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Soil solarization (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 4 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Soil solarization is a non-chemical environmentally friendly method for controlling pests using solar power to increase the soil temperature to levels at which many soil-borne plant pathogens will be killed or greatly weakened.

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[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I used this process to convert a section of turf grass to native trees, shrubs, and ground cover. It worked great, and even two years later I don't have any rogue grass trying to pop up there. The area where I mulched but didn't cover with the plastic sheeting has also done pretty well, but there are still several recurrent patches of burmuda grass that I'm still fighting with.