case, it is the old way of ironing. What if I told you that you were throwing money out the window if you were using a traditional iron? Well, that is what you're doing right now if you haven't picked up a steam one.

Think about what you're doing with your old regular iron. You're pushing a hot piece of metal over your clothing. You're just a few seconds away from burning your fabric black. All that is really occurring is that your fabric is getting slightly burned (not visibly) and it is wearing it down. Over time your clothes are going to break down and you're going to have to replace them. If you didn't use a regular iron this would never happen to you.

Steam is another great way to get wrinkles out of your clothing and because it uses steam it doesn't damage the fabric. This means that your clothing is going to last a lot longer. It is going to last and that means you're not going to have to fork out money paying for new clothes. Don't be stupid and damage your clothing.

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