Year-round gardening: Mulch is ideal way to reduce watering, enrich soil and suppress weeds
• Applied to depth of 4 inches, mulch suppresses weeds by blocking sunlight from reaching the soil. Too much mulch, though, ...
Nanotech-induced cooling found to improve crop yields in arid climates
Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed and combined a new nanoplastic and ...
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Why food's plastic problem is bigger than we realise
are plastic sheets that are spread over the soil to serve as a sort of plastic mulch. They suppress the growth of weeds, increase fertiliser uptake, regulate temperature and humidity, and protect ...
Time for R&D in biodegradable plastic: SKLTHU V-C
Hyderabad: Sri Konda Lakshman Telangana Horticultural University (SKLTHU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Danda Rajireddy said that ...